![]() ![]() It’s nice to see him, sure, but the spark is gone. But watching him in “Equalizer 2” is a lot like getting dinner with an old flame. The filmmakers are so determined to show off Washington as a badass, they don’t allow him any vulnerability or depth. There is never a doubt in your mind that he won’t come out on top. That Denzel is practically perfect in every way is what makes this movie such a slog.ĭuring every fight, McCall wins easily with nary a scratch on his pinky. McCall tries to set Miles straight by encouraging him to paint, and making him learn manners. One teen, Miles (Ashton Sanders), is an art student who’s been cutting class. ![]() When he’s not hunting down the assassins, McCall is also a neighborhood Mary Poppins who teaches local kids moral and behavioral lessons. But this whole shoddy film, for all its skirmishes, is strangely clerical. That’s it? Action thriller villains should, ideally, have better motivations than DMV attendants. Why did they kill her? “Her name was on a sheet of paper,” a thug says. The main plot, if you can call it that, is McCall taking revenge on a group of thugs who killed his pal. Watch TheEqualizer2 new trailer now and don’t miss Denzel back in action July 20th.Subscribe to Sony Pictures for exclusi. Wish he would have helped me find some coherency in his movie! In another, he tries to help a Holocaust survivor find his long-lost sister. In one scene, he kicks the asses of a group of businessmen who’ve just raped a woman. (Rideshare apps playing major roles in films is a tiresome trend.) He does it mostly, it seems, to patrol the city for miscreants. It’s your average vigilante justice setup, just without excitement or thrills. Now, he channels his bloodlust into righting wrongs in his Boston community, and around the globe. But he left that life and turned into a teddy bear. Washington plays Robert McCall, a former CIA black-ops agent who used to off people on command - no questions asked. Returning alongside the Oscar winner are our old friends plot holes, trite dialogue and horse-and-buggy pacing. “The Equalizer” should be locked in a room with “The Terminator.” Then this lousy series would finally be killed off.ĭenzel Washington is back in the sequel to his 2014 action film, which was based on the popular ’80s TV show. Rated R (for violence, language, and drugs). ![]()
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