History YMMV / TheEqualizer2

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: When York helps his youngest daughter with her geography homework, he points out that she misspelled "New Hampshire" as "New Hamster," but she admits [[{{Troll}} purposely renaming it]].

---> '''Gangster:''' who the fuck is this nigga?
---> '''Robert:''' I'm your father. Your mama just didn't tell you.

* GeniusBonus: As with the first film, Robert's current book reflects somewhat on the film's plot. Creator/MarcelProust's ''Literature/InSearchOfLostTime'' deals with how experiences in everyday life can trigger involuntary memories of past events or lost loved ones. It also includes a number of Jewish characters and themes. In the film, Robert grapples with memories of his deceased wife and helps an old Holocaust survivor who is plagued by memories of his lost sister.

* GeniusBonus: As with the first film, Robert's current book reflects somewhat on the film's plot. ''Literature/InSearchOfLostTime'' deals with how experiences in everyday life can trigger involuntary memories of past events or lost loved ones. It also includes a number of Jewish characters and themes. In the film, Robert grapples with memories of his deceased wife and helps an old Holocaust survivor who is plagued by memories of his lost sister.

* ContestedSequel: While the first film clung to a "fresh" Rotten Tomatoes rating at a 60%, the sequel ended up rotten at 50% [[note]]Though the average rating out of 10 differed by only a tenth of a percent, from 5.7/10 to 5.6/10[[/note]] with criticisms aimed at the film's bloated runtime, muddled script and overall lack of entertainment. Despite this, action movie fans have been much kinder, with some fans of the [[Film/TheEqualizer first movie]] considering this to be an EvenBetterSequel.

* GeniusBonus: As with the first film, Robert's current book reflects somewhat on the film's plot. ''Literature/InSearchOfLostTime'' deals with how experiences in everyday life can trigger involuntary memories of past events or lost loved ones. Robert grapples with memories of his deceased wife in the film. He also helps an old Holocaust survivor who is plagued by memories of his lost sister. The book includes a number of Jewish characters and themes.

* SlowPacedBeginning: The action ramps up more when Susan dies, but [=McCall=] spends most of the first part of the movie doing odd jobs for clients and interacting with neighbors, all of which has relatively little effect on the main plot.
* TrappedByMountainLions: The subplot about the Holocaust survivor searching for his sister has absolutely no bearing on the plot about Susan's murder.

* CaptainObviousReveal: Related to below, audiences can easily figure out who was behind Susan's murder, thanks to a shot showing [[spoiler: Dave looking uneasy and suspicious just as she gets off the elevator]]. Editing out that one shot alone could've made for a more surprising reveal, although many probably still didn't figure out that [[spoiler: Dave killed Susan himself, and not the punks who beat her]].

* {{Sequelitis}}: While the first film clung to a "fresh" Rotten Tomatoes rating at a 60%, the sequel ended up rotten at 50% [[note]]Though the average rating out of 10 differed by only a tenth of a percent, from 5.7/10 to 5.6/10[[/note]] with criticisms aimed at the film's bloated runtime, muddled script and overall lack of entertainment.

* SlowPacedBeginning: The action ramps up more when Susan dies, but [=McCall=] spends most of the first part of the movie doing odd jobs for clients and interacting with neighbors, all of which has relatively little effect on the main plot.

* CaptainObviousReveal: The identity of the person behind Susan's murder was likely intended to surprise audiences, but it's given away moments before her death [[spoiler: if one notices Dave's uneasy and suspicious look when she gets off the elevator]]. Editing out that one shot alone could've made for a more surprising reveal, although many probably still didn't figure out that [[spoiler: Dave killed Susan himself]]. Also see below.

* {{Padding}}: The film includes many more sub-plots and supporting characters than the first one did. While the intention was to show McCall's work with others apart from the violence he employs, detractors criticized it for bloating the film's runtime with threads that hardly go anywhere apart from showing how great of a person McCall is.

* SlowPacedBeginning: The action ramps up more when Susan dies, but McCall spends most of the first part of the movie doing odd jobs for clients and interacting with neighbors, all of which has relatively little effect on the main plot.