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Antoine FuquaKäsikirjoitus:
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Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Gaia Scodellaro, Bruno Bilotta, David Denman, Eugenio Mastrandrea, Melissa Leo, Sonia Ammar, Remo Girone (lisää)Suoratoistopalvelut (5)
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Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he’s done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends’ protector by taking on the mafia. (Sony Pictures)
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It’s a shame that The Equalizer 3 has less action and, in particular, a formalistically sloppy settling of accounts with the main bad guy. Denzel Washington’s charisma and the excellent stylisation of his character as the alpha purveyor of justice from the conflict with the Italian Camorra offered a bigger and longer slaughter with a higher body count. We have been spoiled by John Wick... That said, The Equalizer 3 is still entertaining even in the quiet passages with its fine characters, Italian atmosphere and, mainly, escalating tension leading up to the clash between the brutal local underworld and the ultimate American hero. The epilogue is needlessly theatrical (Italy) and naïve (San Francisco).
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Antoine Fuqua and Denzel Washington, and a great conclusion to a successful trilogy. The third part is not better than the first, but it surpasses the sequel and for me it is another great job on my favorite theme. Fuqua is right at home in this revenge mode, and while it's not a frantic action ride in the vein of John Wick and Extraction, it doesn't matter as The Equalizer benefits from a great main character, an attractive setting and compelling dialogue, making the film stand out above other revenge action genre flicks. Washington has charisma to spare, and the way he can play a likeable guy one moment and a cold and uncompromising assassin with a stare that gives you chills the next is amazing. This time we look at a quaint Italian town where Denzel is injured and getting used to the quiet idyllic life of the friendly locals, but the town is terrorized by the local Mafia and Denzel will have to take the law into his own hands. The film keeps a leisurely pace, but thanks to a great setting, likeable characters and engaging dialogue, it never gets boring and when it comes to the action, it's pleasantly brutal with effective kills. The best part is quite possibly the opening itself, which is very nicely brutal. I also enjoyed the two Italian brothers-villains, who got what they deserved. However, I was a bit disappointed with the finale itself, which felt rather rushed and the showdown with the bad guy wasn't as satisfying as the finale from the first film, but I can get over that. It's still quality entertainment that I enjoyed for 2 hours. PS: that jump-scare in the explosion with the cars was lethal!
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Denzel has been looking like a stocky dad for a few years now, but he still manages to be damn scary, as the beginning of the movie proves. I generally don't seek out this series, I've seen all the episodes once and surprisingly, I probably like the second one the most. The third one doesn't reach the same level, it's surprisingly intimate and the slow pace didn't sit well with me in this case, at times it was quite boring. However, when it comes to action, Antoine Fuqua is still in charge and I'm only curious now whether Washington will let himself be persuaded for the fourth time and thus cause trouble for the Czech distributor.
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Roberto McCall and his Sicilian mishaps with cups of tea and filleting Camorra. When he sizes up his targets, whose eyes will soon cloud over and gills lose their pinkness, he fully embodies the nobility of his character. He only gets out of breath when climbing the stairs to the church! Man on Fire 4 is driven primarily by him, even as he navigates obstacles such as a clumsy script, directorial mannerisms (the scene in the square with the crowd in resistance, reminiscent of Training Day, was somewhat painful), and the Dakota Fanning casting error. I consider the frequent use of darkness and cutting to conceal the action a positive for the aging Denzel. At least this way, he maintains the aura of a killer who can time the demise of his enemies with precision.
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It doesn't beat the originality and the villain of the first one, but it does beat the sterile and uninspired second one. The Equalizer thankfully didn't end up like, say, Taken, and with the third film, the duo Washington-Fuqua made a worthy finale, or let McCall age with honor and in the beautiful Amalfi setting. Last Chapter is surprisingly less action-packed than the previous installments and shapes the mix of the fragile family atmosphere of a small town that has its own specific spiritual charge vs. extreme violence and gore quite adequately, something Fuqua is unafraid of and knows how to handle pretty well. Nothing beats the opening scene, and no other passage even comes close, but as a whole the third Equalizer is watchable. Denzel is no longer an invincible killer, but a vulnerable older man, plagued by the demons of his past, and every now and then he kicks someone's ass and does what's right along the way through life. Exactly between 3-4.
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