Action's Back and It Has a Name - Denzel Washington!

Rating: 9/10 (27 September 2014)

What a ride! After having wasted 110 minutes of my life watching A Certain Justice - Puncture Wounds because I pressed the wrong button on the website purchase screen, I righted my wrong and treated myself to The Equalizer, which was the perfect antidote to one of the worst movies ever made.
Denzel gives a stellar performance. The plot has a few question marks, most of which are cleared up satisfactorily in the run of the film, but basically this flick has it all - action, action, action. I remember feeling just as excited when Bruce Willis and Danny Glover appeared in the first Die Hard.
The characters are well portrayed, the brutality is realistic and not utterly gratuitous, the empathy viewers feel is tangible. The plot unfolds like a good book and takes us through everything we need to stay glued to the screen and on the edge of our seats. The supporting cast is very good, but this is definitely a one-man show - and the credit goes to Denzel Washington.
I hope they make a sequel...and that's something I rarely hope or ask for!