⭐ Rating: 8.2/10
🕰️ Runtime: 2h 01min
🎭 Genre: Action | Thriller | Crime
🎬 Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
🎟️ Starring: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Pedro Pascal (rumored), and a powerful final performance by Bill Nighy
🧨 THE VERDICT:
The Equalizer 4 is a powerful, grounded sendoff for Robert McCall — a quietly intense thriller with fewer explosions but sharper purpose. It’s not just action — it’s accountability, legacy, and justice with a heartbeat.
✅ What Works:
💥 Denzel Washington Is Still Untouchable
Denzel delivers a calm, cold, calculated performance — less dialogue, more presence. Every movement feels deliberate. He’s not just fighting — he’s closing a chapter.
🧠 Sharper Storytelling
This time, the threat is less about mobsters and more about digital manipulation, data exploitation, and the modern face of evil. It’s a tech-based crime ring that feels eerily plausible.
🎯 Precision Over Spectacle
This isn’t a flashy action movie. It’s smarter. Every takedown is like a game of chess: quiet, brutal, efficient. There’s even a 9-second standoff that’s already being called a “classic McCall moment.”
👥 Supporting Cast That Matters
Dakota Fanning returns in a deeper role, playing McCall’s moral compass. There’s emotional weight in their dynamic, especially as McCall faces his own mortality.
❌ What Doesn’t:
🕰️ Slower Pacing
The first act is deliberately slow — more drama than action. Some fans expecting constant combat might feel it drags a little.
🌍 Limited Locations
Most of the story stays grounded in one main city (London or Berlin, depending on the final cut). It lacks the international feel of Equalizer 3.
⚠️ Smaller-Scale Villain
If you loved the big, bold villains of the earlier films, you may find this one more cerebral and corporate than memorable.
🎞️ Standout Scene:
A digital sting operation where McCall turns a hacker’s surveillance system against him — watching the watchers. Tense, clever, and deeply satisfying.
🧠 Bottom Line:
The Equalizer 4 is a fitting, focused farewell — not just to a franchise, but to a man who gave justice a face. It’s quieter than you expect, but more emotionally resonant than ever.
🎯 “Justice doesn’t retire… but it does rest.”