It turns out Robert McCall is hard to kill – and even harder to ignore. After quietly wrapping up one of the most consistent trilogies in modern action cinema,The Equalizer 3is now enjoying a new life as a streaming sleeper hit on Hulu in the U.S., climbing the charts nearly a year after its theatrical release. The final film inDenzel WashingtonandAntoine Fuqua’sexplosive saga of justiceand vengeance brought in $191.1 million worldwide – and now,it’s winning over streaming audiences who can’t get enough of the reluctant avengerwith a stopwatch and a strict moral code. For Washington, who’d never reprised a role on the big screen beforeMcCall, the decision to return again and again wasn’t just about box office.It was personal.
“What I’ve found from talking to people is thatthey like the character because he stands for justice,” he said during an interview with movies.ie. “He can get the bad guys that we can’t get.He can get those in authority, the people in power, and bring them down… That seems to be something that they like about him.”
Robert McCall Is Relatable
That resonance crosses professions, generations, and even geography. Washington shared that even the doormen in his building – who were unimpressed by his Oscar-winning work inFences– just wanted to know when McCall was coming back.
“They’re like, ‘yeah, yeahFencesis great, but when’s the nextEqualizer?’
You know, that seems to be one that they can relate to and get excited about and want to root for McCall. I remember years ago, in the 1980s in fact, I did this very serious movie (Cry Freedom) about (anti-apartheid activist) Stephen Biko and it was ‘oh it’s very important…’ and I remember talking to a friend of mine about it who was a doctor.
And I was telling him about it and he was like ‘I deal with life and death every day, I go to the movies to escape, to have fun, not to deal with life and death.’ And I was like, ‘I never thought of it that way.’”
The Equalizer 3shifts McCall’s battleground from gritty Boston to sun-drenched southern Italy, where a wounded Robert takes refuge in a small coastal town. But when theMafia threatens the peaceful livesof the townspeople he’s come to care for,the quiet loner can’t help but get involved– even if it means bleeding for strangers who’ve become something more like family. Fittingly, Washington’s final day on set echoed McCall’s quiet exit strategy:
“No fanfare. I’m always one to kind of walk away quietly with no big speeches. I’m just a quiet kind of guy, no fanfare, look up and I’m gone.”
But ifThe Equalizer 3is McCall’s last stand, audiences are making sure it doesn’t go unnoticed.The Equalizer3is on Hulu now.
The Equalizer 3
Source:Movies.ie
