Review of The Equalizer 2 (2018) by Rebecca31 — 30 Aug 2018

If there's one thing that's never missing from cinemas for very long it's an action movie about a middle aged man, retired from *insert generic suspicious job here*, tormented by his past, possibly the death of a loved one (usually the wife) and dead set on helping the less fortunate. Sure he's no Keanu Reeves or Liam Neeson but Denzel ain't talking no crap from no one. I never saw the first Equalizer and I was able to keep up so you've no excuse.

Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) the lyft driver uses his spare time to help random people with certain problems which always tend to result in violence. I never knew I wanted to see a super slow-motion shot of some scumbag getting his bones snapped reflected in the shot of an eyeball. With a clear strong sense of justice Denzel finds himself in a situation where he must question how far he will go to protect those he cares about. The thing about The Equalizer 2 is there are quite a few subplots going on simultaneously which in this case isn't a bad thing. We've seen this type of film countless times before so the subplots keep you interested. That is to say most of the subplots were interesting. Losing 20 minutes and at least one subplot would have made the Equalizer more compact. For me the last act was the most engaging but overall The Equalizer 2 delivers exactly what you expect. Generic, predictable and it was really helpful how the ominous sound of thunder rumbling can be heard every few minutes to maintain the atmosphere. It may not be a groundbreaking action movie but already it's doing better than the Taken franchise so you can bet we'll probably be seeing another Equalizer movie at some point. Enjoyable in the moment but honestly I'm already starting to forget it. Recommended for all you Denzel fans out there.