Carrots are crunchy. Dried seaweed is crunchy.

I'm a human, not a rabbit.

You want to make security guards, you got to lose weight, you got to test in one week.

Now you're asking me to help you, but if you're not willing to apply yourself.

Yeah.

Hey, progress not perfection.

We all know people who go the extra mile to take care of people around them.

But just how well do you think you know the person?

The Equalizer is a 2014 American vigilante action film directed by Antoine Fuqua.

It is the first installment of the Equalizer trilogy, starring Denzel Washington in the lead role.

Robert McCall, a quiet and unassuming man, works at Home Mart, a hardware store in Boston.

He leads a disciplined and routine life and times his daily activities meticulously.

Robert is well-liked by those around him and offers his help where he can.

He helps train a colleague, Ralphie, to become a security guard.

Ralphie doubts himself, but Robert encourages him.

How you gonna pull me out of a burning building if you can't pull a tire 20 yards?

I'm not strong enough.

Hey, don't doubt yourself. Undoubt kills. Get up.

Come on, get up.

Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up.

On your mark, get set, pull.

Come on. Who's gonna make security guard?

Who's gonna make security guard?

Who's gonna make security guard?

There you go.

I like it. Let's do it again.

Unable to sleep, Robert often spends late night reading at an all-night diner.

Over time, he has befriended Terry, a teenage prostitute who is under the control of the Russian mafia.

The pair often talk about the books he has been reading.

One evening, Terry shares that her real name is Alina and that she dreams of becoming a singer.

Okay, it's not professional. Just tell me what you think, okay?

Oh, wow. Alina, the singer.

You and I know what I really am.

I think you can be anything you want to be.

I mean your world, Robert. It doesn't really happen that way in mine.

Change your world.

While walking home, Alina is confronted by her pimp Slobby, who hits her and forces her into the car.

He hands a stunned Robert his business card, assuming he was a client, and drives away.

Within the next few days, Robert awaits to see Alina, but she never shows up.

He is told that Alina is badly beaten and admitted to the ICU at a nearby hospital.

Upon hearing the news, Robert travels there and learns from her friend Mandy, another prostitute, that Slobby is responsible.

So, he finds Slobby and his men at their restaurant and offers to buy Alina's freedom.

Look, I understand these girls that you represent, I understand it's like an investment.

So, I can give you 9,800 dollars.

It's cash.

You're wanting to give me 9,000 dollars?

9,800.

Cash.

For what?

Freedom.

Robert is bluntly refused. Slobby insults him and threatens to abuse Alina even more and tells him to get lost.

Robert walks over to the door and instead of leaving, he locks the door, analyzes the room, starts his timer, and a brutal and intense fight breaks out, with Robert using ordinary items as weapon to kill Slobby and his henchmen.

Slobby's violent death alerts the Russian mafia oligarch, led by Vladimir Pushkin, who dispatches a cold-blooded enforcer named Teddy to investigate and eliminate the threat.

Teddy arrives in Boston to investigate the attack, aided by Boston PD detectives on Pushkin's payroll.

I'm the one Mr. Pushkin calls in when people like you f**k up.

I'm accountable now.

Listen pal, I don't like your tone with me.

You've taken Mr. Pushkin's money for years.

Money that comes with conditions, non-negotiable conditions.

Problem you're having with me is you still think you matter.

You don't.

I'm all that matters and so we're clear.

I'm not here to say please.

I'm here to tell you what to do.

The following day, Teddy visits rival gangs in the area, nearly beating Irish mob Lilijan to death to send a message.

In the meanwhile, Robert continues exacting vigilante justice on criminals he encounters, blackmailing two corrupt police officers into returning rocketeering money to Ralphie's mother and beating a gunsman with a hammer after he robs the hardware store, taking a co-worker's heirloom ring from her mother.

Teddy visits and kills Mandy after learning that she concealed information about Robert and lied about her friendship with Alina.

He visits Robert at his apartment, posing as a police detective, and flashes a picture of the strangled Mandy, offering it as a warning before he walks off.

Don't you want to leave me your card, officer?

In case I remember anything.

That's what you policemen usually do, right?

Must have given them all out.

How'd you find me?

I paid cash.

We didn't have a reservation.

How'd you find me?

Well, that's what we do, Mr. McCall.

We who?

Find people we need to find.

We who?

Teddy, unable to verify Robert's identity, attempts to abduct him but fails on two occasions.

Robert travels to visit a former colleague and her husband from his enigmatic past,

Susan, who works for a top-secret government agency.

Until now, it was long assumed to them that Robert died in a bombing incident long ago.

He asks for Susan's help in identifying Teddy.

She informs him of Pushkin's operation and that Teddy's real name is Nikolay Incheskov, a Spetsnaz operative turned Russian secret police agent.

She also revealed that Nikolay murdered two of the Boston PD detectives and that one of them, Frank Masters, has not been heard from in days.

She then questions why Robert got involved with Alina.

It didn't matter to you.

Why would they do to her that mattered to me so much?

One day somebody does something unspeakable to someone else, someone you hardly knew, man, you do something about it because you can.

Because it's who you are and you've always been.

Robert tracks Masters down and threatens him into helping take down one of Pushkin's money laundering warehouses.

Masters and Pushkin's men are taken into custody when the police arrive and they find a note left by Robert to follow the money.

That night, Nikolay has dinner with a hired mercenary.

When he leaves to use the bathroom, Nikolay is confronted by Robert.

He's not coming back.

Had enough?

You certainly have my attention.

Because I can keep going, brick by brick, dollar by dollar, body by body or you can call your boss and tell him to shut down his operation tonight.

That's not much of an offer.

It's time to leave.

I'm not going to go.

I'm taking this job.

I'm not letting you do it.

I'm not letting you do it.

I'm not letting you do it.

I'm not letting you do it.

I'm not letting you do it.

That's not much of an offer.

That's the only one you're gonna get.

When you pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too.

They both sussed each other out and after doing some research,

Robert later destroys two of Pushkin's oil tankers.

Pushkin's patient is running low with Nikolai and demands him to put an end to it.

In response, Nikolai abducted Robert's co-workers at the hardware store to force him to meet.

To Nikolai's surprise, Robert skips the meeting with Nikolai and instead kills the men guarding the hostages.

Nikolai arrives with his men whom Robert kills one by one with improvised weapons collected throughout the hardware store.

As Nikolai is about to kill Ralphie who stayed behind to help,

Robert kills him with a nail gun.

Three days later, Robert finds Pushkin at his Moscow mansion, killing all his guards and tricking him into electrocuting himself to death.

Sometime later, following her recovery, Alina runs into Robert.

She thanks him for the money he's left her, describing how she has started a new life.

I love seeing justice being served.

The Equalizer is a grouping action thriller film that masterfully blends suspense, intense action sequence and a compelling narrative exploring themes of vigilante justice, redemption and the consequence of one's past actions.

Giddy up is an informal and colloquial phrase that is often used as an exclamation or command to encourage someone or something to move faster or to get going.

It is most commonly associated with horseback riding and is used by riders to prompt the horse to start moving or increase their speed.

When you pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too is a proverbial expression that conveys a message about the consequences and responsibility that comes with seeking a particular outcome or goal.

In essence, it means that when you wish for or work towards something positive, you should be prepared to face and handle the challenges or less desirable aspects that may accompany it.

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