McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
Acting
Denzel's micro-expressions doing 90% of the emotional lifting.
Direction
Fuqua's slow-burn-to-sudden-violence rhythm, perfected.
Practical Effects
That hardware store sequence: violent ASMR for the patient.
Director
Antoine Fuqua
Denzel Washington
Robert McCall
Marton Csokas
Teddy
Chloë Grace Moretz
Teri
David Harbour
Masters
Haley Bennett
Mandy
Bill Pullman
Brian Plummer
Melissa Leo
Susan Plummer
David Meunier
Slavi
Johnny Skourtis
Ralphie
Alex Veadov
Tevi
Vladimir Kulich
Vladimir Pushkin
E. Roger Mitchell
Lead Investigator
James Wilcox
Pederson
Mike O'Dea
Remar
Anastasia Mousis Sanidopoulos
Jenny
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The hardware store kill took six days to shoot. Denzel insisted on doing the timed movements himself until he hit the 28-second mark.
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