"The Equalizer" (The Equalizer) is an action crime film directed by Antoine Fuqua and Denzel Washington in 2014. The film tells the story of a former agent fighting crime in a retired life. The film maximizes individualism. The graphics and action design are also full of the texture of the crime movies of the 1990s. It is a very good movie for specific action fans.
In 2018, Anthony Fouquet released the sequel "The Equalizer 2" , which is also the first time Denzel Washington participated in a series of films. The film continues to maintain the standard and taste of the previous film, although The media reputation is not as optimistic as the previous work, but the audience reputation is still maintained at a very positive level.
This article will count the unknown easter eggs in the "Evenant" series for exchange and interest discussion. If there are any omissions, please add them.
1. The first scene in "The Eunuch" is the Tobin Bridge in Boston .
2. At the beginning of the film, when the screen slides past Robert's house, one of the shots shows the leather-bound books on the bookshelf. These books can be inferred to be the Franklin Library series, which represents book binding. The highest level of printing art is also the top book configuration in the 70s and 80s.
3. From the small details of Robert McCall played by Denzel Washington, it can be seen that Robert suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder . In fact, Denzel Washington Washington did communicate and study with some real obsessive-compulsive disorder patients before shooting.
4. Regarding Robert’s old job, it is mentioned in "The Eunuch", and Susan Plummer (played by Melissa Leo) mentioned the "In the Bureau "(The Agency) , it can be roughly inferred that Robert once held a position in the US Central Intelligence Agency (Central Intelligence Agency), which is very likely under the Special Activities Division (Special Activities Division).
5. During training, Johnny Skourtis (Johnny Skourtis)'s fat Ralphie (Ralphie) wore a T-shirt with "Foreigner world tour" (Foreigner world tour) . The band’s single "Urgent" was once used in France to promote the 1985 American version of "Private Detective".
6. When Slav first walked into the room, he asked Tevi, played by Alex Veadov, about debt collection. At that time, Tevi said: "Yes, he wants to forgive me. Ask him:'Do you think I am Jesus?'" This sentence actually corresponds to Alex Widoff's role as Jesus in the 2010 short film "Jesus Comes to Town" (Jesus Comes to Town) Plot .
7. When Robert walked into the room, Slavi, played by David Meunier, called him "dedushka" , which means grandpa in Russian.
8. The military watch that Robert wore in "The Eunuch" was Suunto Core All Black (Suunto Core All Black) , but the watch in the film was not exactly the same as the style sold by Suunto on the market, said Suunto This is not a special version tailored for the movie, but the film crew made corresponding special effects transformation in the later stage.
9. Detective Masters, played by David Harbour, was trapped in a car by Robert. This car is the third generation of a Jaguar XJ (Series III Jaguar XJ) .
10. In the money laundering factory, Robert asked Vitaliy Shtabnoy (Vitaliy Shtabnoy) Andri (Andri) pistol whether the gun is Heckler Koch (Heckler Koch), in fact, this The gun is XD (Springfield Armory) of the Springfield Armory Company .
11. When Robert captured the money laundering factory, he left a reminder to the police: "follow the money" (follow the money) , which is a tribute to Denzel Washington’s previous role, a crime in 2006 In the movie "Inside Man" (Inside Man) , Denzel Washington received a clue from a bank robber: "Follow the ring."
12. After obtaining evidence of money laundering, Robert contacted the FBI's Mosley agent (Mosley), which was a tribute to the Mosley agent in the 1988 movie "Midnight Run" .
13. When colleagues ask Robert what used to be Robert, Robert said he used to be a "Pip" (Pip), which is格兰迪丝奈seed Choir (Gladys Knight & The Pips) dancers, the actual Denzel Washington, the actor of Upper Robert, is just a fan of the chorus, and in the final battle of the film, the song broadcast by the radio system is the chorus’s "Midnight Train to Georgia" .
14. After Robert finished reading "The Old Man and the Sea", he read "Don Quixote" written by Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra , a long anti-caval novel published in 1605.
15. Robert finally appeared in Pushkin's villa, which also appeared in the 1987 horror movie "Flowers in the Attic" (Flowers in the Attic) .
16. At the end of the film, Robert's book is replaced by "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, a black American writer , which discusses the society African Americans faced in the early 20th century. problem.
17. The last shot of "The Eunuch" pays tribute to the work "Nighthawks" by the American trash can painter Edward Hopper (Edward Hopper) . Edward was also the starring actor of the American TV series in 1985, Edward Woodward ( Edward Woodward)'s name.
18. The title of the email that Robert posted at the end of "The Equalizer" was: "Odds Against You?" This slogan was derived from the 1985 American drama "The Equalizer" with the same English name.
19. At the beginning of "The Eunuch 2", the book Robert read on the train was "Between the World and Me" written by the African American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates (Ta-Nehisi Coates). ).
20. When Robert pulled Miles Whittaker (played by Ashton Sanders) out of the apartment, he once referred to Miles as "Little Yummy" , which refers to The 11-year-old American gang member Robert Sandiver , nicknamed "Yummy", was shot and killed by other gang members in Chicago on the night of August 31, 1994, and then appeared in the September issue of Time Magazine. On the cover, he was just one of the bottom victims in the long-term gang conflicts in the 1990s.
21. When Robert pulled Miles out of the gangster’s apartment, Robert used the aggressive method to stimulate Miles to shoot. At that time, Robert said: "5 pounds of pressure" (approximately 4 kg), which is actually true Yes, this gun is Colt's M1911A1 , and Colt's 1911 pistol is known for its light trigger trigger and accuracy of centuries-old battlefield testing .
22. When Miles was hiding in Robert's house, Robert asked Miles to take out the Richard Wright novel "Native Son" from the bookshelf and play the role of Miles. Ashton Sanders happened to star in the 2019 novel adaptation of the film "Native Sons".
23. At the end of the two films, there will be characters asking Robert: "Who are you?" (Who are you?)
Concluding remarks
It’s still unknown whether there is "The Eunuch 3" yet. Anthony Fouquet has expressed interest in returning to directing, but how to make this widower killer Robert McCall's "Eunacher" series into the new front line with obsessive-compulsive disorder Box office masterpieces, comparable to "John Wick" (John Wick) and so on, instead of slowly going downhill like "Hurricane Rescue" (Taken), there are many factors that the production team needs to consider, although there are still veteran individual heroic action movies. Very stable audience, but how to make this old bone keep up with the rhythm of the times, obviously this is another fierce battle.
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