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The Equalizer 2 (2018)

★ 6.8 · 5,937 ratings on TMDB

There is no equal.

The Equalizer 2 poster★ 6.8

Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former partner is murdered.

DirectorAntoine Fuqua
CastAshton Sanders, Bill Pullman, Denzel Washington, Garrett Golden, Jonathan Scarfe, Kazy Tauginas
GenresAction, Crime, Thriller
The emergence reading

The Equalizer 2 keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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