Denzel Washington is back and in the first trailer for The Equalizer 2, his character, Robert McCall seeks to exact revenge and basically goes on a cerebral rampage. “They killed my friend. So, I’m gonna kill each and every one of them,” he warns in the action-packed clip. “And the only disappointment is that I only get to do it once.”
In the sequel to 2014’s The Equalizer, Washington reprises his role as a retired special-ops agent. The franchise is an updated take on the 1980s TV series of the same name, which starred Edward Woodward.
The movie is directed by Antoine Fuqua and follows McCall as he seeks revenge for his friend’s murder. His journey takes him around the world, particularly to Turkey to save a young girl who was taken away from her American mother, as detailed in the opening sequence of the trailer. The opening sequence features tormenting scenes of him violently battling enemies inside a speeding train. Meanwhile, one of his close friends has also been murdered, and he seeks blood-soaked vengeance in the clip.
Both Fuqua and Washington are no strangers to each other, having collaborated on previous films, including 2001’s Training Day, which Washington won an Oscar for in the Best Actor category, and 2016’s Magnificent Seven.
The Equalizer 2 drops in theaters on August 2nd.
