Movie Night #58:  Man on Fire (2004)
     Director:  Tony Scott
     Cast:  Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony, Christopher Walken, Micky Rourke
     Plot:  Creasy (Washington) is an ex-assassin and alcoholic who visits his friend Rayburn (Walken) down in Mexico City, where kidnappings occur every 60 minutes.  He is hired as a bodyguard for Pita (Fanning), despite his alcoholism - this makes him less expensive.

However, when Pita is kidnapped by corrupt police officers and Creasy is severely wounded, he must go to war with the secret organization known only as La Hermandad and attempt to get vengence for what they've done to Pita.  But as questions arise around the kidnapping itself, could it be that this was somehow stagged for someone's larger agenda?

This is the movie The Punisher should have been.  With two very powerful Acts - Act 1 focusing on the relationship and bond between Creasy and Pita, and Act 2 focusing on Creasy seeking revenge - this movie is an emotional rollercoaster that defines both Tony Scott and Denzel Washington's careers as brilliant in their respective craft. 

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A new Exile page went up today, illustrated by Carl.  Looks brilliant.  I just finished a bunch of comic stuff over the weekend, starting the new story for @$$hole and finishing another Exile page myself.  Laura and I went to Art Fair for a few hours, saw some amazing stuff, and then went back to my place so I could work on comics.  All in all, a good (but busy) weekend. 

This weekend:

Saturday:  I'm helping Megan move into her new apartment in Ohio

Sunday:  Cedar Point.  We need to figure out car pooling arrangements and where to meet, and obviously everyone will be helping with gas.  I'm thinking we'll need to leave by 8am to get to Sandusky at a reasonable time.  More details on that soon.