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Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list.

Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List:
1. Oppenheimer
2. Beau Is Afraid
3. Infinity Pool
4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
6. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
7. John Wick: Chapter 4
8. Tetris
9. Gran Turismo
10. Air
11. Creed III
12. Sound of Freedom
13. The Flash
14. Fast X
15. Asteroid City
16. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
17. Shazam! Fury of the Gods
18. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
19. M3GAN
20. missing
21. The Machine
22. Barbie
23. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
24. Scream VI
25. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
26. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
27. Renfield
28. Blue Beetle
29. Evil Dead Rise
30. The Pope’s Exorcist
31. Magic Mike’s Last Dance
32. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
33. Knock at the Cabin
34. Insidious: The Red Door
35. The Last Voyage of the Demeter
36. Plane
37. Haunted Mansion
38. Cocaine Bear
39. Knights of the Zodiac

The Equalizer 3 is a decent end to the Equalizer trilogy, a series of films following in the footsteps of John Wick, Taken, Jack Reacher, and nearly every Clint Eastwood movie whereby an older fella comes out of professional people killer retirement to once again punish those taking advantage of others in the classic Western style of one man versus a web of corruption, specifically in the “a stranger comes to town” style since this iteration takes place entirely in a small village in Sicily overrun by the mafia.

However, this movie is basically a “feel good” story within that genre, as the story lacks any meaningful sacrifice on the part of ancillary characters or even the Equalizer himself (AKA Robert McCall), greatly diminishing the overall emotional impact of the story. Put short, a problem arises and then McCall quickly and badassly takes care of it without issue or loss of life or anything at all really.

Watching Denzel Washington brutally murder bad guys will make you feel bloody righteous in the moment, but for lack of any deeper meaning or significance you’ll quickly forget this story. Feels good, but not memorable.

So is it bad? No. It’s just cinematic comfort food, so you’re not missing anything if you skip this one.

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