![]() Whilst McCall moonlights as a pillar of the community, hiding his killer instinct behind acts of kindness and becoming embroiled in several emotional subplots, issues with the film’s pacing become very apparent. Whilst the film’s themes of violent vengeance dictates much of the plot, it is when the story moves away from the action and is able to wallow in McCall’s personal demons that Washington’s great ability shines through, an internalised piece of acting that comes with it a subtlety that quite honestly garners the majority of the film’s plaudits. Bill Pullman and Melissa Leo reprise their characters from the first film.The sequel, with returning director Antoine Fuqua, who also helmed Washington’s Oscar-winning turn in Training Day, aims to delve deeper into Robert McCall’s murky past, reuniting him with close friend Susan (Melissa Leo) and introducing a former partner from the agency, Dave (Pedro Pascal). Ashton Sanders, who was seen in Moonlight, plays the role of Miles and he was also good. Pedro Pascal as the conflicted agent Dave was fine. The way he approaches the scene where he warns the four-member gang that he will kill them all is a good example of the acting skill. Even when the movie tries to push this character into an invincible one, Washington adds this small layer of humane texture to McCall to make him a memorable character. The action in the movie is brutal.ĭenzel Washington has this signature style of pulling off characters like these with swagger. gives you the vibe the first movie created. ![]() Some of the dialogues like “Man ain’t spelled G-U-N son” etc. Antoine Fuqua’s decision to include the suppressed people in the story to show them in a good light was good, but the screenplay just couldn’t do justice to that decision. It’s an irony how McCall couldn’t spot the foul play by a close person in the first place because the movie addresses him as this epitome of intelligence. It invests too much time in establishing an already established character. The Equalizer 2 doesn’t feel like a movie that was written after getting a proper idea. The subplots are distractions, but if the pacing of the screenplay was crisp, it would have become that forgettable flaw just like the first part. The climax act of the movie is so dark and dull that you might end up wanting to see some light. Doing all that isn’t a bad thing, but the screenplay gets extremely bloated due to all these subplots and looking at the snail-paced main track, I kind of felt they added all this just to extend the duration of the film. He is helping a mother to find her daughter and takes action against a bunch of youngsters who misbehaved with a young girl (the trailer scene). He is helping an old man who has not seen his sister in a long while. McCall is helping a fellow black young man from getting out of the violent world of drugs and killings. There is a burden put upon the movie by the makers itself to be something more appealing than the first one. The Equalizer 2 shows us how McCall hunts down the people behind it. At one point his only friend (those of you who have seen the first part would know who that is) gets killed in a horrible incident. The man is still doing his part-time job of saving and punishing people. ![]() So after what happened in the first movie, McCall is now at a different place living the life of a cab driver.
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