Man on Fire (2026)
Netflix | Release Date: April 30, 2026
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
11
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
EmpireAmon WarmannMay 7, 2026
Season 1 Review: Not a patch on the Washington/Scott film, but a decent watch in its own right, with a formidable Yahya Abdul-Mateen II performance at its centre. Read full review
60
StatusBrian LowryMay 1, 2026
Season 1 Review: When it comes to expanding movies into (in this case) a seven-episode series, more can often be less. Read full review
60
VarietyAramide TinubuApr 30, 2026
Season 1 Review: The cast is sound, and the narrative is just as solid as any other in the genre. Yet, because the series never deviates from what is expected, it never rises to the level of being distinct or exceptional. Read full review
60
The GuardianJack SealeApr 30, 2026
Season 1 Review: It’s not a non-stop cavalcade of action: it regularly relents for extended, talky scenes concerning Creasy’s instability or Poe’s grief. Sometimes the combination is powerful. .... Man on Fire’s glowering intensity is, however, hard to take seriously. Read full review
55
What's Alan Watching?Alan SepinwallMay 4, 2026
Season 1 Review: Mateen is excellent casting for this, as he is for pretty much everything he's done lately. There are isolated moments where you understand why someone might want to build a new version of this title around him. But some stories — many stories, it turns out, based on the number of similarly sluggish streaming dramas of the past decade — aren't meant to fill this many hours of filmed entertainment. Read full review
50
The Travers TakePeter TraversMay 1, 2026
Season 1 Review: Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II gives his all to a wincingly violent action series that simply doesn’t deserve him. Read full review
50
The Daily BeastNick SchagerApr 30, 2026
Season 1 Review: Stretching its source in ways that are unoriginal and insufferable, it stands as proof positive of this streaming strategy’s misguidedness. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comKaiya ShunyataApr 30, 2026
Season 1 Review: Adaptations are meant to breathe new life into stories that once charmed or intrigued audiences, bringing them to new audiences. Instead of achieving this, “Man on Fire” unfortunately turns out to be another case of pondering the existence of an adaptation entirely. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergApr 30, 2026
Season 1 Review: It’s a weirdly upbeat, disappointingly bland set-up for an ongoing series about a damaged mercenary and his unlikely, poorly developed Scooby Gang. Accepted on those limitedly aspirational and rarely convincing terms, but few others, it succeeds. Read full review
42
IndieWireBen TraversApr 30, 2026
Season 1 Review: Netflix’s “Man on Fire” tries to cop the movie’s scorched-earth attitude without justifying where it stems from. In doing so, it wastes its lead’s talents, and snuffs out its I.P.’s brightest embers. Any future remakes won’t be drawing from this fire. Read full review
40
DeciderJoel KellerApr 30, 2026
Season 1 Review: Man On Fire feels like it’s going to be seven episodes of filler and tortured monologuing between action scenes, which doesn’t exactly make for entertaining television. Read full review
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