Revenge is a Meal Best Served Cold

Starring: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Giannini, Radha Mitchell, Marc Anthony, Rachel Ticotin

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ - great

"A man can be an artist ... in anything, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasey's art is death. He's about to paint his masterpiece." – Rayburn

Why watch this?  Mr. Washington excels as a man, with special skills, that drug dealers should not have messed with.

Plot Summary: John Creasy, a burnt-out former CIA operative, reluctantly takes a job as a bodyguard for a young girl named Pita in Mexico City. He initially struggles with his past and alcoholism, but a bond slowly develops between him and Pita, bringing a sense of purpose back into his life. However, their connection is brutally severed when Pita is kidnapped in a violent incident that leaves Creasy gravely wounded, prompting him to seek vengeance against those responsible.

Dad's Preview: Denzel, one of this generation's great actors and leading men, easily transitioned into action flicks. He portrays John Creasy, a specialist with "security" skills who is hired as a bodyguard for a young girl, Lupita, living in Mexico City. He's just warming up to her, when she is kidnapped. The remainder of the film is Creasy's rescue mission. He is a one-man destroyer, dishing out brutal interrogations and bloody justice without prejudice. Which, by the way, IS AWESOME!

Fox 2000 Pictures, New Regency Prod., Scott Free Prod,;
20th Century Fox