The Equalizer 2

"There is no equal."

2018 2h 1m EN

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6.8

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52%

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6.7

IMDB

★6.8TMDB · 6,205🥫52%Rotten Tomatoes●50Metacritic★6.7IMDB · 228,463

ActionThrillerCrime

Synopsis

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Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former partner is murdered.

“There is no equal.”

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Cast

Denzel Washington
Robert McCall
Pedro Pascal
Dave York
Ashton Sanders
Miles Whittaker
Orson Bean
Sam Rubinstein
Bill Pullman
Brian Plummer
Melissa Leo
Susan Plummer
Jonathan Scarfe
Resnik
Sakina Jaffrey
Fatima

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writers: Richard Wenk, Jim Magdaleno
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Spanish, Turkish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $62M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 6 languages: Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Spanish, Turkish.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Equalizer Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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375+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Antoine Fuqua, shot by Oliver Wood. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Harry Gregson-Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Antoine Fuqua directs. Oliver Wood behind the camera. Harry Gregson-Williams scores. Conrad Buff IV cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Spanish, Turkish.

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1Mid-budget at $62M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.
3Released 8 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 6 languages: Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Spanish, Turkish.
5Part of the "The Equalizer Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6375+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
7Directed by Antoine Fuqua, shot by Oliver Wood. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Harry Gregson-Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Conrad Buff IV shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal and Ashton Sanders carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "There is no equal.".
12IMDB entry: tt3766354 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
13Classified under 13 themes, including "drug dealer", "central intelligence agency (cia)", "rape", "kidnapping".
14Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Oliver Wood
Original score: Harry Gregson-Williams
Editing: Conrad Buff IV
Production design: Naomi Shohan
Costume design: Jenny Gering
Makeup / hair: Larry M. Cherry
VFX supervisor: Michael S. Harbour
Sound: Daniel J. Leahy
Stunt coordinator: Jeff Dashnaw
Runtime: 121 min · 2h 1m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $62,000,000
Box office: $190,400,157
Return: 307% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Equalizer 2 (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes: 52% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 50/100
IMDB rating: 6.7/10 · 228,463 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

1 win & 4 nominations total

Part of

The Equalizer Collection

The Equalizer is a 2014 American vigilante action thriller film, loosely based on the 1980s TV series of the same name. A sequel was released on July 20, 2018, with Washington and Fuqua returning. On August 30, 2023, a third movie was released making this series a trilogy.

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Gimly2019-01-20
★ 6/10
The ending showdown was very cool, something I've never seen before on screen, Equaliser 2 certainly has things like this that I enjoy, it's not a bad movie, but it is a little bit of a disappointment after the first one. Though I certainly liked The Equalizer more, I am a fan of both movies (so I guess the whole franchise at this point) and if Denzel is up for making more of these Defender-of-the-Downtrodden, ass-kickin' super soldier Action movies with human-interest stories peppered in via the supporting characters, then I'll sure as Hell keep watching 'em. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.
r96sk2022-09-11
★ 9/10
I got exactly what I wanted from this sequel - Denzel Washington brings another great performance, and thankfully the rest of the production improves upon the original. I thoroughly enjoyed this. It's still nothing that gave me any sort of wow factor, admittedly, but it has that extra little something more that I felt the 2014 film was missing. The supporting cast/characters are more memorable for one, with Pedro Pascal and Ashton Sanders being very welcomed additions. Pacing-wise it's also improved, as is the whole vibe of the flick in truth. The twist is a good'un, while the use of weather is excellent; using stormy conditions can easily be overdone, as seen in 2020's <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/force-of-nature/" rel="nofollow">Force of Nature</a>'</em> for example, but it really adds to the atmosphere here nicely. We're just short of a year from <em>'The Equalizer 3'</em>? Sign me up!