"The Equalizer"

2014 * R * 2h 12m Way back in the 1980s, I used to love the show "The Equalizer." It starred Edward Woodward, a cool English gentleman on the outside but a total badass on the inside. He was a retired intelligence agent who got involved with making things right for the world. Sort of a closet knight in shining armor. 

I had heard about the movie starring Denzel Washington when it first came out. but hadn't seen this excellent film until recently. What a fun, engaging, shoot-em-up film. Robert McCall (Washington) is also a retired agent. He has a menial job at a Home Depot-type store and is into health foods and reading the classics. He enjoys nothing better than sitting in a local diner in the evening and devouring books. He befriends a young woman who is a sex worker. One night he notices she's been beaten up. When she goes missing, he starts doing some digging abut here whereabouts. 

This leads him into a confrontation with some pretty dark forces, chiefly, the Russian Mafia. Hold on to you hats for there's a wild ride ahead of you! Complete with lots and lots of killing. He's totally unstoppable and things get real bloody real fast. This is one of those sit back and enjoy the action without doing a whole lot of thinking films. If you like action thrillers, give this one a shot! (Pun intended). 

4 out of 5 stars

Currently streaming on Netflix and to rent on Prime Video.