Now depending on how you will see things, you may like the way this goes story-wise or you may hate it. First of all it's not just a rehash of what we saw in the first movie. It also tries to combine a few storylines, that tie together more or less. You have an elderly, a young student sort of thing, a mentor thing and what the Equalizer is good at of course.

Now some may feel that it all is a bit convoluted. Others may cherish that it tries so many things and steers things away from what the first one achieved (being straight forward and all). I liked the sequel even though I didn't expect it to go that way at all. Still it has some really good stunts and there is obviously violence too. With the charisma of Denzel you can never really go wrong character wise either of course. Strong sequel overall

THE EQUALIZER 2 sees director Antoine Fuqua and star Denzel Washington return to the format of the successful first movie for a sequel which is equally as good. It's very much along the lines of the first, with Washington carrying out day-to-day revenge missions as a sideline to his main job as an Uber driver. The revenge plot kicks into gear around halfway through, and from then on in it's a slow build leading up to a clever and memorable climax in a deserted town during a hurricane, of all things. Washington is effortlessly menacing and charismatic as the lead and while there's not a wealth of action, sequences do come regularly and are directed with aplomb and freshness. The film doesn't skimp on the suspense either, with a particularly good bit involving two bad guys hunting for a kid hiding out in a house.

Ex-intelligence operative Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) works as a mobile app driver. He enjoys his customers while delivering vigilante justice to those deserving it. He helps his neighbors and mentors local young man Miles. His friend and former operative Susan is killed in a presumed robbery but his investigation uncovers a murderous conspiracy.

Director Antoine Fuqua and star Denzel Washington reunite for the sequel. Like the TV show, there's a new victim every week and Chloë Grace Moretz does not return for this one. I would have liked more time with Susan who is the victim of the week. The opening train sequence is unnecessary. It would have been better to have Robert fighting the rich sleazes in the high-rise or the staged suicide-murder. That suicide-murder is really frightening and would set off the tension very well instead of the disconnected Robert train incident. With more time with Dave and Susan, the personal stakes become much higher and the intensity is raised. I do like Robert's mentoring of Miles and I wouldn't mind if Miles returns for another sequel. This is a solid action thriller even if the villains' one-henchman-at-a-time tactics is silly old timey.