The Equalizer
“What do you see when you look at me?”
Antoine FuquaWhere to watch in the United States: Stream: Netflix, fuboTV, YouTube TV · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home. Streaming data from JustWatch via TMDB; availability changes.
Cast
Denzel Washington 
Marton Csokas 
Chloë Grace Moretz 
David Harbour Haley Bennett 
Bill Pullman
Credits
Written by: Richard Wenk
Plot
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.
Sinekatalog’s take
A brooding, slow-burning vigilante thriller that spends its first half on quiet routine before exploding into precise, brutal violence. The hero is stoic and the villains cartoonishly nasty. A solid choice for fans of lean, stylish revenge stories.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (474,075 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 61%
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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