This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movie being reviewed here wouldn’t exist.
This article also contains major spoilers for “The Equalizer 3.”The original 1985 TV series “The Equalizer,” starring Edward Woodward, was part of a notable trend in television from the ’70s and ’80s.
Multiple shows at the time were about dangerous, mysterious, lawless drifters who traveled from town to town seeking out justice and applying violence where it might be needed.
The trend included shows like “Kung Fu,” “Then Came Bronson,” “The A-Team,” “The Incredible Hulk,” and a little later, “Renegade.” Robert McCall was an ex-military man who had a talent for finding people in distress and helping them — violently — as the situation required.In 2014, filmmaker Antoine Fuqua adapted “The Equalizer” to the big screen, casting Denzel Washington in the role of Robert McCall.
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