Given the sequel’s $102 Million domestic gross, on a $60 million budget, might I add, it was a no-brainer decision for this third film to be greenlit.ĭenzel’s Robert McCall, a former CIA black-ops assassin who’s now living in Boston and works as a Lyft driver, is a freelance guardian angel of sorts. They, teamed up for two ‘Equalizer’ movies and failed to hit the right notes with both, then came their misbegotten 2015 remake of "The Magnificent Seven."Īnd now, here we are, it's 2023, Fuqua and Denzel have decided to unleash "The Equalizer 3," a sequel that, I guess merited to be made in this day and age of Hollywood sequels, prequels and reboots. Whether you liked their work or not, it was unique and very much a product with its own creative voice.ĭenzel attempted to replace Scott with Antoine Fuqua, a director very much influenced by Scott's kinetic editing style, but their films have misfired.įine, Fuqua and Denzel teamed up to bring the actor Oscar glory in 2001 with "Training Day." However, since then, forget about it. Their creative teaming would unearth a slew of successful Denzel/Scott films during the aughts: with 2004's "Man on Fire," 2006's "Deja Vu," 2009''s "The Taking of Pelham 123," and, finally, 2010's "Unstoppable." Scott died in 2012 as he and Tom Cruise were scouting locations for the “Top Gun" sequel.Īll of this to say that Denzel, a guy who was banking on Scott for two decades with his action movies, no longer had that reliable director to work the “blockbuster” genre with. Denzel Washington and Tony Scott had a special working relationship that was built up and founded with 1995's "Crimson Tide."
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