Starts with good character work but moves into spoof territory

Rating: 5/10 (26 November 2016)

The Equalizer starts out OK, there was some good character work and I thought the rapport between Equalizer Bob (working/hiding in a DIY market), young prostitute Teri and also Bob's co-worker Ralphie was good. Sadly, after about 30min of relaxed storytelling, the movie switches genres, and the vigilante "plot" (what plot? He just finishes them off one by one) was neither captivating nor logical, and it even managed to lack tension. The worst thing was that is was so hilarious ... we saw this as a double feature with Deathgasm, which was maybe unlucky for The Equalizer, but once the killings moved to the DIY store we couldn't help but giggle, laugh and finally roll on the floor, and that is probably not what they had in mind when making The Equalizer.
One more case of a movie that has certain strengths (in this case, the character work) but doesn't realise it and accordingly loses its path along the way.