Same old but REALLY satisfying

Rating: 8/10 (13 December 2014)

I love Denzel Washington. Unfortunately I wasn't impressed with some of his latest films (Safe House was a joke and Unstoppable was pretty horrific) but nevertheless they are always entertaining. I loved 2 Guns and I was really looking forward to this one; The Equalizer. It's definitely one of the better action films released in recent years.
Some bad stuff: I really don't think Chloë Grace Moretz was suited for this role. Also, her relationship with Denzel was fake as hell.
A lot of the film (all of it) was highly manipulative: Denzel is everybody's saviour, sad music at all the right moments (and there're a lot of them), waaay over the top slow motion usage etc.
The bad guy was super cheesy although I do like the actor in other films.
Good stuff: The action. The kill scenes are epic and although Denzel doesn't really pull off action scenes, it doesn't matter because they are filmed superbly. Frankly this was more of a torture-gore film than an action film once it got going.
Overall, this was typical Hollywood cr*p but done REALLY well and a must watch for action/gore fans.
8/10