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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
13,007 Views


or who you should be out looking for.

If I wanna take over anything,

I'd f***ing do it.

There'd be nothing left to you.

So maybe you just don't

understand who the f*** I am.

John. Easy, huh?

Don't "easy," Frank. Shut the f*** up!

F***ing flipperhead.

See, I hate you f***ing Russians.

You're all crazy and you're arrogant.

Now, the Irish, we came here for

a piece of the American dream.

You people come over here to

steal it, so f*** all of you.

Well, Mr. Looney,

I appreciate your candor.

It's refreshing, and tells me that you're

not smart enough to have done this.

The f***?

Which brings me to my next issue.

We pay you 15 percent

to do business here.

The additional 10 percent you steal,

we ignore.

We anticipated it,

as you people are such clichs.

The fact that you're a rat to the

Feds is also tolerable, Little John.

The f***?

What we will not tolerate is

getting nothing for our money:

no information, no protection,

no assurances.

You understand, Little Johnny?

Who do you think you are?

Who I am, or what I am?

Who I am is complicated.

What I am is easier. I'm a threat.

I alter outcomes.

Throw this motherf... Unh!

Whoa, doctor!

Call a doctor. Unbelievable!

It's Napoli in the clutch!

Holy cow!

Oh, f***!

A tie game. Unbelievable!

That ball was absolutely massacred

by Mike Napoli.

A home run by Napoli.

- Can things change in an instant.

- They certainly can.

This game was over

before this half-inning started.

It is certainly over now!

The final:
six to five,

Boston over New York...

Hey!

Hey! Hey-

This is my town. Do you understand me?

This is my home.

You cannot run around

like a wild animal.

What the f*** was that?

It's a message.

It says, "I'm here. "

What really

happened in there, Ralphie?

Faulty wire or something.

We both know that's not true.

I'm sorry I wasted your time.

Hey, you didn't waste my time.

My mom doesn't have much

except this place.

When stuff like this happens,

I just gotta put everything on hold

and help her out, you know?

I wasn't gonna pass

the security guard test anyway.

Was there anything unusually strange

about Slavi before he was murdered?

Did he mention a name perhaps?

Agitated about something?

Slavi never did his business

in front of the girls.

Tevi handled us.

We can't locate one of the other girls

from Slavi's stable. Teri.

You know her?

No.

Where we might find her?

No. Sorry.

I didn't know her that well.

Was my message received, Teddy?

Yes, Mr. Pushkin.

All of our associates...

Irish, Italians, Armenians.

...Are all denying any knowledge

or involvement.

We cannot show weakness.

I need this wrapped up quickly.

It will be.

Of course, don't worry.

Good.

Now enough of what you don't know.

Tell me what you do know.

Well, I'm still sifting through

things, but the killings were spontaneous.

Whoever did this specialized in killing.

I've rarely seen skills like this.

I don't think it's someone

we've encountered before.

Whoever it is, just find him, Teddy.

I'm talking over a million barrels,

this delivery.

- Understand?

- It will all be well.

I'll take care of it.

When you do, be loud about it.

I don't want this happening again.

Of course.

Come on.

Stuff it in.

See that?

That son of a b*tch.

- Yeah.

- Come on.

- We're closed. Get out.

- Let's go.

Time to go.

Nice to see you.

See? You pay on time,

no more problems.

Ha-ha-ha.

All right, let's go.

Mamacita,

you need to clean the grease.

It'll cause a fire.

Good accent.

See you next week.

- Let's go get a blowie.

- Hey, officers.

Whoa, put the light down.

What's up?

I'd like to report a crime.

Really? Call 911.

Let's get out of here.

F*** that guy.

Should shoot that motherf***er.

Take it easy.

How did you get this job?

I blew the commissioner.

Why waste city services

when I got two corrupt cops

right in front of me?

It's that guy.

This f***ing guy?

Yeah.

Back up.

How'd you get

that f***ing number?

- Wasn't hard.

- Yeah?

- Neither was this.

- Ask the lady down the street.

The one who had the fire.

Same thing could happen to you

with your whole family inside.

- Open it.

- You pay like everybody else.

How many copies?

One.

You must have

a death wish, pal.

What the f***

do you want, huh? Huh?

The people you took

the money from,

you should give it back.

Ha-ha-ha. Why would we do that?

That would be in the best interest

of everyone.

Really?

Yeah.

Maybe our best interest is to tie

a block around you

and throw you

in the Mystic, huh?

Let's do that.

It's a good idea.

You're supposed to stand

for something, punk.

F***.

Protect and serve. Uphold the law.

Justice.

Remember?

Who the f*** are you?

Tomorrow you'll have returned all

the money you extorted from those people.

Tell them it will never happen again.

Do that,

and this video will never be seen.

You don't, and a half an hour later

you'll watch the uncut version

on every news outlet in the area.

Now, I'm offering you a chance

to do the right thing. Take it.

That f***ing hurt more

than the beating.

Mr. McCall. Are you

done standing around or what?

All the other girls have...

claimed that you were

very close to Teri. Huh?

You lied to me about that.

It's pretty.

When did you last talk to her?

Over a week ago.

Mm-hm.

I went to the hospital.

I saw her there.

Did anyone else visit her?

Yes.

A man.

A man?

Customer?

No.

A nice man. A black man.

He wanted to know

what happened to her.

His name?

He didn't say.

And your friend, Teri?

No one saw her

after she left hospital.

After what they did to her.

And you contacted her?

No.

No one saw her.

Look at me.

Are you telling me the truth?

You telling me the truth? The truth?

Yes. Yes.

You telling me the truth?

Yes.

- Telling me the truth?

- Yes.

Would you like some water?

Moisten your throat.

Thank you.

Sweet.

My angel.

Hm? Yes.

Please. Please.

So beautiful. So beautiful.

Please, please, Teddy. Please, Teddy.

But so deceitful.

Please. Please don't.

So f***ing deceitful.

Please don't.

You're... You're hurting me!

Please stop.

Let's go, Home Mart!

- Let's go!

- Keep it going, Home Mart!

Here we go. Oh, oh, oh!

I got it! I got it! I got it!

Yeah!

Yeah!

There you go! Way to go, Bobby!

There's no place like Home Mart.

Yeah.

Oh!

- I see you!

- Ralphie, bravo!

You passed your test!

Looking good, man.

Hey, did they give you a gun?

What the hell he call us in here for?

Maybe he's finally

done chasing his own tail.

- He needs to go home.

- Waste of f***ing time.

Yeah, that sounds about right.

I matched

the arrival and departure times

of everyone going in and out

of the restaurant.

This person walks in the front door

several minutes after Slavi arrived,

but never comes out.

All right. Later. All right.

Thanks.

Jenny, Jenny, Jenny.

Can you do

a quick card refund for me?

Gentleman's in a hurry.

Open that f***ing register.

Move, move.

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