![]() ![]() Washington plays the doomed thane as a proud warrior full of intensity and serious intent, a man whose every thought and worry register on that gloriously weathered face. (“I’d watch a couple of minutes: ‘No, no, no, I don’t want that to affect me,’” he said in 2022.) Unsurprisingly, then, his Macbeth (while perhaps not definitive) is very much him. Washington’s take on Macbeth was unencumbered by memories of other actors who have tackled the role over the years: He had never seen a production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, and he wasn’t about to check out earlier film adaptations. represents a bracing change of pace, as Washington shows us the flop sweat and desperation of a righteous man coming to terms with the fact that his years of activism have done little to change the world. For fans who have gotten used to the actor’s more swaggering portrayals, Roman J. This aging champion for the little guy yearns for a fight at every occasion, not aware that his stubbornness and ego have proved to be his undoing, and Washington responds with a harried, vulnerable performance. is a profoundly odd character drama - Nightcrawler writer-director Dan Gilroy tries to graft a thriller subplot onto the story near the end - and it’s driven by Roman’s idealistic, combative attitude. Washington earned his ninth Oscar nomination - and sixth Best Actor nod - for his peculiar, utterly fascinating portrait of the title character, an aggressively principled defense attorney who faces an ethical crisis of his own making. Unlike a Nicolas Cage, he has kept from becoming a self-parody, focusing on gritty genre pictures for a few years before throwing us a curveball and doing something deeply moving like a Flight or Fences.īut which performance is his best? Here are all of Denzel Washington’s movie roles, ranked. ![]() ![]() Happily, Washington’s career has not worked that way. Many well-respected actors have worked their way up the Hollywood food chain, trading their Oscar cachet for big paydays and embarrassing themselves in the process. (Consider: He’s been in only six movies that have made more than $100 million domestically, his biggest hit being the relatively modest $130 million of American Gangster.) Almost alone among consistent box-office draws, Washington himself is the selling point: Even when he does a remake ( The Magnificent Seven, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3), you’re going because of him. Tied to no franchise - seriously, until The Equalizer 2, he’d never made a sequel - he puts asses in seats, but not in such huge amounts that there’s any worry of Denzel fatigue setting in. Although he has a well-established onscreen persona, it’s mutable enough to allow him to move from R-rated action films ( The Book of Eli) to serious dramas ( Philadelphia) to passion projects with frequent collaborators (like Spike Lee). Of all A-list stars, Denzel Washington’s career may be the most enviable. There is some mild language ("b**ch", "a*s", "d**n") and one scene shows a split second view of the side of a female character's breast as she steps into the shower.This article was originally published in 2018 and has been updated to include the actor’s most recent work. Though the villain is obviously a poor role model, the two main characters sacrifice their well-being and possibly their lives to do what they think is right. The whole plot is too mature for kids, and deals with themes like vigilantism and terrorism. Also, a man explodes with a car bomb underwater, a second man is shot in the head (not graphic), and we see several bloody scratches and wounds on people. We hear a verbal description of her murder (she was killed similarly to the man I mentioned before). We also see the badly burned body of the main female character, missing a few fingers on one hand. We see scorched bodies in the water, and greiving family members. The film opens with a ferry containing 500+ soldiers and their families (the camera focuses on children) explodes, killing everyone. One scene where a man is covered in oil, shot through the head, and then set on fire seems pretty harsh for a PG-13 rating. The film has a very gritty feel to it, and though the violence isn't particularly graphic, it is very harrowing to watch. It's fine for most kids 15 and up, but intense violence makes it unsuitable for most kids who will want to see it. Just to head this review off, I think that DEJA VU should have been rated R. ![]()
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