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Movies that feel likeThe Equalizer 2 (2018)

Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former partner is murdered.

If you loved The Equalizer 2, the closest films we have are Extraction 2 (2023), Below Zero (2021) and Furious 7 (2015). All three share The Equalizer 2's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Villainess (2017).

🍅 52% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Antoine Fuquakinetictensegrittyrelentless
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Equalizer (2014) · The Equalizer 3 (2023)

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Extraction 2
2023 · dir. Sam Hargrave
🍅 79%★ 7action · thriller · crimeNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: revenge

The difference: Reviewed even better

Back from the brink of death, highly skilled commando Tyler Rake takes on another dangerous mission: saving the imprisoned family of a ruthless gangster.

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Below Zero
2021 · dir. Lluís Quílez
🍅 86%★ 6.2action · crime · thrillerNetflix

Common ground: revenge

When a prisoner transfer van is attacked, the cop in charge must fight those inside and outside while dealing with a silent foe: the icy temperatures.

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Furious 7
2015 · dir. James Wan
🍅 81%★ 7.1action · crime · thrillerNetflix

Both land momentum and tension at once

Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.

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Crank
2006 · dir. Brian Taylor
🍅 62%★ 6.9action · thriller · crime

The same mix in both: grit, then relentlessness

Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.

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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003 · dir. Robert Rodriguez
🍅 66%★ 6.3action · crime · thrillerPrime VideoParamount+

Action built on momentum, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into western than The Equalizer 2 does

A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.

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John Wick: Chapter 2
2017 · dir. Chad Stahelski
🍅 89%★ 7.4action · thriller · crimeMax

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.

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Run All Night
2015 · dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
🍅 59%★ 6.6action · crime · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when Jimmy’s estranged son becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy has just one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.

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The Furious
2026 · dir. Kenji Tanigaki
🍅 98%★ 7.7action · crime · thrillerStarz

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

After a criminal network kidnaps Wang Wei's daughter and the corrupt police refuse to assist him, Wei sets out on his own to locate her. Navin, a tenacious journalist whose wife has mysteriously vanished, is his only ally. In this explosive martial arts showdown, the unlikely duo fights the kidnappers ruthlessly driven by a furious vengeance.

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Blue Ruin
2014 · dir. Jeremy Saulnier
🍅 96%★ 7.1crime · thrillerPrime VideoPeacock

The same preoccupation in both: murder

The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than The Equalizer 2 does

When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. However, he proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.

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New Police Story
2004 · dir. Benny Chan
🍅 63%★ 6.9action · thriller · crime

Both lean on relentlessness more than on action

Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the bottle and track down the gang and its ruthless leader.

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Four Brothers
2005 · dir. John Singleton
★ 6.8action · crimeParamount+

Kinetic crime in both cases

Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.

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The Villainess
2017 · dir. Jung Byung-gil
🍅 85%★ 6.6action · thrillerPrime Video

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Honed from childhood into a merciless killing machine by a criminal organization, assassin Sook-hee is recruited with the promise of freedom after ten years of service. However, secrets from her past destroy everything she’s worked for and now she embarks on a roaring rampage of revenge.

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