skillzdadirecta Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 EVER. ‘Equalizer 3’ Heading To Second-Best Opening Ever At Labor Day Box Office With $42M+ DEADLINE.COM 'Equalizer 3' is the second best opening at Labor Day box office with $42M+ Interesting for the third movie in a series. I didn't think the buzz was particularly strong for this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 So weird. The second one is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. So that’s quite flabbergasting to me lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 I think the first one was solid, but I honestly don’t remember if I saw the second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Review of ‘The Equalizer 2’ (2018) ★ BOXD.IT I'm not expecting brilliance from an action movie about a vigilante rideshare driver, but I at least expect it to be fun and it can't even manage that. The movie has no flow, it has a ridiculous… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 I saw the second one. It wasn't great but worse movie ever? Damn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Denzel can still reel em in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 1 hour ago, skillzdadirecta said: I saw the second one. It wasn't great but worse movie ever? Damn... It fails at literally everything... and that's coming from a guy who loves the cheesiest invincible one-man-army action movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Solid movie! Didn’t watch the trailer, so I had no idea it was a Man on Fire reunion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 I had never seen any of these, but decided to go through them since if they got Denzel to make a third, they must be worthwhile in some way, right? Not so much. I'm not sure if these are the worst movies ever, but they're not good, that's for sure. Denzel deserves better. His characterization in these films just blows me away. McCall is such an odd collection of action movie tropes that just don't make sense when all put together. He's all the best parts of all the action heroes, but he's not interesting in any particular way. He's solitary, but also extremely social. He's a lone wolf, but has all the connections. He's a cold hearted killer, but he also has a heart of gold. He's a perfectionist, but only in ways that don't seem to matter. Above all else he's extremely capable, but you hardly ever get to see him do anything. The action is just so bad. It seems like they forgot that you can use stunt doubles or something, because so much of the action feels held back by having a nearly 70 year old actor. They really like to cut straight to the aftermath of his encounters, as if the cool part is that it was all no sweat. No, the cool part is watching him do the cool things, don't just skip over it! Edit: I posted this and then read @GeneticBlueprint's review and it seems I should have just copy and pasted it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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