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The Equalizer

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132 feature instances
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The Equalizer	type	TVTItem
The Equalizer	label	The Equalizer
The Equalizer	page	TheEqualizer
The Equalizer	comment	The Equalizer is a 2014 film directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington. It is a remake of the 1980s show which starred Edward Woodward in the titular role. Washington plays Robert McCall, a man who seemingly lives an unassuming, clockwork life; widowed, with a steady job as a hardware store clerk, and spends his insomniac nights reading in a diner, where he befriends a young girl named Alina (Chloë Grace Moretz), who is kind and has aspirations of being a singer, but is currently in the employ of Russian mobsters as a prostitute. When Alina is severely beaten, McCall tracks down the mobsters responsible and single-handedly kills them. The head of the Russian mob in the region sends his dragon, Nicolai, to assess the situation, who learns quickly that McCall is no ordinary citizen and all evildoers in Robert's vicinity have no idea who they're up against.A sequel titled The Equalizer 2 was released July 20, 2018.A second sequel, The Equalizer 3, was released on September 1st, 2023.
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The Equalizer	isPartOf	DBTropes
The Equalizer / int_10134c97	type	Artistic License â€“ Gun Safety
The Equalizer / int_10134c97	comment	Artistic License – Gun Safety: McCall uses a nail gun like a pistol, but nail guns are specifically designed so that they don't fire nails through the air like bullets. They have a second trigger by the barrel that needs to be pressed against a surface before firing.
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The Equalizer / int_112daba0	type	Retired Badass
The Equalizer / int_112daba0	comment	Retired Badass: Robert McCall. The movie is about him coming out of retirement.
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The Equalizer / int_141b5985	type	Morning Routine
The Equalizer / int_141b5985	comment	His Morning Routine also tells a lot about his character, if not his Hidden Depths.
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The Equalizer / int_16178c64	type	Gratuitous Spanish
The Equalizer / int_16178c64	comment	Gratuitous Spanish: He can also speak Spanish, as seen when he talks to Ralphie's mother at her restaurant.
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The Equalizer / int_19851b86	type	The Sociopath
The Equalizer / int_19851b86	comment	The Sociopath: Susan describes Nicolai as a "sociopath with a business card". The description is quite apt, with his utter coldness and blatant disregard of other people.
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The Equalizer / int_1a8dc238	type	Underestimating Badassery
The Equalizer / int_1a8dc238	comment	Underestimating Badassery: Just about everyone in the movie underestimates McCall, and it costs a lot of them their lives. Nicolai is the first antagonist to size up McCall and realize there's much more to him than a cursory glance suggests. John, the Irish mob boss, writes off Nicolai as a Russian thug he can berate without worrying. He painfully and fatally pays for this.
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The Equalizer / int_1b3b48f3	type	David Versus Goliath
The Equalizer / int_1b3b48f3	comment	David Versus Goliath: Subverted. Robert's biggest threat is just a burly guy he can no longer catch by surprise. All things being equal, the biggest guy has a distinct advantage even with Robert's training.
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The Equalizer / int_1ba8eb64	type	Visual Pun
The Equalizer / int_1ba8eb64	comment	Visual Pun: One of the books Robert is reading is The Old Man and the Sea. One of the scenes at the end of the movie is Robert (an old man) on a beach staring at the wide sea.
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The Equalizer / int_1ca3c244	type	Who Are You?
The Equalizer / int_1ca3c244	comment	Who Are You?: People are repeatedly asking who McCall is.
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The Equalizer / int_1f4bb5b4	type	Let Me Tell You a Story
The Equalizer / int_1f4bb5b4	comment	Let Me Tell You a Story: During Robert and Nicolai's meeting at a restaurant, he tells the mobster a story of a Russian man who adopted a poor kid in his family of already five sons. The father showed love and compassion for the kid in spite of all of his misdeeds, until one day the man and his wife were murdered and some possessions stolen, presumably by the boy.
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The Equalizer / int_1f963842	type	Bloodier and Gorier
The Equalizer / int_1f963842	comment	Bloodier and Gorier/Darker and Edgier: So very much so compared to the original series it's based on. A typical plot in the CBS series has McCall pulling an elaborate mindgame with his associates helping him, one that usually forces the guilty party to incriminate themselves and sometimes leaves them at the mercy of those they've wronged. In the movie, McCall simply takes out everyone in his path personally, using such delightful tactics as a shotglass to the eye socket, corkscrew to the jaw, a barb wire noose, a tree trimmer through the neck, and gunning someone down with a high-powered nailgun.
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The Equalizer / int_21f60711	type	Good Is Not Soft
The Equalizer / int_21f60711	comment	Good Is Not Soft: Robert tends to offer a Last-Second Chance, resorting to violence only after this is refused. Gilly and Harris are the only people to take McCall up on his offer and get off the easiest of all the crooks in the film, with only a beating for their trouble after they agree to leave the businesses they've been extorting alone.
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The Equalizer / int_230d64	type	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
The Equalizer / int_230d64	comment	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Vladimir Pushkin's money as well as his political connections make him untouchable to law enforcement. This doesn't matter to McCall. Pushkin even tries a bribe but to no avail.
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The Equalizer / int_25524784	type	No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
The Equalizer / int_25524784	comment	John, the Irish mob boss, writes off Nicolai as a Russian thug he can berate without worrying. He painfully and fatally pays for this.
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The Equalizer / int_27a42ebc	type	Spiritual Successor
The Equalizer / int_27a42ebc	comment	Spiritual Successor: In spite of being an adaptation of a TV series, the film seems to share more with Man on Fire, given that it stars Denzel Washington on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge to protect a Damsel in Distress set to a faux Nine Inch Nails soundtrack.
