We’re here to watch Denzel Washington do what he does – kick ass and act like he’s the baddest dude in the room. Many will see some plot twists coming pretty easily, but when you’re watching movies like this, those twists are beside the point. But McCall can never truly escape his past, and it comes at him with a vengeance, putting his life and the lives of others at risk, including the like a of a young street artist named Miles (Ashton Sanders) that McCall wants to help. When an information source for the agency McCall worked for is murdered in Brussels, Susan and her assistant Dave (Pedro Pascal) investigate. He still keeps in touch with his friend and former boss Susan Plummer (Melissa Leo), and while the world thinks that McCall is dead, Susan knows that McCall still wants to be useful in his way. Sometimes, he does more than listen, and that’s when McCall’s skills come into play. Each ride has a story, and McCall listens to every one of them. He’s magnetic, and you never want to take your eyes off him McCall is a man who has a strong sense of justice and righteousness, but he’s also a man that is incredibly lonely and seems to want to be around people just to share in their moments, even if it’s a brief conversation in McCall’s Lyft. And while, frankly, this film’s climax isn’t as exciting as watching Denzel use a Home Depot knock-off to dispatch a ton of bad guys, there’s an emotional climax to The Equalizer 2 that feels very earned and rewarding.ĭenzel’s Robert McCall is probably my favorite action character that he’s played. There is a lot of pay-off at the end that is very satisfying to see play out. but The Equalizer 2 is a marvel of construction, especially when we see the gears fit together and watch Fuqua and writer Richard Wenk (who also wrote the 2014 original) lay down the groundwork throughout the movie. Now, clocks all do the same thing, but none of them are the same. I guarantee you you’ll probably be ahead of The Equalizer 2 in about 15 minutes, but it’s the way that it gets there that makes it interesting and fun.
When the action happens, it’s cathartic, and makes the violence mean more than in a film that never stops to allow audiences to take a breath. Fuqua and Washington let scenes play out, silences build into important moments, and characters interact with each other in ways that may be too deliberate for people expecting explosions and mayhem. For those used to wall-to-wall action, this is not that kind of movie.
Antoine Fuqua and Denzel Washington, at this point, work so well together and have such a shared vision for the character that you want to spend as much time as possible with Robert McCall. As a whole, The Equalizer 2 is better than the original, and the first film was already a fine adaptation of the CBS television series.
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