The Equalizer (2014)

Training Day director Antoine Fuqua (do you really say his name fucker?) teams up again with Denzel Washington for this action flick that gives the vaguest of nods to the original tv series.
Denzel is very good in his guise as ex something or other, driven back to his old ways by whatever to find redemption in so and so but the film is seriously let down by the lousy acting of the majority of the cast and some awful dialog.
Chloe Mortez is sexy as hell (is that ok? how old is she now??) but brings nothing else to the party and whether it was her, her people or the director that told the creepy fat guy to pull out of his arse slap at the last moment it smacks of a lack of method and is kind of embarrassing.
The "Russians" are absurdly unconvincing and I very much doubt a black American would have such an easy time  popping over to Moscow to whack a baddy.
That said, this was never intended to be some thoughtful piece of art.
The action is good, in particular the end fight in the DIY store, the production looks nice and the sort of semi OCD hook for the main character, though nothing we haven't seen before, works well enough.
It's watchable but I like Denzel and want more from him.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455944/?ref_=nm_knf_t4