Re: The Equalizer (2014, Fuqua) S: Washington, Moretz, Leo, Pullman
 

Wife and I saw it last night, loved DW, he is one of my all time favorite actors.

Little to graphic for our taste, but I always loved the "Man who seeks justice" movies with a good actor in it.

I use to watch the TV show every week.

***I would love a sequel with more of his background.

Re: The Equalizer (2014, Fuqua) S: Washington, Moretz, Leo, Pullman
 

Caught a matinee today and I really enjoyed it, despite a few minor nit picks.

Denzel was great as being a badass MF. Some really awesome kills by him. I agree with a few comments that I could have used a little more background on McCall and his past. Also, how the hell can McCall go back to work at the fake Home Depot and stay in the same neighborhood after all that shit that went down? Ralphy and several of his colleagues knew he was there when he took out all those Russian goons. Who did Ralphy say to the cops or Feds took out those goons? His fat ass? :lol: Minor plot hole there.

It was a little long. I think a better end point would have been the Moscow sequence where McCall took out Pushkin and his men and walked away. The scene extension with Alina and then the computer ad was probably there to help tease a potential sequel.

Re: The Equalizer (2014, Fuqua) S: Washington, Moretz, Leo, Pullman
 

saw this Friday. I liked it. Was a bit iffy on the wrap up of it all but I liked it. There were a lot of old people in my theater for this. Was the show that popular to still be remembered or is Denzel Washington a hit for the elderly?

Re: The Equalizer (2014, Fuqua) S: Washington, Moretz, Leo, Pullman
 

A little from column A, a little from Column B.

Re: The Equalizer (2014, Fuqua) S: Washington, Moretz, Leo, Pullman
 

This movie had some good moments, but the pacing was horrible. They could have easily cut 20 minutes from the first hour. If the extra time was used well I wouldn't mind, but entire sequences felt like a waste of time.

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I'll agree that this was a little long in the tooth, but you know what, I liked it. A lot. To me, this felt like a modern day Bronson flick, right down to Denzel being an unstoppable force of badassery. Fuqua's visual style was strong, although some of the slow-mo/surverying scenes got to be a bit much. Great score, even if it took the film over the top. I've always dug revenge films of this ilk, with a white knight just decimating thugs left and right.

I say bring on a sequel.

Oh, and Chloe in that first scene... -other-

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I thought it was great. I also enjoyed the fact that this movie didn't feel compelled to go badass right from the get go. I enjoyed the quiet moments the first hour of him in his routine. You know the bloodshed was coming, so that they showed him in these quieter moments, along with him and showing the interaction with the girl, helped justify the violence when that began.

I'm definitely hoping we'll get a sequel. I'd be nice to have Denzel have his own franchise.

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I didn't mind the quiet moments or the diner scenes, but 90% of the stuff with the fat friend should have been on the editing room floor. The restaurant extortion and Home Depot robbery sequences could have been used to show him being drawn into his past life of violence in order to do good, but they don't work after we've already seen him kill the russians and know the russians are hunting him. It's like they were shown out of order.

I saw this as a good dumb action movie, like Taken, that was spoiled by trying to be too much of a character movie. Then I read reviews where people had the opposite take and saw it as a good character movie spoiled by too many dumb action sequences. I still disagree, but I can't say they are wrong.

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I didn't mind the stuff with Ralphie or whatever his name was.

My main complaint is that the final extended action sequence was just entirely too long -- cool at first, then it just didn't want to end. I started to nod off before all was said and done.

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It had it's moments but it was a bit long. It also looks like Denzel is keeping up with his JKD training. His skills show in the first fight choreography. The very last scene before the credits is the only thing that reminded me of the TV series.

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Did this just hit the torrents or something? Haha. Whens the blu release? I wanted to see this.

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Probably, it's awfully close to retail time for it. I went with family over Thanksgiving and saw it and forgot all about it until seeing this thread pop up, may have been one of the reasons I nodded off. The one thing I love about my hometown: old second run bar theaters.

It comes out tomorrow on the streaming services (Amazon Instant, iTunes and Vudu), and December 30th on Blu-ray.

Re: The Equalizer (2014, Fuqua) S: Washington, Moretz, Leo, Pullman
 

I wanted this to be better than it actually was. It was entertaining, but a couple of things bothered me. Some of this was just so preposterous it took me out of the movie.

Re: The Equalizer (2014, Fuqua) S: Washington, Moretz, Leo, Pullman
 

Just got done watching it (on Blu-ray) and for the most part did enjoy it, but as with others, the first 20-minutes were incredibly slow and there were portions in the second act with pacing issues. However, thanks to Denzel Washington and some well choreographed fight scenes, I was able to overlook those flaws.

I just hope when a sequel happens, they get a new director, though one wonders if Washington would appear in one without Fuqua.

***½/*****, (B, 6.8/10, 2.75/4)

Re: The Equalizer (2014, Fuqua) S: Washington, Moretz, Leo, Pullman
 

I saw it. Liked it quite a bit. I didn't mind the pacing. The nail gun execution was hilariously bad, though. Denzel is one of those actors that I think I like him in pretty much everything I've seen him in.

Re: The Equalizer (2014, Fuqua) S: Washington, Moretz, Leo, Pullman
 

We watched it tonight as well. A little graphic and brutal at times, but a pretty good movie.

Re: The Equalizer (2014, Fuqua) S: Washington, Moretz, Leo, Pullman
 

The gardening shears through the neck was fucked up! I enjoyed the film.

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I thought the direction was pretty good, a little over-stylized with the transitions at times... wouldn't mind if he came back for it, but he's very replaceable. Hoping for a sequel, I think there's a lot of room left to learn more about his past.

Pretty solid movie, I liked the buildup and taking time just to see him doing his daily routine - of course it being Denzel makes it a lot easier (I could probably watch a whole movie about that) He's still got that screen presence, can't believe he's 60!

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Sums up my thoughts on it and it surpassed my expectations. Maybe because my wife and I's tradition is to watch the first two Home Alone movies each Christmas but right after the first kill in Home Mart, I said the Mart fight was a badass adult version of Home Alone. Then I lost it when Denzel brings out the blowtorch and heated door knob :)

Re: The Equalizer (2014, Fuqua) S: Washington, Moretz, Leo, Pullman
 

I thought the movie was good because of the slow introduction to the characters. Gave the film some depth.

Re: The Equalizer (2014, Fuqua) S: Washington, Moretz, Leo, Pullman
 

Saw this last night on Blu and really liked it overall. I'll agree with what many have said, a little too much slo-mo and over stylized. In the Home Mart, you kill a guy, you take his gun, even if you don't use it, don't leave it for his buddies to be better armed. The nail gun was rough. Not enough velocity to kill or even hit accurately from a distance. At the end just shoot the guy, everyone else is dead anyway.

Never saw the original show.

Re: The Equalizer (2014, Fuqua) S: Washington, Moretz, Leo, Pullman
 

Picked this up on DVD and really enjoyed it. It's not a perfect movie, but it was a lot of fun and I was never really bored.

Agreed. I have all of his movies on DVD and can't think of one where I haven't at least enjoyed his performance. He really elevates material in anything he's in.

Count me in the camp that liked the approach of showing his daily routine before getting into the action. I think it humanized him and gave him a depth that would've been lost if they had jumped straight into the action. Denzel certainly helped make it easy to watch though.

Re: The Equalizer (2014, Fuqua) S: Washington, Moretz, Leo, Pullman
 

I just watched this movie for the first time. Afterward, I was genuinely surprised to find out that that one guy was not Kevin Spacey.