Equal to other movies of this genre.

Rating: 5/10 (18 December 2014)

Equalizer is your typical story of a retired agent who is hiding from his past and now leads a quiet life working in some petty job away from all the action. As you always get in this sort of movies, no one suspects who he really is/was. He keeps to himself, he is methodical, he leaves alone and his wife broke his heart. I bet you have heard this plot before!
Anyway, some day, as he spends yet another night at a bar reading books, he befriends a young girl called Alina who works as a hooker and seems to be abused by her pimp. He decides to take care of business like in the good old days and kills four guys with a style reminiscent of Jason Bourne or James Bond at his best. (I consider Denzel Washington a fantastic actor; one of the best, but personally, I feel he is starting to look a little old for this type of action roles).
Can you imagine the rest? I bet you can! Those four guys he just killed belong to a huge Russian mafia clan (no evil character cannot speak without a funny accent), and they are on their way to the US to get rid of our hero. And what does an action hero do in these cases? You probably know, because it's just like another million movies you have seen before: he takes them on on his own!
I guess you get my point: the movie doesn't feel like anything new. However, it's still executed well enough to be enjoyable, and Denzel Washington is great! So if you feel like watching a movie before going to bed, why not? There's a lot worse out there!