Director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) reunites with Academy Award® winner Denzel Washington (Best Actor, Training Day, 2002) for the gritty, action-packed thriller THE EQUALIZER, available on Digital HD Dec. 16 and on Blu-ray™ and DVD Dec. 30 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. After retiring from the world of government intelligence, Robert McCall (Washington) believes he has put his past behind him and is determined to dedicate himself to a new, quiet life. Instead, he forms a friendship with Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young and desperate girl under the control of Russian gangsters, and decides to use his expert and resourceful combat skills to help shake her loose from their powerful grasp. THE EQUALIZER also stars Marton Csokas (The Amazing Spider-Man 2), David Harbour (“Manhattan”), Haley Bennett (The Haunting of Molly Hartley), Bill Pullman (Independence Day), and Academy Award® winner Melissa Leo (Best Actress, The Fighter, 2011).
Blu-ray & DVD Bonus Features Include:
o Two Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes:
§ Home Mart: Taking Care of Business One Bolt at a Time – On the film’s climactic Home Mart sequence.
§ Children of the Night – Moretz discusses her character, Teri and the research she did to play the young, exploited girl.
Blu-ray Exclusive Bonus Features Include:
o Vengeance Mode
o Photo Gallery
o Four Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes:
§ Inside The Equalizer – Exploring the creative process of re-imagining and bringing Robert McCall to life.
§ Denzel Washington: A Different Kind of Superhero – A behind-the-scenes look at how Washington trained for his physically demanding role in this film.
§ Equalizer Vision: Antoine Fuqua – A firsthand look at the movie-making process from the Director.
§ One Man Army: Training and Fighting – A discussion with Washington, Csokas & stunt coordinator, Keith Woulard, on the process of building a one-man army.