a5c7b9f00b Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves? The Equalizer 2 (3 out of 5 stars).<br/><br/>The Equalizer 2 is an okay thriller. With a slow pacing and a story that took a while for it to start. And a few short action sequences. At least Denzel Washington does pull off delivering another awesome character with bare knuckles and strategic fighting techniques that leaves many bones broken in a brutal fight. But it is a very few fight sceneswell which may leave the action genre enthusiast a little disappointed if you are expecting it to begoodthe first movie. <br/><br/>Robert (Denzel Washington) is a retired government agent. He does odd jobs suchsearching for people and helping a kid who was taken from her mother. Which leaves Robert taking a few guys down in a train car in Turkey. While back home, he works for lyft. Driving people and hearing peoples problems. He does help a girl who was abused by a group of men. He pays them a visit and beats them down. He also helps out his neighbor who is a troubled teen that is on a borderline of getting involved in a gang. He mentors the teen by having him help repaint the graffiti on the apartment building. When Robert&#39;s personal friend is murdered. He goes on a vengeance to trace the killers that are involved. And to eliminate them. <br/><br/>Denzel Washington is a great actor. His character is the best at what he does. He can get in any fight situation and always get out with barely any injury to him. He takes down a few guys in a train car. By using his awareness of every object and techniques to take them down. He also plans a fight with a few paramilitary bad guys during a hurricane in a small town. And takes them down one guy at a time. <br/><br/>Sadly, if you are expecting a lot of action. You will be left disappointed. For starters, the film is slow moving this time. At least the first movie had Denzel Washington and Chloe Grace Moretz getting to know each other. Talking about books. Why Denzel is reading a list of books. About his past and his wife. This film focuses more on the sub plots with Denzel helping this troubled teen Miles (Ashton Sanders). Miles has lost his brother from a gang. And is willing to join another gang to get revenge. After like half an hour in the movie, the plot kicks in involving Melissa Leo&#39;s character and Pedro Pascal getting involved in an arranged homicide with a couple in a different country.<br/><br/>The films plot did feel weak this time around. With a conflict being about tying up loose ends. And Robert going on revenge to kill those involved that killed his friend. This is no Punisher movie but Robert follows through with his code of protecting the innocent. And giving payback to those that deserves it. <br/><br/>Overall, The Equalizer 2 is a fair film. Denzel Washington is greatthe character. Helping others and beating the bad guys. It does have a few action sequences that are short and brief. A little smaller than the first movie. The villain is a decent one which feels undeveloped. The direction is slow with subplots that is more exciting to watch than the plot itself. This isn&#39;t going to win any awards but if you&#39;re going out to the movies with some friends, this isn&#39;t a bad pick. Denzel is greatexpected and the action is fun to watch and keeps the audience engaged. It&#39;s not exactly a plot-driven movieyou can probably tell, but with that said the plot is fairly solid without holes in itsome action movies tend to fall victim to. One small issue is the irrelevant side plot with the kid in his neighborhood that doesn&#39;t exactly lead up to any sort of resolution but provides for some character development. Not a must watch, but worth your time in my opinion. The Equalizer pictures operate under a false moral imperative, using the mission of cleaning up the streetsa cover for the same pat hyper-stylized, near-pornographic brutality.
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