The Equalizer 3
Published January 28, 2024
Film info
- Title The Equalizer 3
- Director Antoine Fuqua
- Year 2023
- Run time 1hr 49m
- Genres Crime, Action, Thriller
- Tagline Justice knows no borders
Finding himself at home in Southern Italy, former operative Robert McCall soon discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall becomes their protector by taking on the mafia.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 3:22 | Close up on machete face is a bit TMI, if I’m honest. |
| 8:59 | When you can’t tell which is blood and which is wine. |
| 20:18 | How does the cafe stay in business if they don’t actually bring you want you want. |
| 36:44 | He’s not going to be able to make his mafia payments if he doesn’t charge customers. |
| 44:15 | Love how immediately everyone sprang into action with buckets. Small communities aren’t all bad. |
| 50:31 | “Just a guy passing through.” |
| 56:02 | Lot of falling in Sicily. |
| 58:21 | “You’re not a person of interest. Just an interesting person.” |
| 1:06:53 | He never even touched the knife, that’s incredible scenes. |
| 1:13:42 | I’d be annoyed about this exposition but I kinda needed it. |
| 1:24:00 | It must be a real skill to eat spaghetti standing up. |
| 1:29:32 | Die Hard feet. |
| 1:42:59 | Him trying to dance at the end, adorable! |
Thoughts
There’s not too much to really say about this movie, except I just really enjoyed it. Like the previous one, where I could have watched an entire movie of Denzel just being a taxi driver, here I could have enjoyed a full couple of hours watching our hero pottering around Italy and drinking tea. Why is he so watchable?? But there’s a bigger story at work obviously, some hardcore action sequences and gross moments. I like that it’s relatively short, not drawn out, and the bad guys get what’s coming to them. Top stuff.
Rating: 5 / 5