Denzel delivers the goods

Rating: 7/10 (13 October 2014)

Denzel Washington delivers as ex CIA operative Robert McCall who routinely goes about his business in downtown Boston - with a little OCD thrown in for good measure. Robert promised his recently deceased wife that he would move on from his former life and that was all going well until he befriends Teri/Alina (a very underused Chloe Moretz) who is on the receiving end of some harsh treatment from her Russian pimp.
Now this is an action movie - it isn't pretending to be anything else - so don't go in expecting some deep and meaningful character development scenarios. This is Denzel handing out justice in his own way, as Robert McCall decides to help Chloe out by taking out the local Russian Mafia (after trying to buy Alina's freedom). This doesn't sit well with the Russians and soon Teddy (Marton Csokas) arrives to try to figure out what went wrong.
From this point in your belief needs to be subdued a bit as Robert appears to always be one step ahead of Teddy and his band of local goons - including the clichéd 'dirty cops'. Even though the movie has a number of action checkpoints we the viewer need to pass (show me an action movie that doesn't) I found myself buckled in for the ride.
What I think could hurt this movie is the fact that Denzel is teaming up with 'Training Day' director Antoine Fuqua - and we all know that was a successful partnership back in 2001. My advice - be prepared to suspend a little bit of belief and just sit back and enjoy the ride and who knows maybe Robert might be back to help someone else.