The Equalizer (2014) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!
Added 2023-09-03 01:02:58 +0000 UTC
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You commented on the characters played by Keanu Reeves, Denzel Washington, and Liam Neeson all being sort of stoic and cold in the violence they carried out. I know the type. I have a younger brother those characters remind me of - he's a nice guy, kind to kids and animals and most people, honest, generous, good sense of humor, hard-working (he's an electrician) - we're both old Marines, but he's the one who was on his command's competitive shooting team. He's not a big guy - 5'7" and maybe 130 lbs., gray hair, beard, usually in overalls for work, drives an old pickup. I have four inches and seventy pounds on him, and if he came at me, I wouldn't last five seconds. He was on his way home from work when a carload of teenage shitheads decided to have some fun with the funny looking little guy in overalls. They started swerving their car at him and yelling at him. He pulled off the street into a vacant lot; they pulled up next to him and piled out of their car with knives and bats and so on. He already had his truck's door open and a pistol leveled at them - as that was registering on them, he sighed and called out, "Okay, who's first?" He was just tired and wanted to go home and put his feet up. Knowing him, I doubt his pulse even went up more than a few beats a minute. They got back in their car faster than they'd gotten out and left, and he went the rest of the way home. I probably would never have even heard about it except that his wife noticed him clearing the pistol when he got home and asked what had happened, and I heard it from her. His stepdaughter was dating a guy who treated her pretty badly. My brother got tired of watching the drama. One day when this guy was at their house, my brother took his pistol out of its holster, took a round out of the magazine, opened the blade of his pocket knife and fiddled with the cartridge for a minute, then walked over and held it up in front of the guy's nose. He had carved his first name into the bullet. He said, "I just want you to know that there's one of these with your name on it," smiled, put the cartridge and knife in his pocket, and walked out of the room. I heard about that one from a couple of family members who were there. Maybe I'm weird, but I'm kind of glad there are people like him around.
Jim Finley
2023-12-20 14:34:13 +0000 UTCEQUALIZER 2014 came out BEFORE John Wick 2014. The Equalizer came out in theaters on September 26, 2014, and John Wick came out on October 24, 2014
Mr. Nobody
2023-12-08 05:33:02 +0000 UTC80s show was great.
Aaron Barlow
2023-09-07 03:27:24 +0000 UTCπ Impossible not to recommend it ,one of the coolest movies out there ,most of the youtube comments mentioned it too ,so all bases have been covered
Duncan
2023-09-07 03:26:37 +0000 UTCHoney kills bacteria, it's used as a wound dressing, especially on infected wounds for thousands of years.
Aaron Barlow
2023-09-07 02:31:08 +0000 UTCWas about to make this suggestion, too. lol
EdmanXERO
2023-09-07 00:24:03 +0000 UTCWas a good show on tv in the mud 80βs. The protagonist was an ex British agent he;ping oeople in every episode
Jason Mangen
2023-09-04 03:23:36 +0000 UTCWeβre current watching Fargo with Bob but we have only seen Breaking Bad! BCS is definitely a series weβre wanting to watch! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2023-09-04 00:40:35 +0000 UTCyes. the original for sure
Ed R
2023-09-04 00:04:43 +0000 UTCGood reaction !!! Never was the Biggest Denzel Washington Fan, but Equalizer is good ...Loved the Series in the 80's with Edward Woodward as John McCall ... I recommend "Bone Collector" and "Training Day" from Washington
Florian Meier
2023-09-03 20:27:54 +0000 UTCPTSD is what separates The Equalizer from other action franchises, except Rambo. Both Robert and Rambo have PTSD from combat and question the morality of what they have done for their country. Both try to make positive contributions to society after they leave the military. The biggest difference is that Robert's methods are much more believable to me than Rambo's. For me, First Blood and Last Blood were the only movies in the Rambo franchise that were believable. The others were just too way over the top for me to believe. The Equalizer movies have been very believable so far. Despite all of their money, Russian and Chinese billionaires are very disposable. We hear about those guys falling out of windows or drinking bad tea at least a few times every year.
Erwin Quiachon
2023-09-03 19:28:56 +0000 UTCβ€οΈ
Greg & Lilian
2023-09-03 19:17:48 +0000 UTCWhat have you watched with Bob? He's more recently best known for his Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul shows. Before that he was an amazing comedian with various stand ups, and Mr. Show was a hilarious series. If you've only watched Breaking Bad, then Better Call Saul would make for a great reaction series :)
TGrimace
2023-09-03 18:59:17 +0000 UTCxo.... so happy for Daniel and you. : )
Charles Mitchell
2023-09-03 17:59:55 +0000 UTCThank you! Yes, we did! Thank you SO much! So funny, I was just sitting writing thank you cards and I was like hey wait, Chuck just asked if the baby was here yet haha -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2023-09-03 17:57:53 +0000 UTCSam, Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!! Did you receive the Baby Crib from Amazon Registry okay? I hope it is useful.... Chuck
Charles Mitchell
2023-09-03 17:35:52 +0000 UTCThank you! Doing well and Baby is here! β€οΈ -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2023-09-03 17:21:32 +0000 UTCYes! Excited for more Bob! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2023-09-03 17:20:50 +0000 UTCWe definitely plan to check out the sequel! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2023-09-03 17:20:28 +0000 UTCLOL
TBR Schmitt
2023-09-03 17:20:14 +0000 UTCglad you liked this Movie, Denzel is great.. I loved his movie "Flight". Sam, I hope you are feeling well... seems like Baby is getting close?
