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THE EQUALIZER 3 Discussion Megapost 2023-09-01 💪🇮🇹 (lemmy.film)
submitted 11 months ago by kingmongoose7877@lemmy.film to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film
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| Title | The Equalizer 3 | |

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| | Genre: | Action, Thriller | | MPAA Rating: | R | | Runtime | 01:43:00 | | Release Date (USA): | September 1, 2023 | | Director: | Antoine Fuqua | | Main Cast: | Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, David Denman, Sonia Ammar, Remo Girone, Eugenio Mastrandrea | | Summary: | Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) moves to Southern Italy to escape from his past, but later discovers that his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses belonging to the Sicilian Mafia. |

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[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Never seen any of these movies, but the ads I've been seeing online make it look terrible. Like in the ads, any time Denzel is being an action hero, it reminds me of lazy Steven Seagal. And the rest is just people sitting down and talking to each other trying to look edgy.

[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The first one was pretty good but you're not that far off base.

[–] Hubi@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago

I agree, the first Equalizer was the kind of movie that you can just mindlessly watch and still be entertained. The second one was the kind that is so ridiculous that it just takes you out of the movie every few minutes. And not in a "so bad it's good" kind of way.

[–] Zuckey78@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

You’re so right. The first one is fantastic. The character study of a OCD assassin was so interesting. And Denzel is such a great actor. The second one sucked. Magnificent 7 was…okay. I saw this one last night because I really want Antone Fuqua and Denzel to recreate that magic but it felt like they both mailed it in on this one.

Bottom line: Good storyline that fit right in with the old school equalizer books and tv show while a neat twist that tied it to this movie trilogy but was just kinda…meh.

[–] burgers@toast.ooo 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

antoine fuqua is kind of interesting because training day is so much better than all his other movies. i can't think of another director that has a single movie that's head and shoulders above the rest of their oeuvre. he's like the directorial version of the Super Mario 64 Speedrun Cosmic Ray

[–] kingmongoose7877@lemmy.film 1 points 11 months ago

You are a poet.

[–] kingmongoose7877@lemmy.film 1 points 11 months ago

All things being equal, it's time to ease on outta here! Arrivederci, baby!

[–] moipe@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

When my friends and I went to see Mission Impossible I tried to tell them that this was ::: Man on Fire 2 ::: It's so similar.