Creasy's art is death, and he is about to paint his masterpiece.
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
- Harm to children
- Graphic violence
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Contemporary, grave, overwhelming and bleak.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Denzel WashingtonJohn W. Creasy
- Dakota FanningLupita Ramos
- Christopher WalkenPaul Rayburn
- Radha MitchellLisa Ramos
- Marc AnthonySamuel Ramos
- Giancarlo GianniniMiguel Manzano
- Rachel TicotinMariana Garcia Guerrero
- Mickey RourkeJordan Kalfus
- Roberto SosaDaniel Sanchez
- Jesús OchoaVictor Fuentes
Crew
- Tony ScottDirector
- Brian HelgelandScreenplay
- A. J. QuinnellNovel
- Paul CameronDirector of Photography
- Harry Gregson-WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Christian WagnerEditor
- Lucas FosterProducer
- Tony ScottProducer
- Arnon MilchanProducer
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