Denzel at his best.

Rating: 9/10 (2 September 2015)

Tony Scott seemed to live in his brother's shadow, but I don't think he got a fair shake, may he rest in peace. I loved Crimson Tide and I loved Man on Fire. His signature dish, to create fast paced, Kaleidoscopic, intense adventure stories marked by formula, but very much enjoyable. Man on Fire is one of his finest works and he directs Denzel brilliantly. Dakota Fanning is great and totally believable in her role. You like her so much you actually start to like it when Denzel starts cutting off fingers to move up the "bad guy chain." We get a sense of a man in despair, burdened down by he demon of alcoholism, a life full of pain and regret, who finally sees one last opportunity at redemption and meaning. Denzel replicates this in The Equalizer, but not quite as awesomely as he does here. He is truly one of our finest actors.