Denzel Washington Is 'The Equalizer'

liked the original show and love Denzel should be ok if they don' do too many impossible stunts and make it too unbelievable

If you're a "Fan" which I am Denzel watching him act brings acting to any movie he is in. So this would be a refreshing look for this series and yes he would be able to hack it.

I feel Mr. Washington's character is more like James Bond. His physical being, suave demeanor and acting competency take him far beyond any role Tom Cruise will play in Jack Reacher. Equalizer should be very good with Denzel

(just an opinion)

If Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)n is going to direct it, please, please, please keep it in the 80's like the original series and make sure that Cliff Martinez (Drive) does the soundtrack.

This sounds like an abomination waiting to happen.

funny to make denzel look good the writer has to disparage another actor. Tom Cruise is actually blamed in this peice for the fact that the tabloids cant get enough of his personal business. The whole story seemed shady to me.

No, no, no! I realize the Equalizer was a fictional character but having Denzel play the character, which was brilliantly played by British Edward Woodward, is like Vince Vaughan as James Rockford or doing a remake of Shaft with Colin Farrell or Vin Diesel as Shaft or doing a movie of Dickens' Oliver Twist with Morgan Freeman as Fagan. Although it doesn't apply to all fictional characters because not all fictional characters are so closely defined or associated with certain looks or character, some things just don't fit. Cedric the Entertainer is a great comedian and Eddie Murphy a good actor but I don't believe making African American versions of some tv or film classics is any different or any less wrong than casting John Wayne as Genghis Khan or Ricardo Montalban or white actors as Indians was back in earlier Hollywood history and the African American versions of the Odd Couple, the Honeymooners, Dr. Doolittle weren't as good as the originals. Period. And neither will a Denzel Equalizer.

What is with all this garbage of changing original tv shows, fictional literature or classic movies by having the main characters or major supporting characters suddenly reincarnate into women (Dr. Watson) or completely changing the ethnicity of the original character (James West is now an African American when Will Smith takes the role, Tonto reportedly is going to be Johnny Depp for example). Hey I've got an idea. Let's remake Melville's Moby Dick and cast Will Ferrell as the native American (don't recall if was Aleut or other) crew member and Meryl Streep as Captain Ahab. This kind of casting and remake is getting ridiculous.