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The Equalizer / int_27f10418	type	Impersonating an Officer
The Equalizer / int_27f10418	comment	Nikolai knocks on Robert's door posing as a detective looking for witnesses, but the fact that he doesn't leave a card with a contact number is a sign he's Impersonating an Officer.
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The Equalizer / int_28114487	type	Bald of Evil
The Equalizer / int_28114487	comment	Bald of Evil: The man that fights Robert in the climax is a bald man with a rather thick Beard of Evil.
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The Equalizer / int_2854b56d	type	Uncertain Doom
The Equalizer / int_2854b56d	comment	Uncertain Doom: Masters' final fate is left unknown, but he despairingly notes that he won't last a week.
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The Equalizer / int_2b5ea43c	type	Bland-Name Product
The Equalizer / int_2b5ea43c	comment	Bland-Name Product: "Home Mart" looks identical to Home Depot except with a yellow color scheme instead of an orange one. The film was actually shot in a Home Depot.
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The Equalizer / int_2c27353f	type	Was It Really Worth It?
The Equalizer / int_2c27353f	comment	Was It Really Worth It?: As Slavi is bleeding out on the floor, Robert sits next to him and points out that he's dying over a matter of $9,800.
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The Equalizer / int_2d4fa515	type	Ax-Crazy
The Equalizer / int_2d4fa515	comment	Lampshaded by Masters when taking Nicolai when meeting with the Irish mob boss. Masters warns Nicolai that whatever else he does to never refer to him as "Little John." Being who he is, Nicolai proceeds to do exactly that before beating the mobster to death.
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The Equalizer / int_2d6f00e4	type	Psycho for Hire
The Equalizer / int_2d6f00e4	comment	Psycho for Hire: Nicolai became a private mercenary after the fall of the Soviet Union and is now hired by Pushkin to hunt down Robert.
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The Equalizer / int_2d9e89f7	type	We Help the Helpless
The Equalizer / int_2d9e89f7	comment	We Help the Helpless: At the end of the movie, Robert has apparently decided to make a habit of this, as he's seen responding to an online forum post asking for his help.
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The Equalizer / int_2f50c5bf	type	Theme Music Power-Up
The Equalizer / int_2f50c5bf	comment	Theme Music Power-Up: This music that plays when Robert emerges and kills Teddy.
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The Equalizer / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
The Equalizer / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: Masters is a dirty cop who is in bed with The Mafiya and is at least connected with the Irish mob as well. Even he's horrified when he discovers how violent and ruthless Nicolai is, especially when beating the Irish mob boss to death with his bare hands.
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The Equalizer / int_31a2a33c	type	Stuff Blowing Up
The Equalizer / int_31a2a33c	comment	Stuff Blowing Up: We are treated to a glorious slow-mo shot of Robert blowing up the entire harbor and all the petrol tankers in it. Later invoked to point out why you should never put butane gas tanks in the microwave.
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The Equalizer / int_3255968b	type	Implied Death Threat
The Equalizer / int_3255968b	comment	Implied Death Threat: McCall pushes a glass skull toward the first three gangsters he encounters before killing them all.
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The Equalizer / int_3451115d	type	Loved by All
The Equalizer / int_3451115d	comment	Loved by All: Mafia and corrupt cops notwithstanding, McCall is fondly regarded by everyone in his life. He easily befriends people including Alina, is liked and respected by his colleagues at work and evidently had an excellent reputation with his former colleagues in the government. He even manages to appeal to Masters.
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The Equalizer / int_35a858b3	type	Cluster F-Bomb
The Equalizer / int_35a858b3	comment	Cluster F-Bomb: Masters is particularly fond of these, almost to the point of it being the only curse word he uses.
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The Equalizer / int_38d02d44	type	Batman Gambit
The Equalizer / int_38d02d44	comment	Batman Gambit: McCall's plan to take down an entire money-counting house holding what looks like tens of millions of dollars requires that every one of the armed thugs in the place is so loyal to the managing thug that they'll lay down their weapons and submit to being tied up rather than risk their manager getting killed. McCall kills Pushkin by counting on the fact that he would walk over to the flooding sink in his bare feet just in time for the exposed cable to electrify the pool beneath it.
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The Equalizer / int_3a02ad13	type	Elder Employee
The Equalizer / int_3a02ad13	comment	Elder Employee: McCall at the local Home Mart, where he regularly interacts with coworkers decades younger than him. Although unlike many examples he's clearly doing it by choice out of a desire to live a quiet life.
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The Equalizer / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
The Equalizer / int_3d699462	comment	Curb-Stomp Battle: Robert easily dispatches five Russian mobsters early in the film, in 19 seconds. (He was aiming for 16 seconds.)
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The Equalizer / int_3ec18c6f	type	Sherlock Scan
The Equalizer / int_3ec18c6f	comment	Sherlock Scan: Used by McCall in a weaponized format, similarly to Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes movies.
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The Equalizer / int_40a94897	type	The Irish Mob
The Equalizer / int_40a94897	comment	The Irish Mob: At first, the Russians suspect they might be behind the killings (it's Boston). Nicolai goes to speak with the local Irish mob boss, who's insulting and uncooperative. Because of this, he and his men are killed (but they didn't actually kill the Russians).
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The Equalizer / int_424c9a9b	type	Cold-Blooded Torture
The Equalizer / int_424c9a9b	comment	Cold-Blooded Torture: It is actually Robert who employs one of these! He handcuffs Masters inside his own car and proceeds to suffocate him with the car fumes.
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The Equalizer / int_443b78cd	type	Tranquil Fury
The Equalizer / int_443b78cd	comment	Tranquil Fury: McCall never gets visibly angry or loses his temper throughout the film but when he's angry, you know he's angry.
