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Synopsis: In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), 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.
Director(s): Antoine Fuqua
Production: Sony Pictures
  1 win & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
R
Year:
2014
132 min
$85,212,969
Website
12,385 Views


What did you do, huh?

What did you do

to that customer?

Slavi, he hit me.

Who do you think you are? Hm?

It's all right.

Understand.

It's all right, Robert.

Let's talk about you

not answering my calls.

B*tch!

Should

we give him a card?

This girl, she's no good.

Call this number.

I send you another one. Better.

Don't be shy. Make the call.

Understand.

Coffee?

We need more sugar out here.

I heard she's at the ICU at Shawmuts.

Someone beat her up real good.

- Dr. Paley to ICU.

- Dr. Paley to ICU, please.

Dr. Mark to the pharmacy.

Dr. Mark to the pharmacy, please.

Alina.

You'll be okay, Alina. You'll be okay.

Oh. Watch it.

Don't you worry about it.

It's okay. It's okay.

Here you go.

I can... It's fine. Thank you.

Got it.

How's she doing?

Alina. How's she doing?

Who are you?

Just a friend.

A guy hit her.

And she hit him back.

A guy called Slavi.

So Slavi made example

of her.

They do that.

They burned one girl's face

with battery acid.

Keep her around as a reminder

for the rest of us.

They brought Teri over

very young.

Think she got to the point where

she thought her life

could be hers one day.

Slavi reminded her it never would be.

He said he'd cut her throat

next time.

He said a whore who fucks and can't

talk might be worth twice as much.

You and I know what I really am.

It's something in your eyes.

Change your world.

Anything you wanna be.

He said he'd cut her throat next time.

Why is that piece

of sh*t in my parking space?

Hi, Slavi.

Are they upstairs?

Yes.

Tevi. You collect

from that f***, Dmitri?

Yes.

He asked for forgiveness.

Forgiveness?

I told him.

What am I, Jesus Christ?

Ha-ha-ha.

You lost, dedushka?

- How did he get up here?

- I don't know.

Should I get rid of him?

No.

I'm here for that girl.

You gave me that

a couple of nights ago.

We give out lots of cards.

You still can get it up, dedushka?

I'm here about a certain girl.

She got beat up pretty bad.

I'm thinking that maybe

you have wrong address, dedushka.

This girl, she have name?

Her name's Alina.

Alina?

Mm-mm.

Ah...

No, it doesn't ring a bell.

But whoever she is, I'm sure she

must know how to suck the cock.

Uh... Okay. Um...

Look, I understand.

These girls that you, uh...

That you represent.

I understand it's like

they're an investment, so, urn...

I can give you $9800.

It's cash.

You're wanting to give me $9000?

Ninety-eight hundred. Cash.

For what?

Her freedom.

Uh-huh. Heh, heh.

Can you believe this guy?

This guy gonna give me

$9000 for one single piece of p*ssy.

Ah, must be Ferrari p*ssy.

You f***ing Americans think

you can come into my place

and buy whatever you want.

Beautiful Russian girls, no problem,

just throw down this bullshit money.

You f***ing insult me.

Ha-ha-ha.

I'm just f***ing with you, man.

But you got very big balls

coming in here. I like that.

So, $9000

for the troublemaker.

One month.

That's it.

You think

this is one-time payment?

I make this off this girl

in two weeks.

That girl is still child.

I still can sell her as virgin, huh?

This makes prime earner

for good while.

Take your f***ing money and go back to

your house and jerk off 9800 times.

Then come crawling back here

and talk to me, huh?

She'll be used up by then

for sure.

Maybe then I will let you have her

for nothing. Hm?

Okay.

You're okay, dedushka?

Bye-bye.

You know amerikantsy.

You forget something?

Sixteen seconds.

One one-thousand,

two one-thousand,

three one-thousand.

Eight one-thousand.

Understand?

Twenty-eight minus 9, 19.

Nineteen.

Your heart's beating three times

the normal rate.

Because you're losing so much blood.

About 30 seconds,

your body's gonna shut down

and you're gonna suffocate.

Alina, the girl you beat half to death,

her life will go on.

Yours is gonna end right here,

on this funky floor

over $9800.

You should have taken the money.

Who are you?

Twenty-six one-thousand,

27 one-thousand,

28 one-thousand.

I'm sorry.

Mr. McCall, it's lunchtime.

Mr. McCall.

Lunchtime.

You test tomorrow

and you're eating that?

These are for you.

Open it.

I made the weight.

Tomorrow I'm gonna ace that test.

Thanks to you.

What happened?

Uh...

Hit it on something stupid.

In what investigators are calling

a gangland-style execution,

five men were killed

at some point last night

in an office above this restaurant.

Police sources have said the killings

have all the earmarks of a turf war

between rival factions.

Names are not yet being released...

How's it going?

How you doing, sir?

Morgan Pederson.

I know who you are.

Get in the car.

Take me to the murder scene.

We figured two, maybe three,

guys killed them all that quickly.

If it was a power

play, no one saw it coming.

None of our informants heard

about this going down.

Security system's drive was taken

so we're blind in here.

At 11:
17, a waiter goes up

with a tray of food, finds them dead.

I want images from every security

camera within a six-block radius.

If you have any trouble,

call that number...

and it will be taken care of.

Phones charged and on.

I tend to call at odd hours.

Now, if you could drive me

to my residence.

Hey, wait a second, Mr. Sunshine.

Um...

What do I look like to you?

A chauffeur?

This is our town.

You're a f***ing guest.

Let me apologize for my conduct.

It was a long flight on short notice,

and I like to focus, to work quickly.

The deaths of Mr. Pushkin's men

have interrupted his operations here.

Imports, movements of goods,

have all ceased.

That's unacceptable.

I'm the one Mr. Pushkin calls in

when people like you f*** up.

Mm. I don't like your tone...

I'm accountable now.

You have taken

Mr. Pushkin's money for years.

Money that comes with conditions.

Non-negotiable conditions.

Problem you're having with me

is you think you matter. You don't.

I am all that matters.

And so we're clear:

I'm not here to say "please. "

I'm here to tell you what to do.

Be ready for business.

We open tomorrow.

Brian, you seen Ralphie? Supposed to

be taking that security guard test.

Called in and quit.

Quit?

No notice either.

Kids, right?

We're closed.

Mr. McCall.

Ralphie.

Heard you quit today.

I got worried.

Uh...

Oh, uh, my mom had

a little accident here last night.

There was a fire.

I see.

So I'm gonna help out around here now.

Okay.

We have a lot of work to do.

Okay.

Yeah, so...

Need some help?

Yeah, if you're not busy,

that'd be awesome.

Helping you.

Teddy, the Irish are clean on this

one. They had nothing to do with it, huh?

You gonna sit down

with all these guys?

- I'm telling you.

- Yes, I understand. Duly noted.

Listen, huh? Do

me a favor, all right?

Whatever you do,

don't call him "Little John," okay?

Frank, why you working

for these f***ing Russians?

My money not good enough?

I respect your business.

Mr. Looney.

You understand why I'm compelled

to make this visit.

I don't know sh*t about what went down

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