The Equalizer 2
*ing: Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo
Rated: 5.5/10
Denzel Washington has been missing from the big screen for a very long time and it is his presence that saves this slow thriller some blushes.
Other than him, it is all very commonplace here, be it rogue sleuths, rogue situations or rogue villains. Washington returns from the dead quite literally in this one to unravel the brutal murder of his one-time friend and FBI agent Susan who is stabbed to death in her hotel room while on an assignment with Washington’s former partner Dave.
Washington keeps a poker face most of the time, killing, spotting and getting into the case with ease. Not an expression generally means an actor is either good for nothing or too good to be true. Washington, we all know, is a specimen of the second category and he uses this trait to the hilt in Equaliser 2 wherein he swears to kill the goons and does so in slow motion.
On the whole, will stick only for Denzel Washington fans. The rest would want some kind of urgency in the proceedings.