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The Equalizer / int_4583a262	type	Shirtless Scene
The Equalizer / int_4583a262	comment	Shirtless Scene: Nicolai gets one when he is talking to Pushkin on the phone.
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The Equalizer / int_474e3977	type	You Have Failed Me
The Equalizer / int_474e3977	comment	You Have Failed Me: Implied to be the reason Remar and Pederson were killed. Nicolai tells them to find Robert or he would find someone who could. A few scenes later, Susan reveals to McCall that the two were killed by Nicolai.
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The Equalizer / int_47d35854	type	Intergenerational Friendship
The Equalizer / int_47d35854	comment	Intergenerational Friendship: Alina is a teenage girl who befriends McCall, a man decades older than her.
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The Equalizer / int_48ca7c29	type	Broken Ace
The Equalizer / int_48ca7c29	comment	Broken Ace: Yes, McCall is a Jack of All Trades, but when it comes down to it, he is harboring a lot of internal problems, including what appears to be OCD.
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The Equalizer / int_49f20c6a	type	Gory Discretion Shot
The Equalizer / int_49f20c6a	comment	Gory Discretion Shot: Pops up a couple of times, like McCall using a small hammer against a Home Mart robber or whatever he did to Teddy's bodyguard, but we don't get to see the moment Robert turns on the hand drill at the Home Mart, just the expected result.
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The Equalizer / int_49fb5ccb	type	Combat Pragmatist
The Equalizer / int_49fb5ccb	comment	Combat Pragmatist: Robert is this and an Improbable Weapon User. He'll memorize every object in the room around him, and then brutally murder you with it. He'll stab you with a glass shard, drag your face through broken glass, and stab you with your own knife. Justified in that Robert is just a normal human being and physically no longer in his prime so he never gives his opponents the chance to really prepare themselves or fight back. The one instance where he doesn't have surprise on his side and has to fight face to face, well... see David Versus Goliath.
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The Equalizer / int_4de1a4f7	type	Improvised Weapon
The Equalizer / int_4de1a4f7	comment	Improvised Weapon: Robert's preference, especially in the last act when he uses the contents of the Home Mart he works at.
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The Equalizer / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
The Equalizer / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: "He didn't come for help. He came to get permission."
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The Equalizer / int_4ef92d0b	type	The Atoner
The Equalizer / int_4ef92d0b	comment	The Atoner: McCall promised his late wife he wouldn't do any more equalizing. After his first kills in the film, he mutters an apology to no one.
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The Equalizer / int_4f84cdef	type	Smug Snake
The Equalizer / int_4f84cdef	comment	Smug Snake: Nicolai fits this to a T.
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The Equalizer / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
The Equalizer / int_53f5119f	comment	The Dragon: Nicolai Itchenko/Teddy Rensen for Pushkin.
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The Equalizer / int_6201e8b0	type	I Have Your Wife
The Equalizer / int_6201e8b0	comment	I Have Your Wife: Nicolai takes the entire Home-Mart staff hostage to get Robert to surrender himself. Robert just rescues them instead of going to the meeting place.
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The Equalizer / int_648fe274	type	But for Me, It Was Tuesday
The Equalizer / int_648fe274	comment	But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Subverted. When Robert asks Slavi about Alina getting beaten up, the latter replies that her name doesn't ring a bell. But later in the conversation, he seems to remember who she is, implying that he was just messing with Robert. Nicolai casually reveals to the Irish mob boss that he knows they steal a portion of what the Russians pay them and that the boss is an informant for law enforcement, admitting that they don't particularly care about it.
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The Equalizer / int_673999b1	type	Locking MacGyver in the Store Cupboard
The Equalizer / int_673999b1	comment	Locking MacGyver in the Store Cupboard: Inverted on two occasions. After locking himself in with them, McCall takes out Slavi and company using only the items available in Slavi's office; and at the end, he confronts Teddy and his goons in the big-box hardware store he works at, and proceeds to use the entire contents of the store against them. The only time McCall actually uses a gun is to force one of Slavi's enforcers to shoot his partner.
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The Equalizer / int_6860368a	type	Mook Horror Show
The Equalizer / int_6860368a	comment	Mook Horror Show: The last big action sequence in the film features Robert stalking Nikolai's men through the Home Mart where he works after they've taken his co-workers hostage, and dispatching them one by one in various gruesome ways.
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The Equalizer / int_6a2ae11f	type	Improbable Weapon User
The Equalizer / int_6a2ae11f	comment	Improbable Weapon User: McCall finds innovative uses for a wine corkscrew, a power drill, a roll of barbed wire, and a tree pruner, among other things.
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The Equalizer / int_6c71ab1d	type	I Want Them Alive!
The Equalizer / int_6c71ab1d	comment	I Want Them Alive!: Nicolai wants Robert alive to Make an Example of Them and for interrogation, as he assumes he's working for another organised crime group. Eventually Robert does so much damage to Pushkin's organisation this requirement goes right out the window and Nicolai is ordering his mooks to shoot Robert on sight.
The Equalizer / int_6c71ab1d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_6c71ab1d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_6c71ab1d
The Equalizer / int_6fb4d332	type	Invulnerable Knuckles
The Equalizer / int_6fb4d332	comment	Invulnerable Knuckles: Averted. McCall cuts and bruises his knuckles while taking out the pimps, and Teddy is seen picking glass out of his knuckles after beating an Irish mobster to death.
The Equalizer / int_6fb4d332	featureApplicability	-1.0
The Equalizer / int_6fb4d332	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_6fb4d332
The Equalizer / int_70f7063d	type	Unflinching Walk
The Equalizer / int_70f7063d	comment	Unflinching Walk: After Robert blows up the harbor and all the petrol tankers in there.
