If you loved Brawl in Cell Block 99, try The Equalizer
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the dread, slow burn mood tags, and they sit in Action / Crime / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Brawl in Cell Block 99, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
dreadslow burn
What The Equalizer is
Boston, a quiet diner, the sound of steaming coffee. A retired operative tends bar, a young prostitute catches his eye, Russian mobsters lurk outside. Fuqua revives the 80s TV icon with Denzel Washington's gravitas.

