The Equalizer
(2014)
Regisseur:
Antoine FuquaSchauspieler:
Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David HarbourMcCall, ehemaliger Elite-Soldat- und Agent, ist untergetaucht und versucht in Boston ein normales Leben zu führen. Das funktioniert nicht. Zu viel Ungerechtigkeit und Verbrechen gibt es in der Stadt. Er lernt eine blutjunge Prostituierte kennen und will sie aus den Fängen ihres Zuhälters befreien. Der gehört zur russischen Mafia. McCall schreckt nicht davor zurück, sich mit der mächtigen Organisation anzulegen. Dank seiner Erfahrung und Ausbildung ist er ein ebenbürtiger Gegner und dezimiert die Gangstertruppe.
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.
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.