The Equalizer / int_70f7063d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_70f7063d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_70f7063d
The Equalizer / int_716c0b1b	type	And the Adventure Continues
The Equalizer / int_716c0b1b	comment	And the Adventure Continues: The end of the movie has Robert sitting in his usual place at the diner, but this time he's on his laptop, having decided to offer his skills to those who are in need of help.
The Equalizer / int_716c0b1b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_716c0b1b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_716c0b1b
The Equalizer / int_72cc2b00	type	The Dividual
The Equalizer / int_72cc2b00	comment	The Dividual: Detectives Gilly and Harris are always seen together. The two harass Ralphie's mother at the restaurant, demanding money from her. When Robert finds them, they threaten to kill him in the alley, only to be beaten up and forced to hand back the money.
The Equalizer / int_72cc2b00	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_72cc2b00	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_72cc2b00
The Equalizer / int_72e0023f	type	Invoked Trope
The Equalizer / int_72e0023f	comment	Invoked during the burglar scene. As Robert tries to find a way to deal with the criminal, he watches a boy and his mother going into the store. To avoid a bloodshed and possibly their deaths, McCall advises Jenny to hand her ring to the thief so he would leave.
The Equalizer / int_72e0023f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_72e0023f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_72e0023f
The Equalizer / int_73ef9ef3	type	Almighty Janitor
The Equalizer / int_73ef9ef3	comment	Almighty Janitor: The core premise of the movie: The unassuming older employee at the local Home Mart turning out to be an elite ex-CIA operative with powerful government connections.
The Equalizer / int_73ef9ef3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_73ef9ef3	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_73ef9ef3
The Equalizer / int_7464705c	type	Arc Words
The Equalizer / int_7464705c	comment	Arc Words: Seems to be "Who Are You?" as multiple of McCall's targets ask when being beaten by him, including Nicolai at the climax.
The Equalizer / int_7464705c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_7464705c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_7464705c
The Equalizer / int_77063cd7	type	Hooker with a Heart of Gold
The Equalizer / int_77063cd7	comment	Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Alina is a kind girl who's a sex worker and abused by her pimp, a ruthless Russian mobster. Robert intervening to help her is what kickstarts the film's plot, and it's later shown he helped her get into better things (she's an aspiring singer) with a generous gift.
The Equalizer / int_77063cd7	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_77063cd7	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_77063cd7
The Equalizer / int_79a60aec	type	For Want of a Nail
The Equalizer / int_79a60aec	comment	For Want of a Nail: If the Russian mob pimp hadn't beat the call girl, or at least accepted McCall's money, nobody would have died. Basically, if McCall is offering you a deal, you take it and run the hell away.
The Equalizer / int_79a60aec	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_79a60aec	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_79a60aec
The Equalizer / int_7c0bfb83	type	Obviously Evil
The Equalizer / int_7c0bfb83	comment	Obviously Evil: The Mafiya gangsters are covered in tattoos of devils, knives and skulls. The pimp in the first act has skulls on his wardrobe and glass skulls adorning his desk.
The Equalizer / int_7c0bfb83	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_7c0bfb83	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_7c0bfb83
The Equalizer / int_7cbba5d3	type	Ruthless Foreign Gangsters
The Equalizer / int_7cbba5d3	comment	Ruthless Foreign Gangsters: The Mafiya is portrayed as utterly ruthless and sadistic, mostly by the fact that they unleash a sociopath like Nicolai to investigate who killed a local cell (and he decides to kill the Irish Mob and a prostitute who is unable to supply him enough information while he's at it). The whole mess begins because the leader of said cell beats up Alana for talking back to him and when Robert tries to buy her freedom, he refuses.
The Equalizer / int_7cbba5d3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_7cbba5d3	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_7cbba5d3
The Equalizer / int_7d53bc0b	type	Hollywood Silencer
The Equalizer / int_7d53bc0b	comment	Hollywood Silencer: Averted; slienced guns make "clack" noises and are less loud than normal. In one scene, a suppressed submarine gun is highly audible while being fired.
The Equalizer / int_7d53bc0b	featureApplicability	-1.0
The Equalizer / int_7d53bc0b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_7d53bc0b
The Equalizer / int_7febc23b	type	Establishing Character Moment
The Equalizer / int_7febc23b	comment	Establishing Character Moment: Robert appears to be an average cool guy with some enigmatic past and issues during the first act of the movie. He reveals his lethal nature when he effortlessly wipes the floor with Slavi, his goons and their blood. His Morning Routine also tells a lot about his character, if not his Hidden Depths.
The Equalizer / int_7febc23b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_7febc23b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_7febc23b
The Equalizer / int_863fa679	type	What Happened to the Mouse?
The Equalizer / int_863fa679	comment	What Happened to the Mouse?: Masters is never heard from again after McCall leaves him to be arrested for his corruption.
The Equalizer / int_863fa679	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_863fa679	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_863fa679
The Equalizer / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
The Equalizer / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	Asshole Victim: The Russian pimp and his entourage severely beat the prostitute McCall befriended, then mock him and refuse his initial payment he offers to buy Alina's freedom. McCall then spends the next 30 seconds showing them how grievous their mistake was. John, one of the Irish mobsters, spends his sole scene being nothing but a complete dick and talks about how he hates Russians and that he is better because he is Irish, right in front of Teddy. To no surprise, Teddy beats him to death. And Nicolai/Teddy himself, of course. Since his arrival in the film his every action serves to underline what a sociopathic asshole he is, so no tears are shed on his behalf by the audience when it finally comes back to him.
