Popular Culture Review Vol. 27, No. 1, Winter 2016 | Página 45

contemporary life, evil festers in every darkened corner and haunts the shadows around the flicker of holy candles. Aspirations for ascension, however, yet smolder, as does the  heart  of  Mexico  City’s  overlooking volcano, poised behind Creasy’s  dying. Critics celebrate  Washington’s  power  on  screen,  but  seem  reluctant  to  admire  the  film’s   audience appeal. At the pundit level, intellectual bias is not quite ready to embrace this Creasy’s  message. In the third film, revenge, in effect, becomes choreography, everyone rises