The final movie in the series, it follows Robert McCall on his final quest against evil forces. In this film, he finds a small town in Italy and takes a liking to the peacefulness. However, a group secretly runs the town by use of violence. As per the previous films, Robert takes the bad people on.
The opening of the movie got to me. It is a long shot of a car riding on a road next to a farm, with mountains in the background. It looks like a photograph, which is something that I easily take a liking to.
Generally, the film seems slow, in the sense that it does not have a ton of fast cuts. This is something that I like - it gave me a sense of being able to enjoy the movie. Granted, there are fast cuts during the action scenes, which of course makes sense. I find that the general pace of the movie is rather calming.
The only time I have seen the first two films was back when they were in the cinema, and because of that I don't remember the finer details of them, so I can't compare the third one to them. One thing I noticed about the third one is that Robert seems quite brutal at times. He kind of plays with people right before killing them off. An example is like using a gun to make a sound as he is walking to them as they are wounded, to let them know he is on his way. This adds a sense of scariness to his character.
On the note of being unable to compare to the first two since it's been a while since I saw them, another point that I would like to bring up is the fact that there seems to be not much action involving Robert. He does fight, but it seems like there is a good portion where what he did was done off camera. This isn't a bad thing - it's just something I noticed.
Throughout the film, the music adds to the intensity to the film. During the action scenes, there is this screeching kind of sound used that can easily make you feel anxious.
Not to give anything away, there have been at least one moment in the film where something happens to a character that may be shocking, and can be hard to watch - especially since it suddenly happens. It has to do with a character in a wheelchair. I won't give it away, but I thought it may be worth mentioning.
The length of the movie feels perfect. It doesn't feel short, and doesn't feel long.
Equalizer 3 is a very good movie, and worth checking out in the cinema. I may be biased with watching it in the cinema because that's where I enjoy watching movies the most, but it's something worth watching. I give it a 9/10.
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