Virag's Movie Reviews: The Equalizer (2014)

Denzel Washington is good even in crappy flicks, and this is a crappy flick.  It's not The Equalizer, though, and he's not Robert McCall.  Apparently Washington decided to give McCall OCD, but he should have given him a Jaguar, an English accent, NYC, a cool apartment full of expensive guns, Robert Lansing's Control, and Mickey Kostmayer.  (Having Washington do his normal accent as Bob, but then slipping into RP when Robert comes out would have been something that proved someone on the film knew what the fuck was supposed to be going on.)  Cousin Johnny playing a grade-D Russian thug and a low-rent McCall working at a rip-off Home Depot in Boston ain't cutting it.  The whole thing was way dumb.  Since Galen is the real Robert McCall's kid, maybe that woulda been a better play.  No way it woulda been worse.