Denzel Washington In The Film Training Day
The Equalizer reunites director Antoine Fuqua and Academy Award winner Denzel Washington in another action thriller film. Before the two worked on the film Training Day, which is regarded as one of Washington's best films and won him the award as Best Actor for his role. The two come together once again to help elevate a poor script and make it a film that is actually worthwhile to watch. The story of The Equalizer follows a mild mannered retired black ops government operative named Robert McCall (played by Denzel Washington) who is living as a normal person in Boston, Massachusetts working at a local hardware store. Every night, like clockwork, he goes to a diner where he has befriended a young girl, Alina (Chloe Grace Moretz), who is stuck
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in a bad situation and entangled in a dangerous web with the Russian mob. McCall is called into action when he sees his friend being mistreated and beaten by her pimp Slavi.
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After taking matters into his own hands and dishing out his own kind of justice on Slavi, the Russian mob boss Vladimir Pushkin retaliates by sending in enforcer Teddy (Marton Csokas) to find and eliminate the culprit.
Teddy quickly finds McCall leading McCall to realize none of this will end until he takes down the entire Russian mob. McCall quickly disperses of the mob's forces in Boston forcing their hand to send in more reinforcements. The rest of the movie plays out in a very predictable manner as McCall protects everyone near and dear to him as the mob closes in on him.
Despite the thin script void of any true character development or any form of revelation as to who Robert McCall is, the film is still watchable thanks to how talented of an actor Denzel Washington is. The same can be said of director Antoine Fuqua who did a fantastic job behind the camera. His use of long shots to increase tension were terrific and truly has a grasp for crafting an intense and well shot action thriller with his turns in Training Day and this film. Another strong point of the film was Marton Csokas as the enforcer Teddy. Csokas commands a strong and intimidating screen presence making him a formidable villain next to Denzel's character. However, the problem aside from the script, would be that of the cliché that the Russian mobsters carry with them. They are always portrayed as a one note villain that tends for the viewers to be taken out of the experience. Other
than that, the film was worth a watch thanks to Denzel and Fuqua but due to a dense script and clichéd villains it isn't much more than a slightly average film. I would give it three stars out of 5.
in a bad situation and entangled in a dangerous web with the Russian mob. McCall is called into action when he sees his friend being mistreated and beaten by her pimp Slavi.
equalizer-robert-and-teri
After taking matters into his own hands and dishing out his own kind of justice on Slavi, the Russian mob boss Vladimir Pushkin retaliates by sending in enforcer Teddy (Marton Csokas) to find and eliminate the culprit.
Teddy quickly finds McCall leading McCall to realize none of this will end until he takes down the entire Russian mob. McCall quickly disperses of the mob's forces in Boston forcing their hand to send in more reinforcements. The rest of the movie plays out in a very predictable manner as McCall protects everyone near and dear to him as the mob closes in on him.
Despite the thin script void of any true character development or any form of revelation as to who Robert McCall is, the film is still watchable thanks to how talented of an actor Denzel Washington is. The same can be said of director Antoine Fuqua who did a fantastic job behind the camera. His use of long shots to increase tension were terrific and truly has a grasp for crafting an intense and well shot action thriller with his turns in Training Day and this film. Another strong point of the film was Marton Csokas as the enforcer Teddy. Csokas commands a strong and intimidating screen presence making him a formidable villain next to Denzel's character. However, the problem aside from the script, would be that of the cliché that the Russian mobsters carry with them. They are always portrayed as a one note villain that tends for the viewers to be taken out of the experience. Other
than that, the film was worth a watch thanks to Denzel and Fuqua but due to a dense script and clichéd villains it isn't much more than a slightly average film. I would give it three stars out of 5.