The Equalizer 2014

 

 

The Equalizer 2014

* glasses to show Brainy-ness
*glasses for age


Why this movie is not nominated for an Oscar I will never understand. I mean Denzel Washington kicks butt in this, and he gets all the bad guys who are really bad. I love this movie, it was everything I hoped it would be and more. And yet terrible movies like Boyhood are nominated and not The Equalizer. The Equalizer should get best picture and best actor Best EVERYTHING!!!!

Okay so the basic plot is, Denzel plays Robert McCall who is a retired black ops operative in the city of Boston. He trying to live a normal quite life, he works at Home Depot type store and reads classic literature in a diner every evening. He becomes acquainted with the regulars at the diner. One is a young girl who sto create music, yet she is  unfortunately a sex slave controlled by the Russian Mafia.  She gets hurt trying to free herself and Robert McCall decides to use his black ops skills to get these guys.

When the situation escalates, he goes to Virginia to see his former colleges.  He asks his friend  Susan Plummer (Melissa Leo) to help him find information about these Russians. Susan is hesitant because she is retired  and  she is not sure if she would even be allowed to access that kind of information. She wears glasses, but it is really no big deal that she does. Other movies might make her intelligence somewhat comical but Susan is more like a real person. I can't tell is this character is wearing glasses to show age or smarts. Ultimately Susan is the one to tell McCall that he uncovered more than just a Mafia. Susan is the one who can find all the answers to help McCall.
We don't see her for the rest of the film, but with her help McCall knows exactly who he is dealing with.