Chillingly good

Rating: 9/10 (8 October 2014)

8 October 2104 Film of Choice at The Plaza Dorchester Tonight - The Equalizer. Believing he has found a quiet life in Boston, having put his military past behind him McCall (Denzel Washington) comes to the aid of a young girl he has befriended and suddenly finds himself taking on a large chunk of the Russian Mafia. This film had quite a long slow start and I wondered where it was going for a while, however as the pieces of the story came together you became aware of the complexities of McCall's character and the horrors he thought he had put behind him. Superbly acted by Washington, this character was a man of few words and he was chillingly inscrutable as he was facing down his foes. If I had to complain about anything, it was maybe 15 to 20 minutes too long, but that is a minor gripe against what was a good film. Astonishingly powerful soundtrack right from the beginning, would make good driving music, turned up full, on the open road.