The Equalizer

The Equalizer

Rating 8.5 out of 10

There are a few actors that when one of their movies come out I will go see it trailer unwatched.  Denzel Washington is one of those actors.  He always gives you a good performance as he does here in this movie.

This is one of those movies that if you watch the trailer and it looks like a movie you would like chances are very good you will like it.  Alot.  If it looks like it has too much action, fighting and blood you should probably skip it.  I liked the trailer and loved the movie.

This movie is loosely based on a 80's tv show that instead of Denzel you got an older grey headed English man that would find people in need and dispense justice to bad men.  Here Denzel plays Robert McCall.  He is a mid level manager at a Home Depot type store with a crazy past.  He lives alone and has trouble sleeping at night.  In the early morning hours he walks to the local diner and reads books.  He befriends a young Russian call girl who always seems to be in the diner.  When her mean Russian pimp beats her bad enough to put her in the hospital Robert becomes the Equalizer.  He ends up taking on the Russian mafia and means business.

The acting is good all the way around.  The bad guys are really bad without going comically over the top.  Chloe Grace Moretz shows she is getting some acting chops beyond the movie Kick Ass.  As I said if you like this type of movie you will leave the theater happy.  I know I did.