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Denzel Washington is a washed up ex-??? CIA? Special Forces? we don't know
to begin with, and learn very little except through a few flashbacks...he's
in Mexico, visiting a friend and drinking heavily...the friend finds him a
job as a second-rate (less expensive) bodyguard for a rich man's daughter,
and of course she gets kidnapped and he goes on a rampage.
This is very predictable, but a good watch nonetheless...the fact that his
character is an alcoholic makes the stoic/stonefaced Mr. Washington
believeable as he makes his rounds of the bad guys, taking them all out. The
parents of the girl, especially the mother, are good, and the little girl,
played by Dakota Fanning, is charming as anything...the interaction between
Washington and Fanning is the best part of the movie, and worth the rental.
But there are lots of gunshots, violence and explosions too, so that makes
it even more worthwhile. Rent it, you'll enjoy it.
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