All things are not equal

Rating: 9/10 (22 October 2015)

One of the most exceptional movies in the last few years - Denzel Washington provides a compelling - if not totally believable character. Working off of the 1980s television show with Edward Woodward - the story cuts a remarkably good plot - but do not expect too much from it or you will be disappointed. The biggest critiques I have heard from people are that there are elements of the movie that make no sense - and this is primarily because the scriptwriter has seen the original series and assumed a lot of the character into evidence - but there are notable points in the movie that occur once never to be seen again that make you wonder exactly why the heck they left it in.
My biggest complaints are that there precious too few action scenes - Martin Csokas owns the bad guy role to the Nth degree - but with a sinister malevolence rather than a "kick your ass" approach. Washington is pretty damn hardcore in this - but his "kick-ass-omoter" barely reaches a three on the "frequency of scenes" scale. Chloe Grace Moritz plays an outstanding supporting role - but again, there is not enough of a back story to merit the movie - I would have liked them to have drawn out her situation in significantly more detail.
Testosterone moment came from scene stealer Haley Bennett and her apparently endless legs.
Certain elements of the film are just entirely too stupid to handle with one particular interrogation scene that will have you screaming at the screen "why doesn't he just press the damn button??" other than those complaints. The acting with what is a great plot - but a relatively poor quantity of action is utterly superb - and it gives a fine start to what could be a fantastic series of movies.