This somewhat dreary threequel sees Denzel Washington's cool angel of retribution relocate to Sicily to right wrongdoings that tie in to the series bigger arc, particularly here a violent Mafia gang running a small-town protection racket and international drugs-smuggling. The new settings are very tourist-picturesque and obviously give the film a different visual aesthetic, otherwise it is pretty much business as usual. The sparse action sequences have a cartoonish videogame quality, interspersed with slow dialogue scenes and unnecessary padding for its very simple plot. The small-town troubles are played out well but they do not really gel with the CIA-chasing (and thinly drawn) bigger picture. Denzel Washington is as always good value and a significant screen presence, but this allegedly final chapter - like its predecessor - does not come close to the first film.
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