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Format: DVD April 17, 2019
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Your life, or the life of a loved one, is in danger and you don't know where to turn for help anymore. Then your eyes catch a small newspaper ad: Gotta problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer. You call the number and a friendly, reassuring voice tells you where to meet him. Robert McCall (EDWARD WOODWARD) is THE EQUALIZER and he promises to even out the odds in your favour.Enjoy all 88 episodes of this much loved, long running late 80's series, that features guest appearances from an array of stars including: Alex Winter, Adam Horowitz, Meat Loaf, Adam Ant, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Christian Slater, Kevin Spacey, William H Macy, Quentin Crsip, Robert Mitchum, Telly savalas, Macaulay Culkin, Amanda Plummer, Sam Rockwell, Laurence Fishburne and Ving Rhames, with an incredible music score by Stewart Copeland of The Police.At the 1987 Golden Globe® ,Edward Woodward won Best Actor in a Dramatic TV Series for his role of Robert McCall in The Equalizer.Box Set includes: Brand New Documentary The Story of The Equalizer featuring interviews with William Zabka (Scott McCall) ,Keith Szarabjaka (Mickey Kostmeyer), Coleman Luck (Co-Executive Producer) and Robert Eisele (Co- Supervising Producer) Episode Guide Booklet Original Cast Biographies Original Series Concept
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MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
Package Dimensions : 7.6 x 5.51 x 2.52 inches; 1.83 Pounds
Item model number : 5
Director : Michael Sloan, Richard Lindheim
Media Format : PAL, Box set
Run time : 74 hours and 10 minutes
Release date : April 17, 2019
Actors : Edward Woodward, Mark Margolis, Keith Szarabajka, Robert Lansing, William Zabka
Producers : The Equalizer (Complete Collection Series 1-4) - 24-DVD Box Set
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Good picture and sound for the age of series.
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2024 by Kindle Customer
This is the ORIGINAL Equalizer, done around 1985. It is still relevant today, and only dated by some of the technology of the time. It is MUCH better than the Equalizer movies, and is definitely superior to the TV show done later with a female Equalizer. [nothing about sexism, just the newer "revised" show just doesn't cut it.] I highly recommend it.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2024 by Robert T. M.
Brings me back to when I was kid and that NYC grit. The theme song is so nostalgic and New York.
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2024 by Y B.
Great series brings back memories
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2024 by 2vultronohk
I bought the entire series of THE EQUALIZER on a nostalgic whim. I hadn't seen an episode since the early-mid 90s and had quite forgotten whether the show was actually good or whether I was simply remembering it that way. And indeed, my initial feeling after watching a few episodes was regret. Viewing THE EQUALIZER is rather like putting an ice cube in your mouth. The initial reaction is discomfort, and a realization that no, you can't eat these things like candy. You have to spend time letting them warm up before you can enjoy the experience. And just as you wouldn't eat a tray of ice cubes, you probably won't binge-watch this show. To that extent it's like THE X-FILES: meant to be consumed slowly and thoroughly over a long period of time. The conceit of THE EQUALIZER is this. Robert McCall (the majestic Edward Woodward) spent decades in the spy game before retiring to New York City. Although considered a legend in the business – his former boss calls him “the most dangerous man I have ever met” – the dapper, cultured McCall has little to show for his life's work. He's bitterly divorced, semi-estranged from his son Scott (William Zabka), and troubled by the terrible moral compromises he's had to make. To wash this foul taste from the palate of his conscience, McCall decides he is going to work pro bono as a kind of high-end vigilante. Advertising in the paper as a man who can help the helpless and fight for the little guy, he meets a variety of people in desperate need and uses all of his skills to see that justice is done on their behalf. But what differentiates THE EQUALIZER from what you'd assume would be its premise is that McCall is not a violent man by nature. He can use a gun, and does whenever necessary, but his general approach is psychological. The ordinary episode goes like this: A person is being stalked, terrorized, extorted, threatened, etc. by a much more powerful and dangerous person or group. They go to the cops, who either can't or won't help. Enter the Equalizer. McCall