Denzel Washington doesn’t play a character with super powers, unless you count 'being really good at killing people' as a super power.
"'The Equalizer' is not a superhero movie in the traditional sense, but it might-as-well be.
… Washington, as ever, is the essence of cool." - Peter Travers, He can do more with a move, a head tilt, a shot of fire in the eye than most actors do with pages of dialogue. "Denzel Washington doesn't have to say a word. Washington is that rarity: an action-film star capable of gravitas and feeling, an actor capable of selling fight sequences and carefully contemplated plans that form in the instant between seconds." - James Rocchi, "Washington is terrific here, a blue-collar Bourne far from the champagne sophistication of Bond, his astonishing physicality springing out in his action scenes and in his decisive moments while still suggesting the calm, collected thought before each brief burst of violence. But when Russian mobsters severely beat up a prostitute (Chloe Moritz) whom he regularly encounters at his favorite coffee shop after work, Washington decides to employ his old skills, which are quite considerable, to rid the city of the Russian criminals, who are in cahoots with local cops." - Lou Lumenick, New York Post
"Very loosely inspired by the 1980s TV show, 'The Equalizer' introduces Washington as a kindly senior citizen who works at a Home Depot (which isn’t called that, for reasons that will become evident) in Boston. Here's what critics have to say about Washington's latest: It stars Washington as a former super-soldier who reenters the world of action and intrigue, squaring off against a Russian nightmare named Teddy ( Marton Csokas), and a city filled with corrupt cops.īy some accounts, "The Equalizer" is to Washington as "Taken" is to Liam Neeson - your mileage may vary on whether or not that's a bad thing. Hell hath no fury like a special-ops retiree scorned.Īcademy Award winner Denzel Washington lends his gravitas to this weekend's new action movie " The Equalizer," directed by Antoine Fuqua, and based on the television show of the same name.