The Equalizer / int_8ed5c6e4	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_8ed5c6e4	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_8ed5c6e4
The Equalizer / int_8fd7af48	type	Sir Swears-a-Lot
The Equalizer / int_8fd7af48	comment	Sir Swears-a-Lot: Masters is noticeably more foul-mouthed than anyone on the cast, spewing the F-word roughly every sentence especially when McCall gets involved.
The Equalizer / int_8fd7af48	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_8fd7af48	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_8fd7af48
The Equalizer / int_91672d3e	type	Children Are Innocent
The Equalizer / int_91672d3e	comment	Children Are Innocent: Invoked during the burglar scene. As Robert tries to find a way to deal with the criminal, he watches a boy and his mother going into the store. To avoid a bloodshed and possibly their deaths, McCall advises Jenny to hand her ring to the thief so he would leave. Averted with Nicolai who is suggested to have been an Enfant Terrible.
The Equalizer / int_91672d3e	featureApplicability	-1.0
The Equalizer / int_91672d3e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_91672d3e
The Equalizer / int_95b7c400	type	Faux Affably Evil
The Equalizer / int_95b7c400	comment	Faux Affably Evil: The Russian mobsters tend to act like friendly faces, including Teddy.
The Equalizer / int_95b7c400	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_95b7c400	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_95b7c400
The Equalizer / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
The Equalizer / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Vladimir Pushkin, who actually spends most of the movie as a Greater-Scope Villain, while his chief enforcer Teddy has a lot more screen time, making Teddy a Dragon-in-Chief. Pushkin doesn't make a full appearance until the epilogue.
The Equalizer / int_970c790a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_970c790a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_970c790a
The Equalizer / int_973d220f	type	Never My Fault
The Equalizer / int_973d220f	comment	Never My Fault: Masters initially blames McCall for the Russian mob almost certainly marking him for death. Robert throws it back in his face by reminding him that however well-meaning he originally was, he became a dirty cop, prompting Masters' Heel Realization.
The Equalizer / int_973d220f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_973d220f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_973d220f
The Equalizer / int_9b54d536	type	Evil Counterpart
The Equalizer / int_9b54d536	comment	Evil Counterpart: Nikolai to Robert. Both are very, very good at killing people, and both have a background in black ops. The difference is that Nikolai is The Sociopath, while McCall is motivated by caring about the people around him.
The Equalizer / int_9b54d536	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_9b54d536	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_9b54d536
The Equalizer / int_9bcd82c0	type	Took a Level in Badass
The Equalizer / int_9bcd82c0	comment	Took a Level in Badass: Ralphie, thanks to McCall's training regimen. Not only does he pass the Home Mart security guard test, he plays a major role in helping McCall take down Teddy and his muscle in the final battle.
The Equalizer / int_9bcd82c0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_9bcd82c0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_9bcd82c0
The Equalizer / int_9c6da41b	type	Spot the Imposter
The Equalizer / int_9c6da41b	comment	Spot the Imposter: Robert quickly realises Nicolai is Impersonating an Officer by shooting holes in his story (though this also tips off Nicolai that he's dealing with a fellow professional). He also identifies the hitman sent into the café because his hands are too clean to be the construction worker he's posing as.
The Equalizer / int_9c6da41b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_9c6da41b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_9c6da41b
The Equalizer / int_9dfb8296	type	This Is Gonna Suck
The Equalizer / int_9dfb8296	comment	This Is Gonna Suck: Masters immediately realizes something bad is about to happen when Nicolai starts calling the Irish mob boss "Little John" and nonchalantly revealing he's an informant for the FBI.
The Equalizer / int_9dfb8296	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_9dfb8296	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_9dfb8296
The Equalizer / int_9e943076	type	One-Man Army
The Equalizer / int_9e943076	comment	One-Man Army: Robert is just one man fighting against lots of Russian mobsters. He wins.
The Equalizer / int_9e943076	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_9e943076	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_9e943076
The Equalizer / int_9fbe06a5	type	Badass in a Nice Suit
The Equalizer / int_9fbe06a5	comment	Badass in a Nice Suit: Nicolai wears a very fine suit throughout the movie.
The Equalizer / int_9fbe06a5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_9fbe06a5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_9fbe06a5
The Equalizer / int_9fdcad7f	type	Bald Head of Toughness
The Equalizer / int_9fdcad7f	comment	Bald Head of Toughness: Robert is seen shaving his hair at the beginning of the movie and spends the entirety of it completely bald. He utterly destroys The Mafiya.
The Equalizer / int_9fdcad7f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_9fdcad7f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_9fdcad7f
The Equalizer / int_a1a1491e	type	Homage
The Equalizer / int_a1a1491e	comment	Homage: In Nicolai Itchenko's Establishing Character Moment, he echoes the words of another problem solver: "I'm not here to say please. I'm here to tell you what to do."
The Equalizer / int_a1a1491e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_a1a1491e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_a1a1491e
The Equalizer / int_a1b141f4	type	My God, What Have I Done?
The Equalizer / int_a1b141f4	comment	My God, What Have I Done?: Masters has a serious Heel Realization when he realizes that he has gone from good (or at least well-meaning) cop to a common thug.
The Equalizer / int_a1b141f4	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_a1b141f4	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_a1b141f4
The Equalizer / int_a2b38d3b	type	Eye Scream
The Equalizer / int_a2b38d3b	comment	Eye Scream: This is how Robert kills the first Mook in the whole movie (and we get to see the aftermath in some autopsy photos later on).
The Equalizer / int_a2b38d3b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_a2b38d3b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_a2b38d3b
The Equalizer / int_a6123b72	type	Enfant Terrible
The Equalizer / int_a6123b72	comment	Averted with Nicolai who is suggested to have been an Enfant Terrible.