circles his opponent for a while, then confronts him and demands he/she/they back off. Instead, they only up their harassment and menacing of the victim. While forming his plan, McCall usually notices problems within the victim's own personal relationships, family, etc. and tries to fix them, often using “tough love” arguments. In doing this he often examples his own failed marriage and fatherhood, or the guilt he feels over his time with The Company. Using his contacts from The Company, most notably the dead-eyed and dangerous ex-Navy SEAL Mickey Kostmeyer (Keith Szarabajka), McCall develops a case history and psychological profile of his enemy, and uses it to wage psy-war ops on the poor shmoe until they crack. Obviously not all the shows followed this formula. A number are dedicated to McCall's troubled relationship with his former employers, most notably his boss, best friend, and occasional nemesis Control (Robert Lansing). Control is an excellent character, charming and brilliant, yet morally ambiguous and fork-tongued, and whenever he shows up, you know there are international intrigues afoot that will drag Robert back into the spy-world. Other episodes feature McCall's generally disastrous personal life, or the appearance of some wanted (or unwanted) person from his own dark past. THE EQUALIZER is an unusual show in more ways than its choice of lead actor (a pudgy, gray-haired, dapper Englishman rather than a young, rip-muscled American stud), or the fact that his methods are more cerebral than violent in nature. It is an intelligent, thoughtful, oddly civilized series that explores the nature of evil from the viewpoint man who is not evil, but understands evil uncomfortably well, because of all the damage he has done, and thirsts for a redemption which may not be possible...because, after all, to fight evil, McCall must frequently blackmail, extort, terrorize and even sometimes kill his opponents. The notorious episode “Nightscape” (Season 2) pits McCall against a trio of vicious rapists who prowl the subways. The episode is handled from the angle of the damage that rape does to the victims and their loved ones, but also in the sense that McCall is trying to prevent the husband from becoming a vigilante. This creates a tension in the episode which resolves in an act of brutal, cold-blooded, but thoroughly satisfying multiple murder, and sets THE EQUALIZER apart from almost any other show on television during its era. While not an action show pe se, when it did depict violence, it was often brutally done. “China Rain” (Season 1) or “Prisoners of Conscience” (Season 4) shocked me as a kid (as did “Nightscape”) because this was no A-TEAM fairy tale where bullets don't kill anyone, a beating is shrugged off in the next scene, and even torture leaves no more consequence to the victim than a barked shin. No, sir. The people who die on THIS show stay dead, and the people who live are sometimes scarred for life or visibly haunted. It's pretty dark at times, but in that sense hardly unrealistic. Aside from this, and the iconic score by Stewart Copeland of The Police, there are three factors which make THE EQUALIZER really stand out. One is the show's relationship to New York City during the 80s. Beautifully shot, the cinematography depicts both the beauty and the decay of the Big Apple, shying away from neither. Virtually the whole of T.E. was filmed on location, almost nothing in the studio. It gives us a picture of mid-80s NYC which is impossible to find anywhere else, a sort of time-capsule from my own boyhood. The other is the absolutely staggering number of up-and-coming actors who appeared as guest stars or recurring roles who later became famous actors in their own right. A very short random sampling would include Michael Wincott, Laura San Giacomo, Alberta Watson, John Goodman, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Spacey, Lawrence Fishburne, James Remar, Michael Rooker, Richard Jordan, Saul Rubinek, William Atherton, Vincent D'Nofrio, J.T. Walsh, Tony Shaloub, Michael Moriarty, Ving Rhames, Vitamin C, Patricia Richardson, Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Gray, Dan Hedaya, Jenny Agutter, Christian Slater, Will Patton, Keith David, Brad Dourif and John Heard. You will also recognize all of McCall's ably-played company sidekicks. The last factor? Cinematography and lighting. The star of THE EQUALIZER is Woodward, but his co-star is New York Cit itself. The word "lush" can be used to describe the visual painting that is a lot of the camera work: especial use is made of both light and (not surprisingly) shadow. As I said before, there's no attempt to glamorize the wormy Big Apple, but the camera shows us both worms and fruit in a way that's easy to admire and impossible to forget. THE EQUALIZER is not perfect