Queen latifah the equalizer wardrobe12/30/2023 So, when it was announced in 2020 that CBS was bringing The Equalizer back to television, and that rapper, singer, actor and force of nature Queen Latifah was going to be the new Equalizer, re-named ROBYN McCALL, I wasn’t sure what to think. Any dumber and these films would have starred Bruce Wills. McCall was still a former agent, but gone were the smooth rides, the classy wardrobe or the tight-lipped demeanor of Woodward–instead we got a seemingly schlubby but charming ( Hey! It’s Denzel!) Home Depot worker (and later, Lyft driver) who pivots into a coldly efficient, shuck-and-jiving killing machine. So naturally, Hollywood–having recycled seemingly everything else, came sniffing around, and eventually re-imagined McCall as… Denzel Washington? The ultra-violent 2014 action flick The Equalizer was followed a few years later by the even more bloody and creatively titled The Equalizer 2, but they were both mostly useless. The original series, which aired on CBS from 1985 to 1989, was no great classic, but Edward Woodward tackled the role of cynical, guilt-ridden former secret agent Robert McCall with a certain quiet and gritty grace. Disillusioned by all he had seen (and done) in his years working for “The Company,” he set himself up as a sort of well-dressed justice-for-hire vigilante in New York City, dispatching his own kind of “justice” with ice-cold efficiency the promise of some sort of redemption for McCall always lingering just out of reach.Īs I said, no lost classic, and it was often compelling, and many still look back on it fondly. “Got a problem? Odds against you? I can help.”Īll things being equal, the 20212 reboot of 1980’s TV cult fave The Equalizeris a bit of a dud. Created by Michael Sloan & Richard Lindheimĭeveloped for television (2021) by Andrew W.
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