{"id":7390,"date":"2014-10-10T07:01:19","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T11:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/blog\/?p=7390"},"modified":"2014-10-09T09:38:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T13:38:47","slug":"review-washington-gives-stellar-performance-in-equalizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/?p=7390","title":{"rendered":"Review: Washington gives stellar performance in \u2018Equalizer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-10-The-Equalizer-movie-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7391 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-10-The-Equalizer-movie-poster.jpg\" alt=\"2014-10-10-The-Equalizer-movie-poster\" width=\"250\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-10-The-Equalizer-movie-poster.jpg 250w, https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-10-The-Equalizer-movie-poster-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><strong>By MARK VIOLA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Equalizer,\u201d loosely based on the 1980s television series of the same name, reunites Denzel Washington with Antoine Fuqua, who directed \u201cTraining Day,\u201d for which he won the Best Actor Academy Award.<\/p>\n<p>The film takes a lot of time to develop the character of Robert McCall (Washington), and the overall product feels just as much a character study than it does an action thriller, adding a sense of weight to the whole affair.<\/p>\n<p>Washington is great in these kinds of films, and he\u2019s surrounded with a solid cast and a story that, while doesn\u2019t break much new ground in the \u201cone-man destruction crew\u201d genre, has a sense of style.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, \u201cThe Equalizer\u201d is one of the better straight-up action movies of the fall, with a great lead performance and steady direction from Fuqua. I liked the movie enough, especially the character of Robert, that despite my typical aversion to sequels, I wouldn\u2019t mind seeing another film about him. That\u2019s about the best compliment I can give an action movie like this.<\/p>\n<p>The film is rated R for strong bloody violence and language throughout, including some sexual references.<\/p>\n<p><em>(This is a shortened version of the full review available in our printed or e-edition papers.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By MARK VIOLA &#8220;The Equalizer,\u201d loosely based on the 1980s television series of the same name, reunites Denzel Washington with Antoine Fuqua, who directed \u201cTraining Day,\u201d for which he won the Best Actor Academy Award. The film takes a lot of time to develop the character of Robert McCall (Washington), and the overall product feels [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-7390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-movie-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7392,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7390\/revisions\/7392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}