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The Equalizer is a 2014 American action, crime, and thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua. The screenplay was written by Richard Wenk, with production handled by Denzel Washington, Mace Neufeld, and Steve Tisch. The cast includes Chloë Grace Moretz, Marton Csokas, Melissa Leo, and Haley Bennett. Harry Gregson-Williams composed the score, while Mauro Fiore served as director of photography and John Refoua as film editor. The narrative is set in Boston and Moscow.
Produced by Columbia Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, the film was distributed by Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group and Netflix. It has a runtime of 132 minutes and was released in 2014. The production had a budget of 55,000,000 and generated box office revenue of 192,330,738. The film received an R rating and was followed by The Equalizer 2. Critical reception included a Metascore of 57 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 61%, while audience ratings on IMDb and TMDb were 7.3 and 7.286, respectively.
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7.3McCall 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.
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Robert McCall
- Marton Csokas as Teddy
- Chloë Grace Moretz as Teri
- David Harbour as Masters
- Haley Bennett as Mandy
- Bill Pullman as Brian Plummer
Themes
- assassin
- corruption
- hitman
- call girl
- sadism
- hostage
- gangster
- fbi
- gore
- remake
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
464,792 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
61%
Metacritic
57/100
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 9 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Antoine Fuqua
- Written by
- Richard Wenk
- Based on
- The Equalizer , by Michael Sloan Richard Lindheim
- Produced by
- Todd Black Jason Blumenthal Denzel Washington Alex Siskin Steve Tisch Mace Neufeld Tony Eldridge Michael Sloan
- Starring
- Denzel Washington Marton Csokas Chloë Grace Moretz David Harbour Bill Pullman Melissa Leo
- Cinematography
- Mauro Fiore
- Edited by
- John Refoua
- Music by
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures LStar Capital Village Roadshow Pictures Escape Artists Mace Neufeld Productions Zhiv Productions
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release dates
- September 7, 2014 ( 2014-09-07 ) ( TIFF ) September 26, 2014 ( 2014-09-26 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 132 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $55–73 million
- Box office
- $192.3 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Equalizer is a 2014 American vigilante action-thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Richard Wenk. It is based on the 1980s TV series of the same title and the first of three films starring Denzel Washington. The cast includes Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Bill Pullman and Melissa Leo. Washington plays Robert McCall, a retired Marine and former DIA officer, who reluctantly returns to action to protect a teenage trafficking victim from members of the Russian mafia.
Principal photography took place in Massachusetts from May 2013 to September 2013. The world premiere for The Equalizer was held at 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2014, and it was released worldwide on September 26, 2014. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, grossing $192.3 million worldwide. The sequels, The Equalizer 2 and The Equalizer 3, were released on July 20, 2018, and September 1, 2023, respectively.
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