Denzel Washington

Marton Csokas

Chloë Grace Moretz

David Harbour

Haley Bennett

Bill Pullman

Melissa Leo

David Meunier

Johnny Skourtis

Alex Veadov

Vladimir Kulich

E. Roger Mitchell

James Wilcox

Mike O'Dea

Anastasia Mousis Sanidopoulos

Allen Maldonado

Rhet Kidd

Mike Morrell

Matt Lasky

Shawn Fitzgibbon

Vitaliy Shtabnoy

Timothy John Smith

Robert Wahlberg

Steve Sweeney

Owen Burke

Luz Mery Sanchez

John Romualdi

Johnny Messner

Patrick Coppola

William Xifaras

Jenny Johnson

Peter Haydu

Tait Fletcher

Mark Stefanich

Dan Bilzerian

Matt Leonard

Sala Baker

Yan Dron

Andrew Farazi

Christopher Weigel

Dennis Keiffer

Lance Norris

Alex Ziwak

Tiffany Crosby

Austin J. Ryan

Antoine Fuqua

Richard Wenk

Steve Tisch

Todd Black

Jason Blumenthal

Tony Eldridge

Mace Neufeld

Alex Siskin

Michael Sloan

Lance Johnson

Molly Allen

Kat Samick

David Bloomfield

Ezra Swerdlow

Ben Waisbren

Harry Gregson-Williams

Mauro Fiore

John Refoua

Lindsay Graham Ahanonu

Mary Vernieu

Naomi Shohan

David Lazan

Leslie E. Rollins

David C. Robinson

Elizabeth Cecchini

Liz Bernstrom

Rob Fitz

Sherryn Smith

Denis Leining

Aimee Butterfield

Jennifer Gerbino

Theodore Suchecki

Tom Sola

Butch McCarthy

Kim Nelson

Cameron Matheson

Jeremy Woodward

David Rickson

Chris Andrew Ciulla

Robin Harlan

Sarah Monat

Mandell Winter

David Esparza

Ryan Collins

Daniel J. Leahy

Steve Pederson

Jack Lynch

Brian Drewes

Sean Devereaux

Don Libby

Keith Woulard

Sebastián Almeida

Kirk R. Gardner

David Richert

Brian Heller

Scott Garfield

Chris Culliton

Dave Cambria

Angela Peri

Lara Quinlan

Tina Ulee

Mandy Arnold

Kathleen Largay

Morning Star Schott

William Paley

Richard Whitfield

Paul Weathered

Leigh Dillon

Jessica Drake

Deirdre Horgan

Betsy Kuehn

Jill Rosenblatt

Laura Torrance

Alexandr Dvornikov

Cid Swank

Mark Fitzgerald

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Doug Delaney

Bryce Burke

Alex Chansky

Clay Donahue Fontenot

Adam Shippey

Roberto Lopez

Robert Powell

Dean Neistat

Stephen Oyoung

Declan Mulvey

Tom O'Connell

Jeffery Kincannon

Jon Trosky

Kofi Yiadom

Nico Woulard

Chuck Jeffreys

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hitman

call girl

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Watched the movie last night, kept me interested although somewhat predictable plot.  Big bad guy, quiet good guy, helpless victims, bad guy gets his.  Overall I did like the movie, but then again I like anything Denzel is in.

Per Gunnar Jonsson

For me this was a very entertaining vigilante flick. Denzel Washington is excellent in his role as a cold and calculating yet compassionate vigilante. The movie is slower than a lot of movies in this genre but that does not make it boring and when the action starts it is measured (for a movie in this genre) and well done.

Although there is a red thread, started by McCall’s first act of vigilantism, running through the movie he also performs a few on the side jobs as well during the movie. I like the vigilante stuff so for me this was some nice fillers to round off the movie.

The main thread pitches McCall against a real psychopathic Russian enforcer. No one can say that this movie did not have a well done bad guy. The role is quite well played. The guy is creepy to say the least. Not to mention violent of course but then so is McCall when the time is right.

One thing I liked with this movie is that McCall it is not one of the usual run around, look dangerous and clobber the bad guys in periodic outbursts of violence stereotypes. McCall is always calm, calculating, behaving intelligently and the baddies almost never realizes the mistake they just did until it is quite a bit too late.

Sure, the capacity of McCall to clobber the bad guys, usually without getting hurt himself, is bordering on superhuman but what the heck, it is fiction after all. Totally realistic movies are rarely fun, at least not movies of this genre. Also, the end fight where the baddies are more or less running around aimlessly and get taken out could have been better. Especially since the Russian mobster had shown quite a bit of intelligence up until that point. Having said that, I did like that it did not degenerate into the usual 20 minute shoot anything that moves nonsense. McCall is continuing his cold and calculating rampage through the unfortunate individuals on the wrong side and the various ways of disposing of them are rather creative.

On the whole I found this to be a rather entertaining movie. In one sense it is the usual vigilante stuff, which I happen to like, but in one sense it is not your normal run of the mill vigilante movie thanks to Denzel Washington’s cold, calculating and intelligent portrayal of McCall.

Gimly

Expected pretty good, got very good. Can't call _The Equaliser_ a perfect movie, but I love me a mixed bag of content like this.

_Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._

Denzel Washington saves the day.

There's nothing I'd consider special about <em>'The Equalizer'</em>, though thanks to a typically stellar performance from lead Washington I still had a fun time watching this 2014 release. It's a great showing from Denzel, not that that is a surprise given he is - alongside Leonardo DiCaprio - my favourite actor.

Otherwise, it's a pretty standard vigilante action flick which probably goes on for slightly too long and features some forgettable, if solid, support cast/characters, the latter is especially true for the rather plain villains. The music is also standard, though does improve towards the end with the final score and end credit soundtrack.

All in all, a worthwhile watch thanks to Denzel. I'm hoping the sequel, whilst still featuring a top lead performance, is more of a well rounded effort - I guess I'll soon see!

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