The Equalizer II
Saw this on Friday night. For the uninitiated, it's basically hyper-violence in which Denzel Washington plays a CIA agent turned vigilante.
StuMo calls it Black Jack Reacher.
The movies follow a 1980s TV show. I haven't seen that, but I really liked the first The Equalizer movie, which broke new creative ground in its depiction of Denzel mentally calculating his fight sequences.
Denzel Washington turns everything he touches to gold, and this sequel is no exception, but it's been turned into a straight-up action thriller, without the nuance of the first. But hey, what's not to love about a straight-up action thriller, with Denzel Washington subjecting bad people to toe-curling, knuckle-biting levels of violence?
Special mentions:
A woman gives as good as she gets in a vaguely realistic fight scene. Rare.
A commendable lack of car chases.