Post by Rob W. Case on Jan 28, 2019 23:46:01 GMT -6
Denzel Washington returns as former CIA Black Ops operative Robert McCall in the next chapter to the blockbuster 2014 film The Equalizer. This time around, McCall works as a Lyft driver during the day, but also keeps his “foot in the door” to his former profession by utilizing his skills to continue to defend the defenseless and encourage those who need encouraging. In this movie, in attempting to investigate a brutal murder in France, McCall’s very good friend Susan Plummer (Melissa Leo) is attacked on her way back to her hotel, and ends up fighting rigorously for her life, a fight that she ends up losing. After being murdered, word gets to McCall about what happened, and in light of what happened, he seeks to find out who killed her. Pursuing clues and meditating hard on the details, his putting clues together and getting close to finding out who killed her makes him a target, of which he encounters major run ins with people trying to do him in. Meanwhile, while all of these events transpire, McCall tries to encourage and mentor a young man by the name of Miles Whittaker (Ashton Sanders) by teaching him to make an honest living, amidst fighting both the temptation and incredible pressure of joining a violent gang with the incentive of making really big money fast.
My Take:
This movie was pretty good, but in all honesty, I liked the first one better. As details started to emerge, one element, I thought, was getting too predictable, and as the film moves forward, that predictable element actually ended up being the case. I did like McCall’s relationship with the troubled young man tempted into joining a gang, and McCall's trying to set him on a course to a new life. In this effort Whittaker experiences the difference between joining a violent group that calls themselves a “family,” and encountering a person who shows by action what it’s like to actually care about somebody to the degree that he sacrifices for, takes the time out to help, and does the dirty work to help keep him out of trouble, while setting a course for him to follow that would build him up, make him into somebody, and utilize his gifts and talents to make money the honest and peaceful way.
All in all, out of 4 stars, I would have to give the Equalizer 2, 2 and a half.
The movie is rated R for graphic violence and runs 2 hours and 1 minute.
To view a trailer for the movie, please click on the “Play” button below.
The Equalizer 2 is available on 4K-HD, Blu-ray, and DVD, and is currently available to rent at Redbox kiosk machines everywhere.
My Take:
This movie was pretty good, but in all honesty, I liked the first one better. As details started to emerge, one element, I thought, was getting too predictable, and as the film moves forward, that predictable element actually ended up being the case. I did like McCall’s relationship with the troubled young man tempted into joining a gang, and McCall's trying to set him on a course to a new life. In this effort Whittaker experiences the difference between joining a violent group that calls themselves a “family,” and encountering a person who shows by action what it’s like to actually care about somebody to the degree that he sacrifices for, takes the time out to help, and does the dirty work to help keep him out of trouble, while setting a course for him to follow that would build him up, make him into somebody, and utilize his gifts and talents to make money the honest and peaceful way.
All in all, out of 4 stars, I would have to give the Equalizer 2, 2 and a half.
The movie is rated R for graphic violence and runs 2 hours and 1 minute.
To view a trailer for the movie, please click on the “Play” button below.
The Equalizer 2 is available on 4K-HD, Blu-ray, and DVD, and is currently available to rent at Redbox kiosk machines everywhere.