Not a Great Film by any Stretch

Rating: 3/10 (12 December 2014)

In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life.
But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by - he has to help her.
Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened.
If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help.
He is The Equalizer.
What a joke.
This is a silly movie that plods along with sporadic action. For the most part, you will sit through 130 minutes bored out of your mind.
There's one good action scene about 30 minutes into the film and then at about 50 minutes into it the plot thickens.
At this point you pretty much know how the movie is going to wind up.
And then it just gets dumb with Washington righting every wrong on the planet in the most implausible fashion.
The entire movie is silly. And it drags on and on forever.