Denzel calmly threatens a russian mob boss

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  • @BoxofficeMoviesScenes
    @BoxofficeMoviesScenes  2 роки тому +213

    Hi everyone! What grade (out of 10) would you give this video?

  • @odramed8130
    @odramed8130 2 роки тому +2399

    Denzel gradually reduces the emotion in his face and eyes to perfection to deliver the end of this scene "what do you see when you look at me" his face was blank and soulless. What an actor.

    • @prototype8137
      @prototype8137 2 роки тому +83

      I dont think you grasped the scene properly. He was in no way souless or cold but quite the opposite. Focused and precise.
      To describe it as souless is an insult to his character which possesses emotion. That was the whole point seperating these 2 men.

    • @mariusnordli515
      @mariusnordli515 2 роки тому +3

      Yes!

    • @Hellz69
      @Hellz69 2 роки тому +52

      @@prototype8137 because that is the person he promised not to be but became at the end of the scene

    • @AgentBands
      @AgentBands 2 роки тому +4

      @@prototype8137 lol more like heartless

    • @DIMP11
      @DIMP11 2 роки тому +26

      Teddy/Nikolai was wrong. When he saw sentiment as weakness, he later saw that McCall's emotion and sentiment was a strength, resolve, determination and passion - and would soon be passionate sadism for Nikolai. While he would never want to admit or display it, Nikolai had to be terrified. What one man would have the ballz and skill to take on a fearsome mafia and person like Nikolai. Even the visit right to his dinner table should have warned Nikolai he had never dealt with someone like this. The carnage in Slavi's office should have also warned him before he even knew who the assassin was. And finally when they first met, McCall's confidence in coming right up to him when he was supposedly a cop should have warned him. The smile "How did you find me ? Who's we ?" says you may be trying to figure me out but I have already "made" you.

  • @eechaze12
    @eechaze12 2 роки тому +1762

    There might never be another Denzel Washington. The man can act.

    • @frantsel5711
      @frantsel5711 2 роки тому +16

      Legend

    • @Hoody2Times
      @Hoody2Times 2 роки тому +31

      Lotta young black talent comin up. Definitely won’t be Denzel but good men to pass the torch to. John Boyega, Johnathan Majors, Lakeith Stanfield, Winston Duke to name a few 🔥

    • @emovic8
      @emovic8 2 роки тому +25

      @@Hoody2Times lakeith stanfield is really good

    • @alertbri
      @alertbri 2 роки тому +7

      Pure charisma wrapped in talent. 🙏

    • @deniselay3881
      @deniselay3881 2 роки тому +1

      Yes he is just confident and amazing at this stuff if I was an actor I would like to be in his movie for sure

  • @twentydixoncider7443
    @twentydixoncider7443 2 роки тому +647

    Denzel is one of the best actors of all time, dudes definitely my favorite, he goes from smiling and having life in his eyes to being emotionally dead and having lifeless eyes like a doll. Not many people can pull that off so well, bravo Denzel, bravo

  • @denis888red
    @denis888red Рік тому +103

    You can't beat a bit of Denzel. One of the finest, most charismatic actors of our day.

  • @davidrichter3736
    @davidrichter3736 Рік тому +13

    I'm convinced Denzel Washington is the greatest actor of our lifetime. Ive seen this movie a few times and this small clip had me zoned completely out while he was talking, all while getting actual goosebumps, again.

  • @MickayG
    @MickayG 2 роки тому +354

    I think I probably watched this scene at least 50 times... it is one of the best scenes ever. We all know about Denzel's acting chops... but Marton Csokas is criminally underrated. Why has Hollywood never used this man to his full potential? Want to see him completely invested in a character? Watch him as Baron Quinn in Into The Badlands... only work I know from him where he's allowed to steal the show.

    • @maxazzopardi7446
      @maxazzopardi7446 2 роки тому +8

      I agree but sadly there are a lot of quality actors out there that build careers playing smaller roles

    • @SuperPeleke
      @SuperPeleke 2 роки тому +4

      I also know him from Badlands great role. Really hate able.

    • @thevortex737
      @thevortex737 2 роки тому +8

      Martin is a great actor no question but he’s acting opposite Denzel. Denzel brings out the best in you as an actor. Tom Hanks said this exactly about Denzel after filming Philadelphia.

    • @kylewhite8434
      @kylewhite8434 Рік тому +8

      Been wanting Martin Csokas as Doctor Doom

    • @MickayG
      @MickayG Рік тому +2

      @@kylewhite8434 THAT... is a good idea!

  • @integrity262
    @integrity262 2 роки тому +40

    That is absolutely priceless.God bless Denzel Washington as he is a natural at his arts.

