Equalizer 3 Was Good. Just Not Great

 

So last week I saw the final film of the Equalizer franchise. Like both John Wick and Mission Impossible, I did not watch any of the films prior to this one and I now have to make an effort to watch the first 2. Acting king Denzel Washington finds himself in an Italian small town of friendly people. Unfortunately for them, they are being terrorized by a mafia group known as the Camorra. So it's up to Denzel to bring this to an end.

The 2 best things about this movie; Denzel of course, and the action. I was pleasantly surprised at how good (and gory) the action was. Not only was it well choreographed, but the way it was filmed was EPIC. Particularly towards the end of the movie, where the lighting was used in a way to portray Washington as some kind of shadow of death. I apologize if I sound creepy, but that was the impression I got from one scene. It was AWESOME and easily the best scene in the movie. Aside from him killing people, I won't necessarily say what else happens in that scene as it is a spoiler.

In terms of flaws, I feel like they could've done a lot more development between Washington and Dakota Fanning. Don't get me wrong, they had a relatively nice dynamic and you can't duplicate what they had in Man On Fire, which was an AMAZIING movie. It's just that at the same time, they could've done a little bit more with their relationship as a callback to Man On Fire. They worked together for a short while, then something happened to Fanning and she was absent for almost the rest of the movie until the very end (hopefully that's not too much of a spoiler). There just wasn't enough development between the 2.

Other than that, I really enjoyed this movie. I just wish I didn't see it so late. Thanks for reading.