mspanther
Oct 23, 2017
Watched the movie last night, kept me interested although somewhat predictable plot. Big bad guy, quiet good guy, helpless victims, bad guy gets his. Overall I did like the movie, but then again I like anything Denzel is in.
The Equalizer
What do you see when you look at me?
2014•2h 12m•
★7.3(10,363 ratings)
ThrillerActionCrime
Overview
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.
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Antoine FuquaWriters
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Direction
- Director: Antoine Fuqua
- Script Supervisor: Betsy Kuehn
- Script Supervisor: Deirdre Horgan
Writing
- Writer: Richard Wenk
- Characters: Michael Sloan
- Characters: Richard Lindheim
Production
- Producer: Denzel Washington
- Producer: Steve Tisch
- Producer: Richard Wenk
- Co-Producer: Lance Johnson
- Producer: Todd Black
- Executive Producer: David Bloomfield
Music & Sound
- Original Music Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
- Foley: Sarah Monat
- Supervising Sound Editor: Mandell Winter
- Foley: Robin Harlan
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Steve Pederson
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Daniel J. Leahy
Cinematography
- Director of Photography: Mauro Fiore
- Helicopter Camera: Brian Heller
- Steadicam Operator: Kirk R. Gardner
- Camera Operator: Kirk R. Gardner
- Camera Operator: Sebastián Almeida
- Camera Operator: David Richert
Editing
- Editor: John Refoua
- Digital Intermediate: Morning Star Schott
- First Assistant Editor: William Paley
- Digital Intermediate: Kathleen Largay
- Digital Intermediate: Mandy Arnold
- Digital Intermediate Colorist: Doug Delaney
Art Direction
- Set Decoration: Leslie E. Rollins
- Production Design: Naomi Shohan
- Art Direction: David Lazan
- Greensman: Butch McCarthy
- Leadman: Cameron Matheson
- Art Department Coordinator: Denis Leining
Costume & Make-Up
- Makeup Department Head: Liz Bernstrom
- Hairstylist: Elizabeth Cecchini
- Makeup Artist: Sherryn Smith
- Costume Design: David C. Robinson
- Makeup Artist: Rob Fitz
- Set Costumer: Lara Quinlan
Visual Effects
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Sean Devereaux
- Visual Effects Producer: Brian Drewes
Keywords
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Dark Jedi
May 10, 2018
For me this was a very entertaining vigilante flick. Denzel Washington is excellent in his role as a cold and calculating yet compassionate vigilante. The movie is slower than a lot of movies in this genre but that does not make it boring and when the action starts it is measured (for a movie in this genre) and well done. Although there is a red thread, started by McCall’s first act of vigilantism, running through the movie he also performs a few on the side jobs as well during the movie. I like the vigilante stuff so for me this was some nice fillers to round off the movie. The main thread pitches McCall against a real psychopathic Russian enforcer. No one can say that this movie did not have a well done bad guy. The role is quite well played. The guy is creepy to say the least. Not to mention violent of course but then so is McCall when the time is right. One thing I liked with this movie is that McCall it is not one of the usual run around, look dangerous and clobber the bad guys in periodic outbursts of violence stereotypes. McCall is always calm, calculating, behaving intelligently and the baddies almost never realizes the mistake they just did until it is quite a bit
Gimly
Jan 20, 2019
Expected pretty good, got very good. Can't call The Equaliser a perfect movie, but I love me a mixed bag of content like this. Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time.
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Movie Information
Original Title:
The Equalizer
Status:
Released
Age Rating (US):
R
Language:
English
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Budget:
$55,000,000
Revenue:
$192,330,738
Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
Village Roadshow Pictures
Escape Artists
Lonetree Entertainment
LStar Capital
Mace Neufeld Productions