History Film / TheEqualizer

* NoodleIncident: After the burglar takes the till and then the cashier's grandmother's ring, Robert tells her not to resist, since it's not worth losing her life over it. [[spoiler: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.]]

* RaceLift: Robert McCall was portrayed by white British actor Edward Woodward in the original series, and black American actor Denzel Washington in the film.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: After Masters has his HeelRealization, McCall tells him it is not too late turn his life around.

* WeHelpTheHelpless: At the end of the movie, [[spoiler: Robert has apparently decided to make a habit of this as he's seen responding to an online forum post asking for his help.]]

* BrickJoke: When [=McCall=] is helping Ralphie lose weight, he tells him that one day he might have to drag his 180-lb ass out of a burning building. Later, when [[spoiler:-=McCall=] is wounded after an intense brawl, Ralphie comes back to help drag him to safety.]]

* BrickJoke: When McCall is helping Ralphie lose weight, he tells him that one day he might have to drag his 180-lb ass out of a burning building. Later, when [[spoiler:McCall is wounded after an intense brawl, Ralphie comes back to help drag him to safety.]]

* TheDragon: Teddy for Pushkin.

* BadassBookworm: [=McCall=] is seen working his way through the "Top 100 Books You Must Read" list.

* CurbStompBattle: [=McCall=] easily dispatches five Russian mobsters early in the film, in 19 seconds. (He was aiming for 16 seconds.)

* NiceGuy: [=McCall=] is well liked by his fellow colleagues at the home depot store.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Boiled down, McCall [[spoiler: wipes out the Russian mob]] in retaliation for... an escort being beat into the hospital.

* CurbStompBattle: McCall easily dispatches five Russian mobsters early in the film, in 19 seconds. (He was aiming for 16 seconds.)

* AndTheAdventureContinues: The end of the movie has [[spoiler:Robert sitting in his usual place at the diner, but this time [spoiler: He's on his laptop, having decided to be true to himself by offering his skills to those who are in need of help.]]

* BillingDisplacement: Third-billed Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz has considerably less screen time than expected.

* TheNiceGuy: [=McCall=] is well liked by his fellow colleagues in the Not!B&Q

* SherlockScan: Used by [=McCall=] in a weaponized format, rather similarly to the [[Film/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes movies]] of Creator/RobertDowneyJr's
* SpiritualSuccessor: A badass played by Creator/DenzelWashington? Check. A young [[DamselInDistress girl]]? Check. [[TooDumbToLive Villains]] attack said girl only to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge bring down the wrath]] of Washington's character? Check. Hell, they might just rename Robert [=McCall=] to [[Film/ManOnFire John W. Creasy]].

->'''[[Badass Robert McCall]]:''' [[RetiredBadass I promised I wouldn't go back to being that person.]] [[HesBack But for you, I'm going to make an exception.]]

'''''The Equalizer''''' is a 2014 film directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring DenzelWashington. It is [[TheRemake a remake]] of [[Series/TheEqualizer the 1980s show]] starring Edward Woodward in the titular role.

* BadassBookworm: McCall is seen working his way through the "Top 100 Books You Must Read" list.
* SpiritualSuccessor: Can be seen as one to Washington's [[Film/ManOnFire Man on Fire]].
* SuperOCD: It's not explicit, but McCall shows traits of OCD here and there. The most [[UpToEleven extreme example]] of this being his self-timed beatdowns of the enemy.

'''''The Equalizer''''' is a 2014 film directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring DenzelWashington. It is based [[TheRemake a remake]] of [[Series/TheEqualizer the 1980s show.]]