Is this a joke?

The movie is a little flawed in that its a bit hamfisted, and ultimately sorta pointless and not profound, however, on the surface level, its well-made, stars a charismatic actor who we all love, who plays an interesting and emphathetic role.

And he kicks a bunch of Russian butt. Thats not a bad way to spend a couple hours. Be glad you got this, because Denzel is getting older, and won't be playing roles like this much longer. In fact, his character in this film is supposed to be an old guy, so he already IS on that cusp.

I liked a lot of stuff about this movie... I really loved the performance of the bad guy who i was not familiar with before... I loved the context of The Old Man and Sea... I liked the perfection that Denzel's character would always strive for and instill in others.

The final battle all in the Home Depot store got a little weak, i wish they would've had Denzel venturing out more to conclude the movie, but overall, pretty well done movie.

Yeah, the rating is way too high for such a terrible film, here’s Denzel Washington playing once more the trite role of pompous, self-righteous, invincible american hero, with a script as thought out by an 8 y.o.

I actually enjoyed the movie very much. I like the thought of an ex-Black Ops guy who's trying to put it all behind him and start a new, completely different life for himself. He makes friends, he has people he cares for, but he still lives that reclusive life because at the core, it's who he was always trained to be. But again, he's trying to change all that. Then he meets a young girl who he sees is in a bad life, and he tries to help her out of it, being the good, kind person that he is. Unfortunately, she's a slave to the Russian mafia. But he sees the good in her and he knows that the mafia is bad, so he tries to help her out without resorting to his old tactics. Unfortunately, that goes completely wrong, and he's forced to defend himself. And things just snowball from there, and he realizes that in order to truly help people, he needs to use the skills he was trained with. So, he decides to help anyone who needs it. It's beautiful, really. It shows the goodness that all people are capable of, even ones who have a lot of red in their ledger (to coin a phrase from the Avengers).

I do give this movie a rather high rating. It gave me everything I wanted in this type of movie and I was not once disappointed with a single scene. I like movies that leave me with a sense of hope and a smile, and this movie did that for me.

Hunger Games, Independence Day, Red, World war Z, Fast & Furious movies, I,Robot, Live Free or Die Hard, and a barrage of silly "all-the-goddamn-same" Superhero movies can have ridiculous scores way over 7, and some in the 8's,..........then The Equalizer is rightly entitled to its high rating here on imdb 


In fact, ......it should be higher.


SPIRAL OUT!........KEEP GOING!

It's somewhat of a throwback. Old school action films were cartoony, to the point of unintentional comedy gold.

Modern action stinks. They're all way too political and try to weave this Inception-level web of twists. They aren't even action movies really, they're just political thrillers with seizure-inducing jump cuts of guys getting hit or shot. This film only introduced a sliver of politics, which was refreshing.

I'll gladly take some moral grandstanding over the political snoozefests of today.

If 80's was action was "America, *beep* yeah!", this just "America... Ok.", and I'll accept that spin on it since most action movies today suck.

IMDB has the fairest voting system, but it doesn't mean you should expect it to always represent your personal taste. I usually find my personal vote within a +/- 2 of the public one. Occasionally I find my opinion differs radically from the general populace but I am after all, an individual. In most cases when I disagree strongly with the public vote it is usually down to my opinion on the director (and is pretty consistent for that director's movies).

So anyway, nothing wrong with disliking or liking a movie, but there is no point in complaining about the voting system. May as well complain that water is wet.

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B+ OP

Just enjoy the movie. I had awkward experience with Horrible Bosses 2 before this movie (jesus, what a terrible movie and even more terrible humor), so this movie was quite a relief. Much action, pretty enough violence, not too much of plausible back story, no BS. That's all you need in these action movies - relax and enjoy. FFS, this isn't a documentary, so one-man-army concept is well accepted. Oh yeah, he did it right!