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In The Equalizer 2 we follow the mysterious and dangerous Robert McCall after the events of the first installment where he’s settled in another part of town living peacefully amongst his fellow apartment complex residents. He earns money as a Lyft driver.Oh, and he also helps random people out of bad situations for free.

We see him taking on kidnappers of a little girl in the opening sequence. That’s right before the opening credits we get to see McCall use his signature foresight to expertly plan and time the most effective way to take out a room full of baddies. It was a fantastic visual and gimmick through the first film and it remains so this time around as well. The story this time around is that a number of agents from McCall’s former employer are beginning to be killed off. Of course, his old friend, Susan Plummer is on the case. Her involvement in the investigation cause her to be a target and she us killed. Now, it’s up to McCall to give the perpetrators their comeuppance.

Denzel Washington is the type of superstar actor that inspires faith in a project. His name alone will put butts in seats even if you know nothing about the film, it’s director or even what role he plays. He’s is always solid if not brilliant. He can save almost any film from disaster.Heck, he carried former basketball player Ray Allen to a passable performance through an entire Spike Lee movie in He Got Game. In my (not so)humble opinion it feels like they wanted that effect to work on this movie too. Unfortunately, it did not. It’s not like there wasn’t an attempt to give him something to work with but from story to supporting actors it all fell flat for the most part.

Denzel was his normal effortlessly charming self both able to be someone who makes you smile and quietly intimidating. The action is solid once again as the close quarter combat style he uses compensates for the actors age limitations but, still exudes combat experience and deadliness. It just feel as though there was much creative effort put into the script and they relied on Mr. Washington’s innate ability to draw the best out of seemingly nothing and they threw in a few more gimmicky things for the end and sent it off to theaters.

End of the day, the film is thin and the gaps in it filled with uninteresting,uninspired story and half way decent action sequences. Denzel looked like he had fun making the film but, deserved better than this half hearted effort of a script. He’s a great actor but, this not a great film 2 out of 5 stars.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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