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The Equalizer 3 opens with a fast, graphic, and intense action sequence on a pastoral winery in rural Sicily. Here, McCall has tracked down something. What the MacGuffin he located is exactly, will be saved for the conclusion of the film, and it would be churlish of me to say any more about that. Rather, this action ends with McCall being severely injured. Such that he needs a hospital. Taking a ferry to the mainland province of Napoli, he ends up in the town of Altamonte, being tended to by the local doctor, Enzo (Remo Girone). Having been patched up, it’s clear McCall is in no condition to leave Altamonté. As he recuperates, he learns of the predations of the local Cammara – mafia. Embodied by brothers Vincent and Marco Quaranta (Andrea Scarduzio and Andrea Dodero, respectively), the local Camara seeks to use Jihadist money to propel their hostile acquisitions of all the property of their native coastline in Naples. As the good people of Altamonté are the principal victims of Marco’s shakedowns, McCall is inexorably drawn into these troubles and, using the abilities to wreak havoc and murder McCall, begins a one-man vendetta on behalf of the residents of Altamonté who, for their part have accepted him with open arms.
As these acts and transgressions come to light, Emma Collins (Dakota Fanning) receives an anonymous tip from the CIA’s Financial Crimes Unit about a large amount of illegal contraband at this remote Sicilian winery. Because of this, the CIA went to Naples and Sicily to find out who the drugs and other illegal goods were coming from. At the same time, the CIA sequence does not add much importance to the procedure. It’s great to have Washington and Fanning together. The two co-starred in 2004’s Man on Fire, in which Washington played a bodyguard. This is almost a teacher-disciple relationship. McCall gives Collins small but important details to successfully complete the mission. A very nice series of scenes between the two. Likewise, the hour devoted to life in Altamonté is quite bucolic. Here, a place McCall could find and acquire some peace. It might require the application of his murderous version of elbow grease, yet peace is the incentive being offered to the aging military contractor. Whenever Antoine Fuqua is paired with Denzel Washington, you experience beautiful cinema magic. This theorem plays out effectively with The Equalizer 3. This is a great hour and 49 minutes of action film, and I wholeheartedly recommend it.