Man-on Fire, A mental Health analysis of the movie's main Character

Man of Fire is a captivating movie based on a novel by A.J. Quinnell. The movie stars Denzel Washington as John Creasy, Dakota Fannning as Lupita Balletto, Marc Anthony as Samuel, Radha Mitchell as Rika Balletto and Christopher Walken as Rayburn among others. The movie was released in 2004 and is about a former USA intelligent agent (Creasy) turned mercenary and currently living in Mexico. Creasy is hired by a wealthy family in Mexico to guard their 12 years old girl (Lupita).

I was captivated from the beginning by Creasy (Denzel Washington) because he appeared to be a man going through some trauma. He manifests certain symptoms from the onset of the movie which leads one to believe that he has some psychological and unresolved issues that need to be addressed to avoid future disaster. The symptoms observed are lack of appetite as evidenced by refusal to eat when offered food. Avoidance of intimate relationships, he locked himself in his room most times; job dissatisfaction; bottled up anger as manifested by angry outbursts when pushed by the girl (Lupita) he was to guard.

He further seemed to drink to numb his feelings when alone in his room; he lived a secluded and lonely life; he suffered from insomnia and appeared to have nightmares connected with his past; He cried as if in pain or out of torment. The torment or pain that he is struggling with eventually pushes him to attempt to commit suicide. Thank God the gun somehow jams which seem to surprise him and brings him back to reality. It is at this time that he makes a call while outside in the rain to someone who seemed to understand his issues.

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