麦考尔（丹泽尔·华盛顿 Denzel Washington 饰）是一名已经退役的黑色行动突击队队员，常年浸淫在充满了暴力和危险的生活中，麦考尔的内心早已经疲惫不堪，为了脱离组织，他大费周章伪造了自己已经死亡的假象，来到了波士顿，改头换面，隐姓埋名，企图能够过上平静安宁的新生活。 　　一次偶然中，麦考尔遇见了被俄国黑帮控制的雏妓泰利（科洛·格蕾斯·莫瑞兹 Chloe Grace Moretz 饰），女孩坎坷的身世和危险的现状博得了麦考尔的同情，他决定帮助这个可怜的女孩。然而，在解救泰利的同时，麦考尔自己也陷入了黑帮强大的火力之中，对警方的昏庸和腐败失望透顶的麦考尔决心挺身而出与体制对抗。In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by - he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.