Charles Mitchell
2023-09-03 17:00:58 +0000 UTCYou mentioned wanting to watch Nobody at some point. I think you would absolutely love that movie. An amazing movie that deserved so much more popularity than it got.
TGrimace
2023-09-03 16:35:05 +0000 UTCThe 80s tv show was amazing. One of those shows you watched and then every kid in school was talking about it the next day.
TGrimace
2023-09-03 16:34:05 +0000 UTCI loved the theme song from the 80's TV show by Stewart Copeland of The Police. It was such a great intro. As far as Denzel Washington movies: Courage Under Fire, Devil In A Blue Dress, Flight, The Hurricane, Malcolm X and Philadelphia.
Mark M
2023-09-03 15:53:46 +0000 UTCGreat reaction! I really hope you watch #2, it's also really fun.
Jen Barnes
2023-09-03 15:37:16 +0000 UTCIf only Robert would've scraped together an extra couple of hundred bucks and made an even $10,000 offer, perhaps everyone would've survived.
Mr. Chumpus
2023-09-03 09:27:00 +0000 UTCIf you get Death Wish, get the Charles Bronson original from 1974.
Lana Gorgeous
2023-09-03 08:24:41 +0000 UTCStarting Sunday off with this reaction has been a lot of fun I've seen this movie a bunch of times and I'm happy you've finally got to see the stylish carnage and the brutal deaths this movie is π¬ , book of Eli is one of my favourite Denzel movies , really enjoy deja vu also overall he has a bunch of good movies π I don't even mind him in the remake of the magnificent seven.and yes Nobody is great Daniel you're both love it π .Cheers fo the fun guys hope the baby and you are both doing great
Ian
2023-09-03 07:07:03 +0000 UTCThis movie and its sequels were directed by Antoine Fuqua. I don't think I would call him a great director, but I would call a GOOD director, He has mainly worked in the action/thriller genres and he's rock solid. Most of his movies focuses on experts soldiers or ex-soldiers of some kind fighting corruption head on. His breakout movie was Training Day (2001, also with Denzel). He made a war movie with Bruce Willis called Tears of the Sun (2003), a conspiracy thriller with Mark Wahlberg called Shooter (2007) and a remake of the classic western The Magnificent Seven (2016 and itself a remake of Seven Samurai) that I recommend. I'm not an expert on the subject, but The Equalizer is a very loose adaptation of an 80's tv show. The movie kind of presents itself as an origin story of how/why Robert McCall decided to become a vigilante. The end of the movie were he uses an email ("Odds against you?') was the set-up in the show. Someone would be in trouble and would find a newspaper add with that headline and call the number and the Equalizer would come to "equalize" the scales of justice. The show does have one of the sweetest intros ever, with music from The Police's drummer Stewart Copeland : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g87nDBIyqeU
ED209
2023-09-03 06:03:32 +0000 UTCThe Equalizer is sort of a remake of a TV series from the 80s with the same name. A few really good Denzel movies : Inside Man, Out of Time, Fallen, and Flight. A few other vigilante movies you might like : Get Carter (original with Michael Caine or the remake with Stallone), Harry Brown (also starting Michael Caine), Death Wish, Night Hunter,
Ed R
2023-09-03 05:58:24 +0000 UTCJohn Q is way under-rated.
Nick Thousan
2023-09-03 05:52:39 +0000 UTCMan this was a blast watching with you guys I'm sure , equalizer 2 is on your list and I believe the sequel is better than the first .... but that's just my two cents I know you guys will love number 2
Wyatt Nuxoll
2023-09-03 05:42:32 +0000 UTCI never watched the original t.v. series for The Equalizer, but after the Denzel movies I really want to. I did try watching the Queen Latifah t.v. version, but I was not all that impressed with it. I may try again though.
Vwlss Nvwls
2023-09-03 04:44:47 +0000 UTCThere's a great Korean action film from 2010 called The Man from Nowhere that has a very similar plot setup to The Equalizer.
Brad P
2023-09-03 04:44:18 +0000 UTCTraining Day (2001) Denzel Washington ,Ethan Hawke ππ€
Duncan
2023-09-03 03:18:17 +0000 UTCYou need a good eye to catch that Robert is a "retired" member of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in this movie based upon his conversations with his friends and how meticulous he is in everything he does, like a soldier always training. That's why I think Stallone missed an big opportunity to use this premise for Rambo in the 80's. The original tv show of the Equalizer in the 80's was about a former CIA agent, but I don't think they were ever allowed to actually say CIA in that show.
Erwin Quiachon
2023-09-03 03:14:43 +0000 UTCI enjoy pretty much all Denzel movies. Two that I really like because they had great actors as the villains are "Ricochete" with John Lithgow, and "Virtuosity" with a very young Russel Crowe. But pretty much anything that stars Denzel is a fun watch.
Vwlss Nvwls
2023-09-03 02:58:19 +0000 UTC
