Equalizer, Equalizer 2 and Equalizer the TV series
Just my two cents worth: DENZEL WASHINGTON is one of my favourite actors, but I had a hard time accepting him as Mr. McCall ONLY BECAUSE I was an avid viewer of the Equalizer TV series from 1985 to 1989. In the series The Equalizer is played by EDWARD WOODWARD. He places an ad in the newspaper and simply calls himself "The Equalizer". What is the ad about? If people are in trouble and they need help, people should call him. Of course, the gore is close to none in the TV series, but the 2014 and 2018 movies show a lot of blood and torture. The 2014 movie is like a prequel before those ads. Instead of the the newspaper, it becomes an online ad. Dad preferred the 2018 movie over the 2014. Both are blockbuster hits. RICHARD WENK wrote the screenplays for both movies and ANTOINE FUQUA directed both films. Since both movies have the blessing of MICHAEL SLOAN and RICHARD LINDHEIM, the creator of the ser...