Man on Fire
2026 · TV Series · TV-MA · ★ 7.4 · 61% critics
A troubled former Special Forces soldier must protect a teenage girl while evading dangerous enemies on the violent streets of Rio de Janeiro. As the pressure closes in, survival depends on staying one step ahead.
Based on Man on Fire
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Streaming on Netflix.
6 hours to watch · 7 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2026
- Release date
- 2026-04-30
- Network
- Netflix
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 61/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (168 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, hard-edged survival thriller with a protective mission at its center; Not for you if you dislike relentless danger, violence, or a grim atmosphere.
Pros: intense survival stakes; gritty urban setting; protective bond | Cons: heavy violence; bleak mood; familiar premise
Themes
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- based on novel or book
- rio de janeiro
- redemption
Cast & crew
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
as John Creasy
Billie Boullet
as Poe Rayburn
Scoot McNairy
as Henry Tappan
Alice Braga
as Valeria Melo
Alex Ozerov-Meyer
as Ivan Gusev
- DK
Dimitri Kornakov
as Osip
- MP
Martín Peralta
as Tappen Assistant
- CR
Calo Rodriguez
as Shopkeeper
- KM
Kris Monson
as Ant
Elizabeth Leiner
as Regina Rayburn
Directed by Vicente Amorim, Michael Cuesta, Clare Kilner +1 more
Episodes1 season · 7 episodes
Season 17 episodes
- S1E1One50mNetflix
- S1E2Two50mNetflix
- S1E3Three45mNetflix
- S1E4Four43mNetflix
- S1E5Five45mNetflix
- S1E6Six44mNetflix
- S1E7Seven60mNetflix