What if The Equalizer 3 is a spiritual sequel to the 2004 cult thriller Man on Fire starring Denzel Washington? If this amazing theory pans out, it’s because the 68-year-old comedian and Dakota Fanning reunited 20 years after the Tony Scott film.
Indeed, Denzel Washington and the 29-year-old actress collaborated on Man on Fire in 2004 before reuniting this year in Equalizer 3, directed by Antoine Fuqua. The director likes this idea, as he confided on the ComicBook.com mic August 24.
“We’ve never talked about it, but it’s something I’ve been thinking about. When Dakota Fanning told me she was interested, I was like, ‘Oh, yeah! This man is on fire, but years later’. But I never told them that because they are concentrating on their characters in Equalizer 3 at the time. But when we see them together, when I saw them on the set, I smiled.”said Antoine Fuqua.
When Dakota Fanning told me she was interested, I thought, Ah, yes! It’s Man on Fire, but years later.
In Man on Fire, Denzel Washington plays John Craze, a former CIA agent who has become an alcoholic and depressed. The latter is hired as a bodyguard by Samuel Ramos, a member of a bourgeois family from Mexico City. Creasy must keep an eye on her daughter, Peeta (Dakota Fanning), in an area marked by kidnappings.
A suicidal and precipice guard coldly practices his profession at first, rejecting a 9-year-old girl who seeks him as a friend. Despite everything, she manages to tame this man with a bear personality, earning him the affectionate nickname “Creasy Bear”.
John ends up hooking up with Peeta and this relationship gives him a taste of life. Unfortunately, Peeta is the victim of a kidnapping by a mafia that specializes in kidnapping children. Kreis manages to kill 4 kidnappers, but the girl still falls into the hands of the thugs. Crayce will then start tracking criminals to get revenge for his friend.
Dakota Fanning in the Emma Collins camp
If the equalizer 3 is of any kind “Spiritual Sequel” As Antoine Fuqua says, the plot and characters of Man on Fire are completely different. Denzel Washington plays the ruthless and meticulous Robert McCall, a former spy for the US government who has moved to Italy. For her part, Dakota Fanning is no longer the little girl to protect. She plays Emma Collins, a young CIA agent who teams up with McCall.
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