THE EQUALISER 2014
BY
ANTOINE FUQUA
The Oscar winning duo Washington and Fuqua make a formidable
partnership- while Denzel makes no false moves while acting,Fuqua is brilliant
behind camera.The net result ,quite like Training Day,is a visually stylish
film backed by solid performance.
Of course,The Equaliser is nowhere near Training Day in
terms of style and impact.Denzel plays an ex-Marine and a DIA agent,now living
a retired life,reading books,mouring his dead wife and playing a do-gooder and
lifecoach to those in need. In the process,he saves a prostitute from her
pimps,and finds himself fighting and
killing Russian pimps and gangsters with ridiculous ease.
With clinical efficiency,and excessive use of
violence,Denzel just eliminates the whole hierarchy of the gang from US to Moscow.He
has portrayed as so good at killing that there is never a contest .The viewer
understands these are not fight sequences,but hunt scenes.This dulls the
proceedings a bit ,but hey,since everyone is anyway on Denzel’s side,it doesn’t
matter.
This film is for Denzel’s fanboys,and they wont be
disappointed.
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