2023 Sony Pictures

Rated: R

Length: 1 hr 49min

Action ~ Crime ~ Thriller

Starring: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea, David Denman, Gaia Scodellaro, and Remo Girone.

“I’m really beginning to like this place and the people. I’m starting to believe, from the bottom of my heart, that this is where I’m supposed to be. So, whatever it is that you and your friends do, please do it somewhere else.”

Denzel Washington returns as Robert McCall in the final chapter of THE EQUALIZER Trilogy. We find him at a vineyard in Sicily Italy where he has just killed the Vineyard owner Lorenzo Vitale and his crew. As he is leaving Lorenzo’s son shoots Robert in the back. He makes his way to his car, makes it to the ferry and across to the mainland. A short way down the highway he collapses on the side of the road behind the wheel due to the loss of blood from the bullet hole.

He is discovered by a passing Policeman named Giorgio Bonucci (Eugenio Mastrandrea) who takes him to his nearby town of Altamonte. There Gio and the town Doctor Enzo Arisio (Remo Girone) remove the bullet and bandage Robert up. Dr. Enzo puts Robert in a bedroom in his house where he sleeps for three days recovering. When he comes to he ventures into the charming little seaside town, finds the little cafe in the square and gets some tea. As he recovers and gets better, he also gets to know the people of this little town and they become his friends.

He calls the CIA anonymously to tell Emma Collins (Dakota Fanning), A CIA Financial Operations Agent, about the Vineyard in Sicily and the illegal contraband there. She starts an investigation that coincides with Robert finding out the local gangsters terrorizing Altamonte are connected to the Camorra Crime Syndicate, and had a hand in The Vineyard operations Robert disrupted. As he has fallen for the people and the town of Altamonte, he feels he must free the town of the crime cancer they are spreading. And that’s exactly what he does by going to war with the Camorra Crime family.

It is the most violent, gruesome and bloody of the three right at the very beginning. But I definitely feel it is the best of the three Equalizer movies. I love that little town of Altamonte and like Robert I felt myself feeling like I could belong there. To live there by the sea in Italy……………. smelling the salt air…………….hearing the seagulls and the boats……………..eating fresh pasta and fish……………drinking red wine…………. watching movies at night in the courtyard……..…living a quiet simple existence………….

SNAP! Back to reality and the blog Bobby!

There is a lot going on in this movie, all of them really, story wise. There are some things I didn’t talk about in this movie and the other two. I didn’t want to give away too much in case you haven’t seen any of them. I’ve decided that tomorrow I will do a follow up on the whole trilogy and talk about things not addressed yet that are important to the whole story. Along with some final thoughts and maybe some things about the movies you didn’t catch.

So, Equalizer 3…..

The best one yet.

Highly recommended!

Two Thumbs Up!

NEWS FLASH!!!!

DENZEL WASHINGTON to film

EQUALIZER 4 & 5!

According to an interview with Esquire Magazine dated November 19, 2024 Denzel Washington said:

“I told them we would do another Equalizer, and we’re doing 4 & 5. People are happy about that, they love those daggone Equalizers. But I’ve come to realize that they are for me too, because they’re for the people. They want me to get the bad guys. “We can’t get them so you go get them.” And I say…”Okay, I’ll go get them. Just wait right there and I’ll be right back.”