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The Equalizer is more stylishly violent than meaningful, but with Antoine Fuqua behind the cameras and Denzel Washington dispensing justice, it delivers.
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The movie's all about reading, especially with a critical eye, but when you take too close a look at its disparate parts, they neither add up nor have anything constructive to teach. July 19, 2016 | Full Review…
The movie's all about reading, especially with a critical eye, but when you take too close a look at its disparate parts, they neither add up nor have anything constructive to teach.
Katie Kilkenny
The director, Antoine Fuqua, relies on small details, which anchor the vigilante-as-saint myth in at least a minimal degree of reality. September 29, 2014 | Full Review…
The director, Antoine Fuqua, relies on small details, which anchor the vigilante-as-saint myth in at least a minimal degree of reality.
David Denby
"[Washington] projects the same kind of dignified gravitas whether he's playing Malcolm X or pulverising someone's skull with a Black & Decker drill." September 28, 2014 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
"[Washington] projects the same kind of dignified gravitas whether he's playing Malcolm X or pulverising someone's skull with a Black & Decker drill."
Guy Lodge
Fuqua infuses The Equalizer with a low-key energy and is in no hurry to rush into things. September 26, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Fuqua infuses The Equalizer with a low-key energy and is in no hurry to rush into things.
James Berardinelli
When was the last time you saw a lone hero stride toward the climactic killing ground in slow motion? Yesterday? An hour ago? September 26, 2014 | Full Review…
When was the last time you saw a lone hero stride toward the climactic killing ground in slow motion? Yesterday? An hour ago?
David Edelstein
It gets sillier as it goes along, but it's never not entertaining. September 26, 2014 | Full Review…
It gets sillier as it goes along, but it's never not entertaining.
Alonso Duralde
As a guy who grew up in the '80s, I am in the target audience for this film. I only wish, like my theoretical Hollywood execs, I had the means to stop it from happening. January 8, 2020 | Full Review…
As a guy who grew up in the '80s, I am in the target audience for this film. I only wish, like my theoretical Hollywood execs, I had the means to stop it from happening.
Chris McCoy
It is pure studio fodder, suffering from some miscasting, a bloated running time, and a flat lined screenplay. September 5, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
It is pure studio fodder, suffering from some miscasting, a bloated running time, and a flat lined screenplay.
Nicholas Bell
Fuqua's style seems consistent, although he uses more video and editing resources, the strength of the narrative raises the impact of the action scenes. [Full Review in Spanish] August 15, 2019 | Full Review…
Fuqua's style seems consistent, although he uses more video and editing resources, the strength of the narrative raises the impact of the action scenes. [Full Review in Spanish]
Jorge Loser
With greater care taken over the haphazard pacing and poor script, The Equalizer might have been a fun night out. Instead it begs the question of when Washington will be given a movie worth his talents. May 25, 2019 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
With greater care taken over the haphazard pacing and poor script, The Equalizer might have been a fun night out. Instead it begs the question of when Washington will be given a movie worth his talents.
Ben Murphie
The Equalizer is good enough popcorn entertainment, made classier by the presence of Washington. March 2, 2019 | Full Review…
The Equalizer is good enough popcorn entertainment, made classier by the presence of Washington.
Paula Fleri-Soler
It's a film that starts in a nasty place and gets progressively worse throughout its 137-minute running time. This project is way below the talents of people like Washington and Fuqua. January 25, 2019 | Full Review…
It's a film that starts in a nasty place and gets progressively worse throughout its 137-minute running time. This project is way below the talents of people like Washington and Fuqua.
Micheal Compton
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