Not Denzel's Best movie ever but it was okay.

Rating: 7/10 (13 October 2019)

Movie starts off in the life of Denzel's character Mr. McCall. At first the audience will see him as a single older black dude who works at home depot or in the movie its called "home mart" anyhow he apparently helps out some heavyset co worker get his security license and is also providing knowledge and wisdom to his two youth co workers also. He appears friendly and polite to all his female coworkers as well. The plot delves a little deeper as we learn his character can't sleep and has insomnia and spends most his nights at a 24/7 diner drinking tea and reading books. it is there where he befriends a young Russian prostitute and she gives him a CD of her singing and befriends him back. Later something happens to the girl without too much spoilers she is a prostitute for the Russian mob. He goes after them out of revenge for hurting her.
The plot: it was very bland and mild. It sort of is intriguing but most of it you will say to yourself eh, its been done before.
Action sequences: again nothing special here, the ending part to the movie is very cool and Antone Fuqua uses his typical cinematography with water dripping every where.
The sound track has a song by Moby that we all know and a song by Eminem at the ending credits.
Keep in mind this movie came out in 2014 and most of you have seen it already. My basic review is this: its an okay feel good movie but doesn't do Denzels great acting abilities any justice. Like I said the plot is very bland as we later find out in the movie that he was an ex-CIA assassin and left his wife due to the agency. its never really explained why he goes after the Russians considering they didn't kill the girl. Nor does it go into detail about his connection to the CIA
The antagonist who is the ruthless Russian Mafias lieutenant is assigned to find and track down and kill Mr McCall for a bigger Russian boss located in Moscow called "Pushkin" played by an actor I like named Marton Csokas.
The Russians are in bed with some corrupt cops as well who work in Boston and one is played by David Harbour (Hell-boy). Denzels character tracks him down and is able to use him to flush out the remaining mobsters.
The fat guy is played by Johnny Skourtis an unknown actor who does a pretty good job of being Denzels side kick as he always seems to have one in all his movies. Denzels character is trying to help him lose weight to become a security guard for the Home Depot company they work at and Denzel is constantly finding him trying to smuggle potato chips in his healthy tuna sandwiches.
The girl is played by Chloe Grace Moretz another unknown at least by me, who actually survives but unfortunately her friend isn't so lucky who falls victim to Marton the antagonist character.
All in all like I said its an okay movie. reason being is Denzel Washington you expect the movie to be great and when it isn't it is somewhat of a disappointment however like I said the movie doesn't disappoint but isn't great either just flat out okay.