television. It can be horribly sappy and cheesy (“Reign of Terror” from Season 1, for example) and at other times overly stylized or just plain preposterous. The methods McCall uses to psychologically destroy or just exact tricked confessions out of criminals are sometimes so involved as to defy belief, and there are other episodes where one just wonders why the crooks don't go after McCall more aggressively since he rather than their victims are the source of their real problems. In the 87 – 88 season, Woodward's heart attack limited his role on the show for a time, and the producers tapped Robert Mitchum to sub for him for a few episodes: this was a good decision, but instead of using Szarabajka as his side-kick, they brought in Richard Jordan to play Harley Gage for ten episodes. Jordan is a fine actor but was miscast as a tough guy, and seemed to know it, and to resent it: these episodes don't work all that well, and when Jordan disappears without explanation, my sense as a viewer was, “WTF was that?” All in all, however, THE EQUALIZER is a damn good show. Maybe a bit too rigidly formulaic to be truly great, but enormously enjoyable both as a dark lover letter to New York and as a celebration of what a great actor – Edward Woodward – could do with a thoughtful, well-written part that was willing to take risks both with its storylines and its characters. Like NYC itself, it's both ugly and beautiful, tough and curiously sincere. So, if you've got a probem..if the odds are against you...give the gentleman a call. Because hell, if all men were created equal, we wouldn't need The Equalizer.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2019 by M. G Watson
While it is an older series, it still a good watch.
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2024 by J.K
This 1980's Treasure can not be recreated on any level , Hollywood is not capable of the Depth in which this production Shines . Lot's of Action , Spy Craft , Ingram MAC-10 , UZI , All the Actors are " Thee Great Ones " many you will see on another 80's Treasure WISEGUY .
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2024 by ALBERT B. ROSSI II 9
What makes this show so good is that its lead actor, Edward Woodward, is so consistently good no matter how bad some of the individual episodes are. I don't know how Woodward got involved with this show, but it's good for him and the show that he took it so earnestly. The show itself has an odd premise. McCall, Woodward's character, is a retired CIA operative whose specialty was overthrowing foreign governments unsympathetic to American foreign policy. In each episode, McCall either helps people from his previous life as a CIA killer, or else he helps average private citizens overwhelmed by crime and corruption. One message of the show is that US government policy focuses too much on foreign policy and not enough on domestic policy. McCall tries to set that balance right. Frequently thought of as a vigilante show with an excellent actor, The Equalizer is more nuanced than that. It certainly has a right-wing focus--the show's creators show how McCall has the right to use weapons and high-tech surveillance to monitor and control undesirable criminal conduct. What makes it tolerable is McCall's shadowy past with the CIA and his on-going relations with his former boss "Control". The constant underlining of this background reminds viewers of how fallible and guilt-ridden McCall is. This fallibility is frequently a theme in many of the episodes. The most remarkable aspect of this show, however, is how it simmered with so much talent--in front of and behind the screen. Actors include Kevin Spacey, Ving Rhames, Dan O'Herlihy, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Macauley Culkin, J.T. Walsh, Vincent D'Onofrio, Michael Rooker, Tony Shaloub, Patricia Clarkson, Melissa Leo and Lori Loughlin. Director Tobe Hooper directs one of the episodes. Future Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow co-wrote one of the scripts. Police drummer Stewart Copeland wrote the exciting theme and most of the music for Seasons 1 and 2. The show ended after four seasons, which technically makes it a flop. The complex political content was probably too much for some viewers, especially considering that in the early to mid 1980's most viewers during the Reagan-Bush years thought that America was actually doing good things in central America. Fortunately, home video enables us to watch sleepers such as The Equalizer and give them a second chance to catch on with audiences. My only complaint is that picture quality is average at best, but frequently sub-par with pixilation and washed-out color. It's watchable, but you will need to adjust your expectations for picture and sound.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2018 by Mark C. Jones