nothing special

Rating: 3/10 (1 February 2015)

The best moment in The Equalizer is roughly one third into the movie where one of the main villains receives a phone call. The camera follows him as he leans back into the armchair and we see his tattoos. As someone has pointed out to me in a conversation, this is where we understand he is a demon against which our hero fights.
However, if you know that the hero is Denzel Washington going after Vladimir Pushkin, it all dissolves into a thinly veiled propaganda in which Obama would eventually defeat Putin.
I think we don't need to discuss any depth after this point and focus on the fun factor. But even there we're confronted with questionable contents. For example, the aforementioned gentleman wears massive prison tattoos although he spent major part of his life in the military. Also, our hero has a soft spot for girls in trouble. Although trained as an assassin, he prefers everyday objects to execute his opponents.
And the most interesting thing is that roughly at the same time a movie with Keanu Reeves came out called John Wick, in which the main character goes after Russian mob. Well, it is not as good as The Equalizer...