The Equalizer 2 (2018)
- The original script for The Equalizer 2 was written over a decade before production finally began in 2018.
- Antoine Fuqua originally wanted a completely different ending for the film, but test audiences preferred the one we see today.
- During the filming of The Equalizer 2, Denzel Washington improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
The Equalizer 2 is a 2018 American action thriller directed by Antoine Fuqua, the first sequel in Denzel Washington's career. Washington returns as Robert McCall, a former DIA operative living quietly in Boston as a Lyft driver who dispenses vigilante justice for the vulnerable. When his former handler and close friend Susan Plummer, played by Melissa Leo, is murdered during an investigation in Brussels, McCall discovers that the killers are connected to his own former intelligence colleagues, forcing him to confront a conspiracy within the agency that created him.
The climactic sequence, set in a Massachusetts coastal town during a hurricane, was the franchise's most visually distinctive set piece, using the storm's destructive power as both atmospheric enhancement and tactical element. Denzel Washington's McCall remained a compelling screen presence โ a man of terrifying capability who prefers reading and conversation but will methodically destroy anyone who threatens the innocent. The Equalizer 2 earned $190 million worldwide on a $62 million budget.
