The original television series ran from 1985 to 1989 and starred the late Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, a g-man turned private detective who spent his days helping out the weak and under-priviledged in an effort to make up for past dark deeds. Now, in this new movie, the former black ops commando who faked his death for a quiet life in Boston comes out of his retirement to rescue a young girl and finds himself face to face with Russian gangsters.
Robert McCall (Denzel Washington), a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life, meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz - from Kick Ass movies), 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, Robsert 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: Antoine Fuqua, written by Richard Wenk and Michael Sloan & Richard Lindheim - television series.
Cast: 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 Sanidopoulos Mousis (Jenny).