The Equalizer / int_a6123b72	featureApplicability	-1.0
The Equalizer / int_a6123b72	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_a6123b72
The Equalizer / int_a8660c25	type	Soft-Spoken Sadist
The Equalizer / int_a8660c25	comment	Soft-Spoken Sadist: Compared to other mobsters and corrupt officers who regularly curse and shout, Nicolai speaks in a low, faux-polite tone of voice and only uses one expletive in the whole movie. It doesn't make him any less evil.
The Equalizer / int_a8660c25	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_a8660c25	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_a8660c25
The Equalizer / int_a8826e1e	type	Giant Mook
The Equalizer / int_a8826e1e	comment	Giant Mook: McCall fist-fights one in the climax.
The Equalizer / int_a8826e1e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_a8826e1e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_a8826e1e
The Equalizer / int_aaa35901	type	My Card
The Equalizer / int_aaa35901	comment	My Card: Slavi leaves the card for his escort agency when Robert witnesses him roughing up Alina. Nikolai knocks on Robert's door posing as a detective looking for witnesses, but the fact that he doesn't leave a card with a contact number is a sign he's Impersonating an Officer.
The Equalizer / int_aaa35901	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_aaa35901	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_aaa35901
The Equalizer / int_aaf19fae	type	Doesn't Like Guns
The Equalizer / int_aaf19fae	comment	Doesn't Like Guns: McCall is absolutely deadly without ever using a gun. In the end, the only gun he uses is an industrial nailgun. For McCall, its less about an antipathy towards guns specifically, more that, with his specific skillset, he does quite well without them and being that he isn't officially sponsored by any government or larger organization, they would only cause more problems than he needs, especially when the bad guys he goes up against already have several local authorities in their pockets.
The Equalizer / int_aaf19fae	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_aaf19fae	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_aaf19fae
The Equalizer / int_ab176783	type	Nail 'Em
The Equalizer / int_ab176783	comment	Nail 'Em: McCall acquires a nail gun at the climax. He uses it one-handed to fire nails like a pistol, flicking his wrist to cock it after every shot.
The Equalizer / int_ab176783	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_ab176783	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_ab176783
The Equalizer / int_b14836af	type	JustAFleshWound
The Equalizer / int_b14836af	comment	Just a Flesh Wound: Robert is shot and stabbed several times over the course of several days, but none of his injuries seem to bother him, especially once he applies a home remedy.
The Equalizer / int_b14836af	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_b14836af	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_b14836af
The Equalizer / int_b479b298	type	Spy Cam
The Equalizer / int_b479b298	comment	Spy Cam: McCall conceals several cameras within mundane objects (a toy train and a wall clock, plus hacks the camera on his own home computer) to see the activity of the soldiers of The Mafiya (and Nikolai) that broke into his home.
The Equalizer / int_b479b298	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_b479b298	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_b479b298
The Equalizer / int_b4a6ae4c	type	Everyone Has Standards
The Equalizer / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: McCall is heavily implied to have done highly questionable things during his tenure working in special operations for the United States governments. People who prey on the innocent as well as those abuse their power — especially corrupt cops — disgust him.
The Equalizer / int_b4a6ae4c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_b4a6ae4c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_b4a6ae4c
The Equalizer / int_b53c57d5	type	Epigraph
The Equalizer / int_b53c57d5	comment	Epigraph: The movie opens up with a quote from Mark Twain: "The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why."
The Equalizer / int_b53c57d5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_b53c57d5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_b53c57d5
The Equalizer / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
The Equalizer / int_b58b4e3c	comment	Too Dumb to Live: Ok, so some unassuming man approaches you and offers a large amount of money for the freedom of one of your prostitutes, then quietly moves the skulls on your desk in order to point at you and your cronies when you mock him and send him away? Well, it could be understandable to dismiss this as the actions of a harmless nutcase... but then he locks the door and turns back at you with a look of absolute murder? Sure, keep laughing and keep your guard down; not like this might be a clue that something is about to go very, very wrong or anything...
The Equalizer / int_b58b4e3c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_b58b4e3c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_b58b4e3c
The Equalizer / int_b5b4b077	type	The Ace
The Equalizer / int_b5b4b077	comment	The Ace: There's no skill that McCall needs that he doesn't have, from surveillance to language fluency to first aid to softball.
The Equalizer / int_b5b4b077	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_b5b4b077	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_b5b4b077
The Equalizer / int_b7c53a22	type	Blood Knight
The Equalizer / int_b7c53a22	comment	Blood Knight: McCall is established throughout the first act as never sleeping. We first see him already getting ready for work before his alarm clock rings, with his bed made, at 7:30 AM. Later, we see that he walks to a diner after 2:00 AM virtually every night to read and drink tea. The only time we ever see him sleep is immediately after the first time we see him kill people.
The Equalizer / int_b7c53a22	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_b7c53a22	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_b7c53a22
The Equalizer / int_babc974	type	Sadistic Choice
The Equalizer / int_babc974	comment	Sadistic Choice: In an unusual twist, Robert is usually the one making these offers. For example, Nicolai is given a choice between either shutting down operations on the entire coast or trying to push Robert until he's destroyed everything.
The Equalizer / int_babc974	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_babc974	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_babc974
The Equalizer / int_bc00493f	type	Precision F-Strike
The Equalizer / int_bc00493f	comment	Precision F-Strike: In one of his rare moments of swearing on the movie, Nicolai tells Pushkin (in Russian): "Go fuck yourself."
The Equalizer / int_bc00493f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_bc00493f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_bc00493f
The Equalizer / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
The Equalizer / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: McCall tends to let his emotions rise just a little bit whenever cops and law enforcement agents abuse their power. Considering what may have been his former line of work as a secret government agent/assassin, this is totally understandable. Lampshaded by Masters when taking Nicolai when meeting with the Irish mob boss. Masters warns Nicolai that whatever else he does to never refer to him as "Little John." Being who he is, Nicolai proceeds to do exactly that before beating the mobster to death.
