Fresh
The director, Antoine Fuqua, relies on small details, which anchor the vigilante-as-saint myth in at least a minimal degree of reality.
David Denby, New Yorker
The Equalizer
What do you see when you look at me?
2014 · 2h 12m · R
Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Antoine Fuqua
Overview
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, 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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
61%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Fuqua infuses The Equalizer with a low-key energy and is in no hurry to rush into things.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
When was the last time you saw a lone hero stride toward the climactic killing ground in slow motion? Yesterday? An hour ago?
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
It gets sillier as it goes along, but it's never not entertaining.
Alonso Duralde, TheWrap
Fresh
I could have done without the barbed-wire noose and glass-shard fight on shattered mirrors. But I couldn't have done without Washington, who, like Liam Neeson, has reached a new cruising altitude as a leading man.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
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