[POSTER OF THE WEEK] – The Equalizer

It was nearly a slow week for posters until I saw this simplistic (but stylish) offering for Denzel Washington’s new film, The Equalizer. 

The Equalizer sees ‘the Denz’ re-team with director Antoine Fuqua – the man who directed his Oscar-winning performance in Training Day. This time round, Denzel plays a retired Special Ops agent who finds himself embroiled with a group of Russian gangsters (sounds cliche but I’m willing to run with it). Also starring fellow Oscar-winner Melissa Leo and child prodigy Chloe Moretz, The Equalizer is rumoured to be a ‘hard R’ i.e. really violent!

The geriatric action caper is a favourite of Hollywood execs at the moment (The Last Stand, Expendables, RED) but is Denzel’s name still a box office draw? We’ll see when The Equalizer hits cinemas in early September.