The Equalizer / int_bc74ef27	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_bc74ef27	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_bc74ef27
The Equalizer / int_bd50ec63	type	Battle in the Rain
The Equalizer / int_bd50ec63	comment	Battle in the Rain: The film achieves this trope indoors with a battle under fire sprinklers.
The Equalizer / int_bd50ec63	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_bd50ec63	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_bd50ec63
The Equalizer / int_c145f69b	type	Subverted Trope
The Equalizer / int_c145f69b	comment	Subverted. When Robert asks Slavi about Alina getting beaten up, the latter replies that her name doesn't ring a bell. But later in the conversation, he seems to remember who she is, implying that he was just messing with Robert.
The Equalizer / int_c145f69b	featureApplicability	-0.3
The Equalizer / int_c145f69b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_c145f69b
The Equalizer / int_c3478f1d	type	Badass Bookworm
The Equalizer / int_c3478f1d	comment	Badass Bookworm: Robert is seen working his way through the "Top 100 Books You Must Read" list.
The Equalizer / int_c3478f1d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_c3478f1d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_c3478f1d
The Equalizer / int_c3b51bb3	type	You Are Better Than You Think You Are
The Equalizer / int_c3b51bb3	comment	You Are Better Than You Think You Are: After Masters has his Heel Realization, McCall tells him it is not too late to turn his life around.
The Equalizer / int_c3b51bb3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_c3b51bb3	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_c3b51bb3
The Equalizer / int_c5249b29	type	Nice Guy
The Equalizer / int_c5249b29	comment	Nice Guy: McCall is well liked by his fellow colleagues at Home Mart. Hell, when not killing people, Robert is a otherwise extremely friendly man, although a little mysterious.
The Equalizer / int_c5249b29	featureApplicability	1.0
The Equalizer / int_c5249b29	featureConfidence	1.0
The Equalizer	hasFeature	The Equalizer / int_c5249b29
The Equalizer / int_c5b47b36	type	Offscreen Moment of Awesome
The Equalizer / int_c5b47b36	comment	Offscreen Moment of Awesome: After the burglar takes the till and then takes Jenny's grandmother's ring, Robert tells her not to resist, since it's not worth losing her life over it. Later, after giving the police the information he has, Robert calmly takes a sledgehammer from the shelf and leaves. Later, the woman finds the ring in her cash drawer, as Robert is calmly cleaning the hammer before returning it to the shelf. You fill in the rest. After leaving Pushkin to get electrocuted, Robert does an Unflinching Walk out of his mansion that reveals he's killed every one of Pushkin's bodyguards on the way in.
The Equalizer / int_c5b47b36	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Equalizer / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Robert reads several books that all have symbolic applications to his character. The Old Man and the Sea: Robert is an old man who is challenged by a worthy adversary and must fight with everything he still has, even though he ultimately gains nothing from the fight. Don Quixote: Robert is a Knight Errant in a world where his kind of heroes are no longer around. Invisible Man: Robert is African-American, and the book deals with black identity. However, the title is obviously more of a reference to the fact that Robert is an unknown quantity to the evil-doers in the world, and thus "invisible" to them.
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The Equalizer / int_cb9aeb6a	type	Vigilante Man
The Equalizer / int_cb9aeb6a	comment	Vigilante Man: McCall is basically doing this throughout the entire movie.
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The Equalizer / int_cc7fae30	type	Outside-Context Problem
The Equalizer / int_cc7fae30	comment	Outside-Context Problem: To The Mafiya and the corrupt cops working for them, Robert is this. Throughout the movie, the Russian mobsters keep trying to find out who Robert is. Everyone, including the big boss man's Psycho for Hire Teddy, keep thinking that he's working for another organised crime outfit as a hit-man. In reality, Robert is a retired superspy from the CIA who just happened to take an interest in one of their abused prostitutes.
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The Equalizer / int_ccd7abf5	type	Fakeout Escape
The Equalizer / int_ccd7abf5	comment	Fakeout Escape: McCall leaves a bottle of pills for airsickness and a laptop showing a recent booking for an airline ticket in his abandoned apartment to make it look like he's planning to flee the country. Unfortunately Nikolai doesn't fall for it.
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The Equalizer / int_cd70c3dc	type	CorruptCop
The Equalizer / int_cd70c3dc	comment	Corrupt Cop: The Mafiya employs three of these in the movie: Remar, Pederson, and Masters. Remar and Pederson end up being killed, but Masters tries to reform. Two other police officers are running a shakedown operation on the business run by Ralphie's mother...until McCall intervenes.
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The Equalizer / int_d3f33049	type	Blasphemous Boast
The Equalizer / int_d3f33049	comment	Blasphemous Boast: The Russian mobster Andrei states that he believes more in his Heckler-Koch than in God.
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The Equalizer / int_d485cb13	type	Psychotic Smirk
The Equalizer / int_d485cb13	comment	Psychotic Smirk: When Nicolai is not keeping his menacing frown, he sports one of these for a small time.
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The Equalizer / int_d5c7b415	type	Elites Are More Glamorous
The Equalizer / int_d5c7b415	comment	Elites Are More Glamorous: Nicolai is noted to have honed his skills in Spetsnaz and backs them up throughout the movie.
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The Equalizer / int_d7c3ba61	type	Race Lift
The Equalizer / int_d7c3ba61	comment	Race Lift: Robert McCall was portrayed by white British actor Edward Woodward in the original series, and black American actor Denzel Washington in the film.
