‘Man on Fire’ Review: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Makes Friends and Tortures Enemies in Netflix’s Uninspired Revenge Thriller

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It’s hard for men of a certain age to make new friends.

Don’t believe me? Ask HBO’s DTF St. Louis, in which the quest for a simpatico bro very quickly comes to involve murder, infidelity and Jamba Juice. It’s a very long way to go for the characters played by Jason Bateman and David Harbour just to find a fellow dude willing to go on recumbent biking trips or share workout tips, but the result is one of the spring’s best TV shows.

Man on Fire

The Bottom Line Turns a monomaniacal payback story into a slack team-up thriller.

Airdate: Thursday, April 30 (Netflix)
Cast: Yahya Abdul Mateen, Billie Boullet, Bobby Cannavale, Alice Braga, Scoot McNairy, Paul
Ben-Victor
Creator: Kyle Killen

In Netflix‘s Man on Fire, Special Forces-trained mercenary John Creasy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) finds an

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