Entering fully into action cinema, Denzel Washington is that character capable of duality, which makes him perfect for suspense or thriller. On the one hand, he is able to present himself to us as a close guy with whom we can immediately empathize. But he can also offer us a dark side with that point of scattered gaze, as if of continuous suspicion.
A singular charm similar to the aforementioned charisma of others such as Sean Penn. Vocational actors who do not stand out for their enviable physiques but who are capable of winning you over with the purest gift for any type of dramatization. And that Denzel Washington has also taken his hits in unmentionable films where the most successful thing would have been to run away.
But the great actors always resurface. And although age does not forgive. A good movie always finds in a great actor or actress the added value of acting clinging to the art itself beyond the easy wink or posturing that we sometimes discover in other types of actors from more recent litters...
Top 3 Recommended Denzel Washington Movies
Fallen
AVAILABLE ON ANY OF THESE PLATFORMS:A film that moves with a rogue touch to the sound of several great songs by the Rolling Stones. And the devil is a horny man eager to play with our souls in search of the best accommodation. Except that his satanic majesty has to deal with a Denzel Washington who is not very prone to scares, no matter how come from hell they are.
In man's eternal struggle against the temptations of the devil, only Jesus Christ and Denzel Washington have been able to discover, in the weakness of the will and in the worst desires for death and destruction, that fallen angel in search of spirits inhabiting the flesh. to which to succumb.
On the trail of Satan himself, Denzel Washington devises a perfect plan. The trap that Jesus could not even raise in his journey through the desert and the hardships where the devil can offer inalienable rewards.
And it seems that Detective John Hobbes, played by Washington, can put an end to this evil that roams the world. But maybe I can't handle it. It may be that God has his wayward angel with which to punish the human being for his slights in paradise (the apple and all that). So in the end Hobbes fights against everything and only in the end will we see if he is able to finish the most intricate case...
Deja Vu
AVAILABLE ON ANY OF THESE PLATFORMS:I freaked out when I saw this movie. Only Fallen was too much Fallen with that demon running around on the loose. Still, they may both be on the same level. Because in this case, with the excuse of that sensation of "what has already been experienced" universally labeled as Deja vu, we extrapolate the feeling of anticipation to discover a scientific project capable of superimposing temporal planes.
The world advances in a sneaky way, as if a defect in shape required a glue that would join the scenes of our story. The next shot needs a little overlap to fit with its previous one but also with the next one.
And of course, the most avant-garde science, supported by the alleged failures of Einstein's herds and his relativity, are at the service of cinema to offer us an entertaining movie that leaves you with that disconcerting aftertaste of what time is plus the old approach of the remorse about what was lived or said from a will that perhaps was not very successful.
The point is that beyond pseudo-philosophical ramblings, it is possible to go back thanks to machines and technology that capture that folding of time, that superposition that lasts just a few minutes. And of course, in the face of an attack of considerable size, there is nothing better than turning to the past to try to fix the worst events... Denzel can do anything.
The protector
AVAILABLE ON ANY OF THESE PLATFORMS:In the extensive filmography of vigilantes in charge of tit-for-tat summary sentences against guys incapable of reinsertion, Denzel Washington becomes in this film a normal guy who hides his police virtues to try to lead a normal life.
For this, he does not hesitate to withdraw from everything and take refuge in literature and in some lost cause on which he considers that the world can still be solved. Only that the amendment may not be so easy as long as types capable of the most abominable continue to circulate around. And before that, it may be time to take action on the matter...
The classic hidden virtues of every former police officer or retired agent in a discreet life take on an unexpected sensation in Denzel Washington. Because he is able to convince us that he has decided to avoid violence as an instrument. The explosion is then even more unexpected.
Robert McCall, a former CIA agent now leading a quiet life, comes out of retirement to help Teri, a young prostitute who is being exploited by the Russian mob. Despite the fact that he assured himself that he would never be violent again, contemplating such cruelty will awaken in Robert an implacable and renewed desire for justice...