A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Equalizer 2” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 18; US: R. There’s something really satisfying about seeing our ‘hero’ Robert McCall giving bad ‘uns a bloody nose (and far worse) as immediate punishment for a crime committed. My parent’s pre-war generation would wax lyrical about the days … Read more
Tennis and sex, but without the grunting. Here’s a good test of someone’s age…. ask the question “Billie-Jean?”. Millennials will probably come back with “Huh?”; those in their 30’s or 40’s might come back with “Michael Jackson!”; those older than that will probably reply “King!”. “Battle of the Sexes” (which I just managed to catch … Read more
Why Will Smith is a wise, wise man. I’m catching up on a few of the big films I missed during 2016. But Roland Emmerich has a lot to answer for with this one. Twenty years after Independence Day smashed the summer box office of 1996, the aliens are back: bigger and badder than ever. … Read more
Is it ever right for a regular citizen with the ‘appropriate’ skills to go vigilante and stand up to wrong-doing and a corrupt justice system? In the TV show of the 60’s, “The Equalizer”, Edward Woodward would! In many ways the new film version of “The Equalizer” is a story of a superhero, but instead … Read more