The Equalizer is a 2014 American vigilante action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua, loosely based on the 1980s TV series of the same name. It stars Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Bill Pullman and Melissa Leo. The film focuses on a former US Marine turned Defense Intelligence Agency officer who reluctantly returns to action to protect a teenage sex worker from members of the Russian mafia.
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The Equalizer is a 2014 American vigilante action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua, loosely based on the 1980s TV series of the same name. It stars Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Bill Pullman and Melissa Leo. The film focuses on a former US Marine turned Defense Intelligence Agency officer who reluctantly returns to action to protect a teenage sex worker from members of the Russian mafia. The Equalizer had its world premiere at 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2014, and was released worldwide on September 26, 2014 in conventional and IMAX theaters. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the visual style, acting, soundtrack and action sequences but criticized its violence and plot. Nonetheless, it became a commercial success with a worldwide gross of over USD 192 million on a production budget of USD 73 million. A sequel was released on July 20, 2018, with Washington, Wenk and Fuqua returning. The sequel is expected to be released in spring of 2019, with the same cast and crew returning for the second half of the film. It is based on a true story of Robert McCall, a former Marine and DIA operative who faked his death, after promising his now-deceased wife that he would leave his old life behind.
McCall is seen cleaning a bloodied sledgehammer with a cloth and putting it back on display in the store. He is seen reading in a diner where he befriends Alina, a teenage prostitute working for the Russian Mafia. He then kills Slavi and four of his men with skillful close combat efficiency, using the men’s own weapons, various objects in the office, and his bare hands. When McCall learns that the restaurant was set on fire by corrupt policemen as an act of extortion, he confronts and beats the officers, forcing them to pay back all the money they have extorted by threatening to publicize their crimes. After finding video footage of McCall entering the club where Slavi was murdered, Rensen visits McCall at his apartment disguised as a police officer and later makes two attempts to capture him. After the ring is mysteriously returned, McCall escapes after killing a hitman who tries to ambush him at the diner and knocking out one of Rensen’s associates. In the meantime, Ralph withdraws his security guard application, and instead takes a second job with his mother at the family restaurant.
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