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RE: The Equalizer (movie) : pretty good for a pretty standard plot

in #getyerlearnon7 years ago

The film is excessively tightened, there is almost no reality in it, and a set of methods to pierce, pierce or cut off to someone from the enemies is something important to the middle of watching pretty boring. And if the rejection of firearms in the first scenes causes slight admiration, by the end it already causes bewilderment, and sometimes annoyance. But much more annoying meager dialogues, warped Russian, and an abundance of strange tattoos on the bodies of villains. It is clear that the reference to the Russian mafia does not carry any significant semantic load, but still the reference must be reliable, otherwise the film loses all seriousness and becomes a parody. And since Antoine Fukua hardly intended a parody, then such blunders go to the film in a minus.
Of course, the "Great Equalizer" is not "Man on Fire" or "Training Day". But you can watch it, once, when there are two hours of free lazy time.