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THE EQUALIZER Latest Featurettes – Stars Denzel Washington
Hitting theaters in three weeks, Sony Pictures has released a new featurette for director Antoine Fuqua’s THE EQUALIZER starring Oscar-winner Denzel Washington, Chloë Grace Moretz and Oscar-winner Melissa Leo.
Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 7), the featurette includes scenes of this action packed movie along with behind-the-scenes interviews with Washington, the stunt coordinator Keith Woulard and producer Jason Blumenthal.
Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him to lead a quiet life in peace. 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.
For director Antoine Fuqua – who re-teams with Washington after directing the actor to his Oscar-winning performance in TRAINING DAY – McCall shares some of the archetypical heroic traits that have been passed down. “I saw this movie as a throwback, like the westerns that Sergio Leone made,” he explains. “There’s an antihero, in a struggle, reluctant and ashamed to pick up his gun… but when he gets a chance to help other people, he does. He uses his skills for that.”
THE EQUALIZER will be in theaters on September 26th.
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