Cyrus Langhorne
Reason 5: The Equalizer
Come on, how could we hype up The Equalizer 2 without putting some proper respect on it predecessor. Sure – we could have tried to squeeze in Book of Eli but let’s face it, Denzel Washington really whooped some serious AZZ in The Equalizer 2 and helped contribute to a huge trend going on throughout Hollywood right now. It seems age isn’t really anything but a number these days. You have Bruce Willis going on a tear in Death Wish. Then you have Keanu Reeves demolishing anyone standing in his way with the John Wick franchise. Then you sprinkle a little Taraji P. Henson in Proud Mary and of course Samuel L. Jackson in anything he does – notably as Nick Fury in the Marvel movies – it’s time for the OGs to step up and take action. Denzel does that and much more in the original The Equalizer flick. Without giving away any spoilers, Robert McCall is cool, calm, collective killing machine vigilante who is focused on evening out the playing field a.k.a. getting vengeance on anyone doing wrong toward the good. This new franchise has also helped reunite Washington with his Training Day director Antoine Fuqua. Needless to say, it’s a must-see before seeing the sequel!
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