After almost a decade, Denzel Washington says farewell to his DIA operative-turned-vigilante Robert McCall in this uneven send-off. This time, the nail gun-wielding antihero has traded Boston for a small coastal town in southern Italy, where he crosses paths with Dakota Fanning's CIA agent Collins in an attempt to save the local people from the grip of the Mob.
Series director Antoine Fuqua ensures the action is more brutal than before, with a henchman taking a meat cleaver to the face before you've even taken your first bite of popcorn. However, the all-or-nothing pitch tends to lurch awkwardly between graphic violence and slow-paced scenes that verge on stagnant, and the juxtaposition can feel a little too jarring.
