A man believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and has
dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets a
young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he
can't stand idly by - he has to help her.
Director:
Antoine Fuqua
Writers:Richard Wenk,
Michael Sloan (television series), 1 more credit »
Stars:Denzel Washington,
Marton Csokas,
Chloë Grace Moretz |
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Storyline
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he
has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to
beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace
Moretz), a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian
gangsters, he can't stand idly by - he has to help her. Armed with
hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would
brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement
and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem,
if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn,
McCall will help. He is The Equalizer
The Equalizer Reviews
Fairly
solid action scenes, characters and overall execution. Somehow the
filmmakers and actors make this very hard to believe film enjoyable.
This is definitely a sensationalistic film(The most sensationalistic of
Washington's career without a doubt.), and it's mostly a regurgitated
cookie cutter crowd pleaser of violent vengeance as well, but it does
manage to remain quite an entertaining action film at the same time.
Even though it has a running time of over two hours, the film does feel
overall as though it is missing a few key scenes, but nonetheless it's
still worth a look if you're into these kinds of films. The movie didn't
remind me much at all of the old T.V. series of the same name. The film
is much more reminiscent of some of the old brutally violent morality
tales that Charles Broson use to do. All that said, this basically
chalks up as a good film to watch when you don't want to think much, and
you just want to watch a lot of kick ass entertaining violence. It's
that kind of guilty pleasure. 6.5/10
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