This was a real classic of its era when fear of Russians etc was part of everyday life. Edward Woodward plays a highly trained but morally right and classy British agent who has no equal. He now uses his unique talents to help people who are oppressed or down on their luck. Great stuff. Also check out "Crazy Like a Fox" if you like this.

It's not a coincidence that The Equalizer declined in ratings with the election of "A thousand points of light" Bush Sr, serving as a preface to Bill Clinton. Still, with the "superpredator" comment of Hillary Clinton, perhaps The Equalizer can be rebooted on TV, especially with Denzil bringing Edward McCall back to the big screen.I love the Equalizer TV series, and Edward "Callan" Woodward was the one to sort things out big time, especially in the rotten core of The Big Apple. McCall provided the reassurance that he would deliver justice before we went to bed for the night.

this show was one of the best cop/revenge series ever.superlative acting/script,i cant say enough about this show. i think it was way underrated.Ed Woodward was also in 1973's"The Wicker man", a truly chilling movie.too bad he died. great actor.i would go out of my way to watch this show.The rest of the cast also brilliant,same for direction, music,just great.have been waiting years for it to come on video.miles ahead of all the garbage on cable now.fortunately its on video now and people will see it in its glory.kinda like The Punisher and James bond rolled into one.Decide for yourself.Hopefully the new movie will do it justice.

Edward Woodward starred as 'Callan' (1966-71), an English series where he played the top agent of a top secret British government spy organization that 'fixed' situations that couldn't be fixed otherwise. It was (and still is) a genuine TV classic, with fine scripts and characterizations -- as seen on the Sky channel UK TV when it's rerun periodically. Co-stars included Anthony Valentine and Patrick Mower as his younger, more ruthless colleagues. As soon as I saw 'The Equalizer' in the mid Eighties I saw it as a worthy successor to 'Callan' for Edward Woodward, now playing someone older and wiser, and a little softer at the centre.