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The Equalizer (2014)
461K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspense, brutal, breathtaking, stylized, sexy, action thriller, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, justice, lone hero, violence, loner, revenge, fighting crime, tough heroes, cia, gangster, black ops, surveillance, brutality, ex soldier, heroes, organized crime, tough guy, hostage, vigilante justice ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
boston, moscow russia, usa, massachusetts, russia, russian
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Turkey, Russia, Bulgaria, South Africa
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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stylized, exciting, neo noir, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style:
exciting, suspenseful, action thriller, entertaining, fast ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, date night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
revenge, kidnapping, one man army, vigilantism, chase, secret service, human trafficking, cia, vigilante, violence, vengeance, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Style:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Country: France, USA, Turkey, UK
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Story:
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suspense, suspenseful, action packed, action thriller, saga ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA, Italy, Australia
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Iceland, Germany, Italy
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA, Morocco, Ukraine, Italy
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Story:
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