12/30/2023 0 Comments Ghostnote dokara![]() ![]() Over there, he enjoys living a ‘normal’ life, ie, chatting amiably with customers and being friendly to one and all. He is also fond of and protective about his teenage friend, played by Chloë Grace Moretz who he sees being mistreated by her pimp. Her real name is Teri and she has a bit of a sad back story. She was a victim of sex trafficking by the Russian Mafia at a tender age and was forced into a life of prostitution. To get back to the present, Robert McCall (Washington) becomes determined to help her out after the incident with her tattooed pimp Slavi (David Meunier) that leaves her badly battered, bruised and beaten. He visits Slavi's office about their restaurant which is a front for the Russian mob and tries to reason with Slavi to release Teri from her profession. He offers him $9,800 for Alina's freedom but predictably, Slavi declines the offer. As McCall walks away, he suddenly turns around an initiates a fight with Slav and the other goons present using their own weapons as well as improvised weapons, taking them all out in the process. The security footage records the incident, which will be of use later on. Bossman Vladimir Pushkin sends his main man Teddy to track down McCall and take him out. Meanwhile, McCall himself thinks that the chapter is closed and resigns from his job as guard at his old job and plans to help out his friend Ralphie's (Skourtis) mother at her restaurant, which was partially gutted after a fire that was actually started by corrupt cops who wanted a bribe. McCall soon confronts the two cops who wanted the extortion money, beats them up, forces them to return it and sets things right. Meanwhile, Teddy is taken aback rather than angered by McCall’s refusal to go quietly, and tries to understand the backstory of this intelligent foe. ![]() But McCall is too slippery a fish to apprehend. Later, he meets two fellow retired operatives in order to acquire intelligence on Pushkin's whereabouts. He finds out that Teddy is actually a former Spetsnaz agent who is currently using an alias. McCall then gets a corrupt Boston cop on his side. He traps the cop, Frank Masters (David Harbour), in his car and threatens to kill him if he doesn't help track down Teddy and Pushkin. Back in Moscow, an infuriated Pushkin tells Teddy that he either stops McCall or can forget about ever returning home to Russia.Pushkin. Masters is reluctant at first and then gives in he helps McCall with information to destroy one of Pushkin's money laundering operations in Boston. McCall next goes to meet Teddy when the latter is at a restaurant and claims that he is going to destroy Pushkin's empire. Back in Moscow, an infuriated Pushkin tells Teddy that he either stops McCall or can forget about ever returning home to Russia. Next, Teddy and his men attack Home Mart and take McCall’s friends who also worked with him, hostage. Teddy then blackmails McCall, telling him that he will kill the captives if McCall does not surrender. The stage is then set for the showdown in the Home Mart store. He enters, takes out the lighting system and then kills Teddy's henchmen one by one. McCall then travels to Moscow, first kills Pushkin's guards and then kills Pushkin himself. He then posts an ad on the internet, calling himself ‘The Equalizer’.Pushkin's guards and then kills Pushkin himself. He then returns to Boston, meets a by now fully-recovered Teri. McCall is now reconciled with the fact that this kind of work is his life’s calling. He then posts an ad on the internet, calling himself ‘The Equalizer’. Artistic License Gun Safety: McCall uses a nail gun like a pistol, but nail guns are specifically designed so that they don't fire nails through the air like bullets.The Atoner: McCall promised his late wife he wouldn't do any more equalizing.They have a second trigger by the barrel that needs to be pressed against a surface before firing. The Russian pimp and his entourage severely beat the prostitute McCall befriended, then mock him and refuse his initial payment he offers to buy Alina's freedom.After his first kills in the film, he mutters an apology to no one. ![]()
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