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- Training Day. The film that put Fuqua on the map was "Training Day," which starred Ethan Hawke as LAPD narcotics office Jake Hoyt and Denzel Washington as Detective Alonzo Harris.
- The Equalizer. Fuqua and Washington would reunite for "The Equalizer" in 2014, which took its name and concept from the classic '80's TV series. Washington plays Robert McCall, a former Marine, who strikes up a friendship with a girl named Alina (Chloe Grace Moretz).
- King Arthur. Fuqua tackled the King Arthur myth in 2004, aiming for a more "realistic" version of the classic story. The film recasts Clive Owen's Arthur as a Roman soldier preparing to return home until a mission leads him and his men into conflict with the Saxons.
- The Magnificent Seven. "King Arthur" wasn't the only time Fuqua would draw from "Seven Samurai" when crafting a film. In 2016, he directed a remake of "The Magnificent Seven" — itself a remake of "Seven Samurai."
This is a really good film and it put Fuqua’s name on the map. I was so impressed by this one and it was Eva Mendes’s big departures. I’m not sure I agree on the ‘household name’ part. I wanted to see that film, because Hawke was in that film.
- 15 Bait
- 14 King Arthur
- 13 Brooklyn’s Finest
- 12 Infinite
- 11 The Replacement Killers
- 10 Bullet Train
- 9 The Equalizer
- 8 Tears of The Sun
- 7 Shooter
- 6 The Guilty
Every great filmmaker is entitled to one flop, and in Fuqua’s case, that film is the comedy action thriller Bait starring Jamie Foxx, who plays a strong character in an otherwise weak film. Baitdraws on Fuqua's experience directing music videos, as he uses many of those visual and editing techniques in this film — as well as in his film The Replace...
In this tame, revisionist look at the King Arthur legend, Clive Owen stars as the titular king, who grows up as a Roman warrior-slave. Not to be confused with Guy Ritchie's 2017 film, here Arthur and his men are sent on one last mission before they are freed from the Romans, and the mission involves saving a Roman family from rapidly approaching so...
Fuqua’s Brooklyn’s Finest follows the story of three police officers. Richard Gere plays Officer Eddie Dugan, a burned-out alcoholic cop one week away from retiring, who is assigned to oversee rookie officers in some of the worst neighborhoods of Brooklyn. He protests, but still does his job, and is teamed up with a rookie who sees things different...
Mark Wahlberg stars in Fuqua’s Infinite, named so because his character has unlimited lives due to reincarnation. He has lived in hundreds of other bodies, mastering his warrior skills, and he finds out that there are others who are like him — some good, some evil — and he is needed to help stop the evil faction. The recent film has fun science fic...
Fuqua’s debut film is The Replacement Killers, a stylish action thriller featuring international superstar Chow Yun-Fat, best known for his roles in some of John Woo’s incredible and dazzling films that feature more gunplay than you’ll likely see in ten action films combined. Chow Yun-Fat plays John Lee, an assassin who turns down an assignment to ...
Fuqua serves as producer of this film, instead of director, but that doesn't mean Brad Pitt's latest popcorn flick lacks Fuqua-esque action and thrills. Bullet Train is an adaptation of the Japanese novel Maria Beetlethat follows Ladybug (Brad Pitt) on a simple, straightforward mission to retrieve a briefcase from a high-speed "bullet train." The m...
The Equalizer is an action-suspense film based on the television series from the 80s. The filmmakers presume that the viewer is familiar with the show and provide very little of the protagonist's backstory his motivations, which is problematic if you are not a regular viewer of the show. The Equalizer is a brutal revenge film, starring Denzel Washi...
In Tears of the Sun, Bruce Willis plays a Navy SEAL with the specific mission to extract several prominent medical doctors from an African war zone before their village is massacred. There is just one problem: the dedicated doctors won’t fly away and leave their village of 70 people behind, knowing they will be executed. They bravely insist that th...
Wahlberg stars in Fuqua’s action flick Shooteras a former specially trained sniper who is called out of retirement to help the government stop a presidential assassination, only to find that he is the fall guy in the assassination of another major politician. He immediately goes on the run as sketchy shadow government types hunt him down, trying to...
The Guilty is Fuqua’s nerve-wracking thriller about a police officer, played with intensity by Jake Gyllenhaal, who answers 911 calls. When he receives a phone call from a woman who claims to be a kidnap victim being driven around the city in a white van, he springs into action. Most of the film is taken up by shots of Gyllenhaal on the phone, so t...
Sep 2, 2024 · These are Antoine Fuqua's best movies, proving that he is a master of genre filmmaking unlike many others working today. 10 ‘The Equalizer 3’ (2023) Starring: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning ...
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- Training Day. Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn. 137 votes. In the gritty urban drama Training Day, Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke), an idealistic rookie cop, embarks on his first day with the narcotics squad of the LAPD.
- The Equalizer. Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz. 127 votes. Robert McCall (Denzel Washington), a man of mysterious origin who believes he has put the past behind him, dedicates himself to creating a quiet new life.
- Shooter. Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Danny Glover. 123 votes. In the high-stakes thriller Shooter, former Marine Corps sniper Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg) finds himself coaxed back into action, only to be framed for a crime he didn't commit.
- Tears of the Sun. Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser. 99 votes. The Nigerian government has fallen, and the country is on the verge of civil war. Lt.
The influence of Scorsese and Mean Streets is much on Fuqua's mind as he finishes his new movie, Brooklyn's Finest, a cops and crooks saga that marks the director's return to the urban landscape of Training Day, the 2001 film that put him on the map (and won an Oscar for Denzel Washington).
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Sep 16, 2023 · 10 'The Magnificent Seven' (2016) Image via Sony/MGM. IMDb rating: 6.9/10. Fuqua often says he draws inspiration from Akira Kurosawa. Seven Samurai is the first samurai Western, redone as an ...
