There91裸聊视频檚 an about considering Denzel Washington is right over here, walking around.
Antoine Fuqua91裸聊视频檚 a taut and textured sequel to Washington91裸聊视频檚 vigilante series, isn91裸聊视频檛 one of the actor91裸聊视频檚 best films. It wouldn91裸聊视频檛 crack his top 10. But it vividly encapsulates Washington91裸聊视频檚 formidable on-screen potency.
You might think this would be in the movie91裸聊视频檚 brutal action sequences, but no. It91裸聊视频檚 the scenes of Washington fastidiously having a cup of tea at a sidewalk cafe or strolling the streets of a Sicilian town. This is a movie stitched together less by its plot mechanics than the pleasure of watching Denzel smirk, scowl and smile, in leisurely scenes mixed in with all the murder.
In that way, the 91裸聊视频淓qualizer91裸聊视频� movies (the third of which is certainly the best of a so-so bunch), remind me of those great Walter Matthau thrillers like and 91裸聊视频� movies about old men with expressive eyebrows who are set in their ways but have plenty of tricks left up their sleeve. (Washington, now 68, also took over Matthau91裸聊视频檚 role in the remake of )
There91裸聊视频檚 no shortage these days of older stars plying their special sets of skills in action thrillers. Throw a stone in a movie theater and you91裸聊视频檙e likely to hit (and risk drawing the lethal ire of) Liam Neeson, Harrison Ford or Tom Cruise. 91裸聊视频淓qualizer 3,91裸聊视频� an all-in-all good entry in the genre, is on the bloodier end of the spectrum.
Yet curiously neither the fight sequences (rapid and grotesque) nor the film91裸聊视频檚 sense of suspense (perfunctory) are much of a selling point. The film, scripted by Richard Wenk, opens with a trail of bodies through the main house of an Sicily vineyard. In the wine cellar calmly sits Robert McCall (Washington), who shrugs, 91裸聊视频淲ouldn91裸聊视频檛 let me in, so91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淭he Equalizer91裸聊视频� is loosely based on an 1980s TV series about a former intelligence service agent who spends his retirement bringing the scales of justice back in balance for regular folks he happens to encounter. And there91裸聊视频檚 a pleasantly episodic quality to the third film in the series.
A bullet in the back leaves McCall laid up in recovery after he91裸聊视频檚 taken in by a kindly village doctor named Enzo (Remo Girone). We91裸聊视频檙e in Southern Italy. Most of the film was shot along the Amalfi coast, specifically the enchanting medieval fishing village of Atrani.
If there91裸聊视频檚 one truly implausible thing about 91裸聊视频淓qualizer 3,91裸聊视频� it91裸聊视频檚 the fact that there isn91裸聊视频檛 a tourist in sight. McCall, who once out of bed strolls the village91裸聊视频檚 cobbled steps with a cane, seems to be the only American in town. He91裸聊视频檚 quickly charmed by the people who warmly welcome the 91裸聊视频淎mericano.91裸聊视频�
And the same time, the Camorra mafia is pushing harder into the village, with intentions of driving out locals to make room for hotels and casinos. They make a small army of designer-dressed, tattoo-covered thugs, and they descend on the village, unaware of the lurking elite vigilante quietly sipping tea across the street from their shakedowns or eating pasta at the next table.
The well-traveled Fuqua, who helmed both prior 91裸聊视频淓qualizer91裸聊视频� movies and first directed Washington in 91裸聊视频淭raining Day,91裸聊视频� is in his genre wheelhouse here. He trails McCall patiently and soaks up the local color, with a few touches of Christian imagery from the church above the town. There91裸聊视频檚 a sinister, ominous sense of evil scourges 91裸聊视频� a heinous drug from Syria, sold by the mafia is funding terrorists cells 91裸聊视频� seeping into a society of 91裸聊视频済ood people.91裸聊视频�
The clear dichotomy of good and bad is cozy, and so, too, is Washington91裸聊视频檚 savage, untroubled dispatching of the mafia ring. There are CIA officials in the mix, too, including Dakota Fanning91裸聊视频檚 desk clerk turned operative. But they are mostly following McCall91裸聊视频檚 lead. He 91裸聊视频� Washington really 91裸聊视频� is in a league of his own, and 91裸聊视频淓qualizer 3,91裸聊视频� smartly, doesn91裸聊视频檛 even try to suggest it91裸聊视频檚 a close race. Not all are created equal, after all.
91裸聊视频淓qualizer 3,91裸聊视频� a Sony Pictures release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for strong bloody violence and some language. Running time: 109 minutes. Three stars out of four.
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