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The Equalizer 2 delivers the visceral charge of a standard vigilante thriller, but this reunion of trusted talents ultimately proves a disappointing case study in diminishing returns. Read critic reviews
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Movieclips: The Equalizer's Best Scenes
The Equalizer 2: Official Clip - I Only Get to Kill You Once
The Equalizer 2: Official Clip - No Enemies, Just Unfortunates
The Equalizer 2: Official Clip - Crackhouse Crackdown
The Equalizer 2: Official Clip - Two Kinds of Pain
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The Equalizer 2: Official Clip - You Don't Know Death
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Movie Info
If you have a problem and there is nowhere else to turn, the mysterious and elusive Robert McCall will deliver the vigilante justice you seek. This time, however, McCall's past cuts especially close to home when thugs kill Susan Plummer -- his best friend and former colleague. Now out for revenge, McCall must take on a crew of highly trained assassins who'll stop at nothing to destroy him.
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Rating: R (Language|Brutal Violence Throughout|Some Drug Content)
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Genre: Action, Mystery & thriller
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Original Language: English
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Director: Antoine Fuqua
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Producer: Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Denzel Washington, Antoine Fuqua, Alex Siskin, Steve Tisch, Mace Neufeld, Tony Eldridge, Michael Sloan
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Writer: Richard Wenk
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $102.0M
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures
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Production Co: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), Columbia Pictures, Escape Artists, Mace Neufeld Productions, Zhiv, Hill District Media
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Sound Mix: DTS, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
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Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)
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This fell into the typical cliché riddled story mode and it lost all the hard work created in the first film. They never invested enough time in the friendship to pull off this story beat and the film doesn't work. I enjoyed the first film and when you compare the films, the sequel is less interesting story wise. Washington is the key here and even he cannot rescue the contrived plot chosen by the filmmakers. I wanted to like this film and the action can only compensate for so much. The supporting plots felt uninspired and with only a few of the subplots paying off. Good action scenes but a friend death that means nothing and serves zero purpose is wasted. Hopefully they can redeem themselves with a third film. 08/08/2019
brendan n Super Reviewer -
The ending showdown was very cool, something I've never seen before on screen, Equaliser 2 certainly has things like this that I enjoy, it's not a bad movie, but it is a little bit of a disappointment after the first one. Though I certainly liked The Equalizer more, I am a fan of both movies (so I guess the whole franchise at this point) and if Denzel is up for making more of these Defender-of-the-Downtrodden, ass-kickin' super soldier Action movies with human-interest stories peppered in via the supporting characters, then I'll sure as Hell keep watching 'em.
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Short of donning a cape in the age of the dominance of superhero movies, Denzel plays a superhero who's power seems to lie in that he can time with a stopwatch how long it takes to whup some ass, which doesn't make sense exactly but does lend itself to some cool ass-whuppings. He's an ex-CIA Special Ops who rides around helping people while disguised as a ordinary, everyday Lyft driver, until somebody kills a friend of his, "and then it gets personal!" Melissa Leo does well here, in a movie where everyone you see onscreen but the hero gets killed.
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Denzel Washington is sixty-three years-old and will be sixty-four this coming December. I can recall taking note of this fact when writing about the first Equalizer film when Washington was about to turn sixty and how impressive it seemed that the guy had no intentions of slowing down. In the interim between that 2014 film and what is the first sequel one of the world's most charismatic actors has agreed to be a part of, Mr. Washington has still shown no signs of slowing down. Since The Equalizer Washington has already paired with director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) again prior to this latest entry with their remake of The Magnificent Seven which I found to be immensely entertaining as well as having adapted, starred in, and directed August Wilson's seminal piece of work in Fences for which he was shrouded in awards love. And again last year, the actor earned another Best Actor nomination for his work in Dan Gilroy's quirky, but largely effective Roman J. Israel, Esq. (which I probably liked more than you). The point being, each of these gave Washington the chance to continue to do what he loves as he flexed a different muscle in regard to each respective project, but the choice to return to the character of Robert McCall among every character Washington has played is a curious one. I enjoyed The Equalizer upon initial release and was happy to find it wasn't simply another case of an aging star attempting to cash in on the Liam Neeson-proven method of combining a once valuable name on the poster above a newfangled action-centric conflict. Of course, Washington was never relegated to being a star whose name ever lost any value. Denzel is Denzel and no matter what he does people typically turn out in fair enough numbers to justify his mid-range action projects and awards contenders. In fact, since 2009 (which accounts for Washington's last ten films), the star has never seen less than a $50 million lifetime gross with the exception of Israel last year with seven of those ten releases doing over $70 million worth of business during their theatrical runs. Denzel, the man, is typically all the brand recognition that is required and so it feels weird that Washington has been brought into this fold of sequels and franchises. Maybe it's just the first time someone has offered the actor a follow-up to one of his projects or maybe it's just a sign of the times. Whatever the case may be, The Equalizer 2 isn't exactly what one might hope for in a "first" from Denzel Washington, but more it plays into what the first did more to subvert in not being your by-the-numbers action flick as this sequel, with nowhere else to go, had no choice but to surrender to the trend. read the whole review at www.reviewsfromabed.com
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