A crime thriller movie remade twice is on TV tonight
The film’s latest remake only came out earlier this year. Our TV movie pick for tonight is Man on Fire (Monday, 24 August), the 1987 adaptation of A.J. Quinnell’s 1980 thriller novel. Famously remade as a film starring Denzel Washington in 2004 and as a Netflix TV show earlier this year, the original screen version […]
1 month ago
A crime thriller movie that’s been remade twice is on TV tonight
The film’s latest remake only came out a few weeks ago. Our TV movie pick for tonight is Man on Fire (Thursday, 18 June), the 1987 adaptation of A.J. Quinnell’s 1980 thriller novel. Famously remade as a film starring Denzel Washington in 2004 and as a Netflix TV show earlier this year, the original screen […]
3 months ago
One of Denzel Washington’s best movies has just been remade for Netflix
The Oscar-winner’s most underrated film has been turned into a new TV show. Man on Fire, a new seven-part adaptation of A.J. Quinnell’s 1980 thriller novel, has just been added to Netflix. Previously made into a modern classic movie starring Oscar-winner Denzel Washington, the 2026 TV adaptation sees Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Ambulance) take over the […]
5 months ago