Man On Fire / Bush On Fire. (The Torturer Hero?)

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http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/11/1092102515703.html


"Man on Fire, with its American-torturer hero, appeared in the US just before the Abu Ghraib scandal broke. That, we can fairly certainly say, is a coincidence. It may be just a coincidence that Denzel's justified-man-of-action is - like George Bush - an alcoholic who gives up booze for the Bible: a stereotype so hackneyed it would have been vetoed if this were not an election year."



I haven't seen it yet, but I wanna know the story. Is it supposed to be an ever-so-subtle desensitizing 'make tortue cool, cause when Bush/Americans do it, they're just heroes pushed too far' type of film?


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