Man on Fire (1987 film)

Man on Fire Italian Un uomo sotto tiro is a 1987 FrenchItalian action thriller film directed by lie Chouraqui and starring Scott Glenn and Jade Malle. It is based on the 1980 novel Man on Fire by A. J. Quinnell. The rest of the cast includes Joe Pesci, Jonathan Pryce and a brief appearance by Danny Aiello as the Mafia don.

The opening portrays a man being declared dead in an Italian hospital by a police chief. The man is an exCIA agent and mercenary, John Creasy.In Italy, wealthy families often hire bodyguards to protect family members from the threat of kidnapping. A wealthy family that needs a bodyguard hires Creasy, a burnedout exCIA agent, to protect their daughter, Samantha Sam Balletto. Creasy has been broken down from all of the death and horror of combat he witnessed in the Vietnam War and in Beirut, Lebanon. Although Creasy is not interested in being a bodyguard, especially to a twelveyearold youngster, he accepts the assignment because he has no better job offers. ........

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