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The Equalizer / int_dde43ab	type	Tattooed Crook
The Equalizer / int_dde43ab	comment	Tattooed Crook: During Nicolai's Shirtless Scene, there is arguably more tattoos than skin on his torso. Pushkin sports a lot of tattoos as well.
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The Equalizer / int_e12670cd	type	Freudian Threat
The Equalizer / int_e12670cd	comment	Freudian Threat: McCall takes a pistol off Andrei and tells him to order his mooks to surrender. Then he points the gun at Andrei's crotch. Next time we see Andrei & Co., they're all tied up.
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The Equalizer / int_e15138cf	type	Mysterious Protector
The Equalizer / int_e15138cf	comment	Mysterious Protector: Aside from his main conflict with Nicolai, McCall becomes this to other people in his life. He delivers a beatdown on two corrupt cops extorting Ralphie's mother's local restaurant, and later he secretly recovers Jenny's grandmother's ring after a thug steals it from Home Mart.
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The Equalizer / int_e1ec301	type	Cover Drop
The Equalizer / int_e1ec301	comment	Cover Drop: The theatrical poster depicts McCall armed with a nail gun in the midst of rain. This later shows up in the climax when McCall finishes off Teddy.
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The Equalizer / int_e3847ee8	type	Cigarette of Anxiety
The Equalizer / int_e3847ee8	comment	Cigarette of Anxiety: After Detectives Remar and Pederson are murdered on Nicolai's orders, presumably for failing to find Robert, Masters holes up in his house and stops showing up for work. He's gone through half a pack of cigarettes of anxiety.
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The Equalizer / int_e5fd8bc2	type	Hate Sink
The Equalizer / int_e5fd8bc2	comment	Hate Sink: Nicolai is a remorseless, sociopathic mob enforcer without any redeeming qualities. Slavi. He's a scumbag pimp who casually brutalizes the sex slaves under his thumb and sees them more as merchandise than actual people. Nobody is sorry to see him go. They're not even associated with the Russian mafia, but Detectives Gilly and Harris are just greedy assholes who extort local businesses and set fire to them when they're late on "payments."
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The Equalizer / int_e7d7e394	type	Heal It With Fire
The Equalizer / int_e7d7e394	comment	Heal It With Fire: Done twice, once with warm honey in an After Action Patch Up, then during the final battle McCall treats a bullet wound in his shoulder with a brass doorknob heated up with a blowtorch.
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The Equalizer / int_e8038166	type	Obsessively Organized
The Equalizer / int_e8038166	comment	Obsessively Organized: McCall's apartment is immaculate and he has a very set routine. He arranges things on tables in the exact same way and straightens up things on tables even when it's not appropriate.
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The Equalizer / int_eab97703	type	Gratuitous Russian
The Equalizer / int_eab97703	comment	Gratuitous Russian: Robert is able to speak Russian, and does so when dealing with Slavi and Nicolai.
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The Equalizer / int_ed46da54	type	Martial Pacifist
The Equalizer / int_ed46da54	comment	Martial Pacifist: McCall always gives his soon-to-be-victims a chance to walk away or correct their mistakes, even if they are scumbag criminals of the highest order. Being a retired assassin and having made a promise to his late wife, he really doesn't want to fight. But, inevitably, his soon-to-be-victims choose poorly, and just become his victims.
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The Equalizer / int_f511ea9b	type	Product Placement
The Equalizer / int_f511ea9b	comment	Product Placement: The film is produced by Sony (through Columbia Pictures), and isn't keen on letting you forget that fact. McCall is clearly using Craigslist at the end of the film, while setting up his Vigilante Man occupation.
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The Equalizer / int_f722f635	type	Great Offscreen War
The Equalizer / int_f722f635	comment	Great Offscreen War: McCall sends information he obtained from a memory stick in Masters' safe deposit box to the local FBI office. The information is a complete list of Pushkin's payroll, including several Congressmen and the Governor. The story is not over with McCall destroying the Russians by any means.
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The Equalizer / int_f8e010ce	type	Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
The Equalizer / int_f8e010ce	comment	Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Nicolai flat-out states during his meeting with McCall that he doesn't understand what he can gain from being sentimental, believing it to be a weakness. Pushkin doesn't understand why Robert would come to kill him and tries to bribe him into leaving, to no avail. When McCall gives Detectives Gilly and Harris a chance to "do the right thing" by returning the extorted money in exchange for not having incriminating evidence of their extortion leaked, they only do it to save their own skins. One of them even declares that "it hurt more than the beating."
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The Equalizer / int_f9876f7e	type	Faking the Dead
The Equalizer / int_f9876f7e	comment	Faking the Dead: Robert retired from his previous career by pretending to have been killed in a car bomb.
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The Equalizer / int_fccd06b6	type	Beware the Nice Ones
The Equalizer / int_fccd06b6	comment	Beware the Nice Ones: Robert is an overall polite and extremely helpful guy. This doesn't stop him from being utterly brutal and violent in a fight.
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The Equalizer / int_fe0330fb	type	Brick Joke
The Equalizer / int_fe0330fb	comment	Brick Joke: When McCall is helping Ralphie lose weight, he tells him that one day he might have to drag his 190-lb ass out of a burning building. Later, when McCall is wounded after an intense brawl, Ralphie comes back to help drag him to safety. McCall offers Slavi $9,800 to set Alina free—he refuses and gets killed for it. At the end of the movie, Alina says a mysterious benefactor left "almost $10,000" for her to make a fresh start.
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The Equalizer / int_fea60f97	type	Cut Apart
The Equalizer / int_fea60f97	comment	Cut Apart: McCall is patching up his wounds in a tiny bathroom while the police are sneaking up to his apartment. They kick down the door only to find the apartment empty, as McCall has actually moved to a similar apartment across the street and is watching them via Spy Cam.
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