Once we final noticed Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) in “The Equalizer 2,” he had simply taken down members of his personal CIA paramilitary group and moved to his outdated household home subsequent to the ocean. He had already crushed up some Wall Avenue punks, tracked down art work stolen by the Nazis and rescued youngsters taken hostage.
Within the latest installment of “The Equalizer” sequence, McCall has moved to Southern Italy to flee his personal previous as soon as once more. He is lastly settled down in a spot he loves, solely to seek out that it is terrorized by the Sicilian Mafia. In true McCall style, he offers the mafia one final likelihood to do the precise factor.
You possibly can just about guess what occurs subsequent.
We do not know lots about McCall or his previous. We all know he was a gunnery sergeant within the U.S. Marine Corps earlier than he was recruited into the Protection Intelligence Company. He labored as a DIA operative for seven years earlier than faking his demise to dwell together with his future spouse. When she died, he stayed in retirement.
In 2014’s “The Equalizer,” he got here out of retirement to assist a teenage buddy escape her ties to a Russian mobster, destroying your complete gang within the course of. He even went to Russia to make sure the mob could not restart its American operations.
“The Equalizer 2” was Washington’s first-ever sequel. McCall made it his life’s work to assist those that could not assist themselves till his pals from the DIA have been hunted by members of his former unit. On this third film, what producers name the final within the sequence, McCall was actually making an attempt to remain retired.
Director Antoine Fuqua’s movie sequence is predicated on the 1985-1989 CBS tv sequence of the identical title. Starring Edward Woodward as McCall, individuals in want discovered the Equalizer by way of a newspaper advert in New York Metropolis that learn: “Acquired an issue? Odds in opposition to you?” Denzel Washington’s McCall used the identical advert within the second movie, solely his advert was posted to Craigslist.
The brand new film reunites Washington with Fuqua. Other than “The Equalizer” sequence, the 2 have additionally collaborated in 2001’s “Coaching Day” and the 2016 remake of “The Magnificent Seven.” It additionally reunites Washington and actress Dakota Fanning, who starred within the 2004 motion thriller “Man on Fireplace.”
“The Equalizer 3” might be launched in theaters in September 2023.
— Blake Stilwell may be reached at blake.stilwell@navy.com. He will also be discovered on Twitter @blakestilwell or on LinkedIn.
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