Denzel is Great

Rating: Null/10 (13 December 2014)

The one reason to watch The Equalizer is Denzel Washington. He is Bob, a seemingly ordinary man working at a Home Depot type of store. Every night at 2am he visits an all night diner to drink tea and read classic novels. Here he meets a young prostitute, played well by the always good Chloe Grace Moretz. Of course, bad things eventually happen to the girl. Her pimps are Russian Mafia guys are the personification of evil. Denzel to the rescue over the next two hours. The action is standard stuff, which we have seen before, but Denzel makes it worthwhile. A bit too long at two hours and twelve minutes, with typical villains, it is nevertheless entertaining enough to recommend as a good night's distraction. A 7.5/10.