    • @WhoThisMonkey
      @WhoThisMonkey Рік тому +2

      You just had to bring up your god character.

  • @CiviTac
    @CiviTac 2 роки тому +327

    I love the basic theme that Denzel communicates in these movies: there’s always someone meaner or badder than you. At no point in time did the mob have even a 1 in million chance of making it out alive

    • @superstar2983
      @superstar2983 2 роки тому +10

      There's no such word called badder. It's called worse. Bad, worse, worst. You're welcome.😉

    • @CiviTac
      @CiviTac 2 роки тому +35

      @@superstar2983 I’m aware. It’s an expression. Thank you language police

    • @MTRides
      @MTRides 2 роки тому +14

      @@CiviTac Getting caught by the language police happens to the best of us soldier 😅

    • @marc2377
      @marc2377 Рік тому +1

      @@CiviTac I took his "correction" in good faith, to be honest haha

    • @anticorruptionagenda5106
      @anticorruptionagenda5106 Рік тому

      the ukrainian deal😁

  • @Acrowat40
    @Acrowat40 Рік тому +67

    That this guy only has two Oscars is a mystery. Definitely one of the best actors consistently for the past 20 years.

    • @blackbauer
      @blackbauer Рік тому

      because he is black, and they are a racist institution. It's not a mystery at all.

    • @MainelyFishing1
      @MainelyFishing1 Рік тому +5

      I totally agree! Denzel definitely set the bar for other actors a d has a lot of damn good movies

    • @SwapnilBhartiya
      @SwapnilBhartiya Рік тому +5

      The Oscars are over rated.

    • @jonathanvijongarth
      @jonathanvijongarth Рік тому +3

      He was snubbed an Oscar for Malcolm X... he nailed that role.

    • @robmcdonnell1
      @robmcdonnell1 Рік тому +2

      The Competition at the 85th Academy Awards was tough, but him not winning for Flight will forever boggle my mind. One of the best acting performances I have ever seen in my life.

  • @bigfacts1592
    @bigfacts1592 2 роки тому +52

    It's one of the coldest movie scenes of all time. These two fed off each other. Neither raised their voices or used profanity, and it was well understood.

    • @MidTierVillain
      @MidTierVillain Рік тому +4

      This, and the dinner scene on Sicario, are two scenes that stay with you..

    • @jasonjackson1708
      @jasonjackson1708 Рік тому

      Profanity is only useful with purpose, and there was no purpose for it in this amazing scene.

  • @STIXAHOY
    @STIXAHOY Рік тому +37

    This scene is bloody flawless
    Major acting talents here exhibited by both these actors

  • @druidzown
    @druidzown 2 роки тому +10

    "He's not coming back" both metaphorically and literally. HARD OPENING LINE, DENZEL.

  • @relocteloc2243
    @relocteloc2243 Рік тому +4

    That "okay".. at 1:38. The condesending way that was delivered...It's like an adult schooling a child, frustrated at the idea that he has no idea what is about to befall him, with that ego and bravado. "The real boogie man has arrived and now here's a story about you and how you literally are like a child to me, out of your league...hence the foster story". Masterful acting by Denzel.

  • @skymabile3989
    @skymabile3989 2 роки тому +450

    The story about the adopted boy and the murdered foster parents is undoubtedly Nicolai's backstory, no doubt in part thanks to Mccall's friend Susan showing her homework. On the streets Nicolai prided himself a macho tough guy to hide his insecurities. But when he was adopted by the kind foster father, he felt naked and vulnerable from said kindness and the environment where "might doesn't make right" which he'd come to call his "natural habitat." Even when he grew comfortable under the foster parent's care, he still couldn't trust him to be any kinder than his last caretakers, while craving back the feeling of power and control he was used to on the streets the way a long-serving inmate craves back the cozy daycare lifestyle of prison he's been conditioned to accept. So in a moment of "weakness" he murdered his foster parents and destroyed the only good in his life just to prove himself right and maintain his craven tough guy facade. For all Nicolai's cartoonishly evil believe in sentimentality as weakness, he was hypocritically sentimental himself from all the fear and paranoia that governed his actions.

    • @kaiz1845
      @kaiz1845 2 роки тому +35

      I like the reference you made lol.
      Every tough guy wannabe wants to be Chigurh. A scary badass who feels nothing and never fails.
      Every tough guy ends up being like Nicolai. Responsible for the destruction of the only good in their lives.

    • @skymabile3989
      @skymabile3989 2 роки тому +16

      @@kaiz1845 While on point with said reference even Anton Chigurh ironically isn't much different from Nicolai. Nicolai thinks that violence, domination, torture and murder is the only means and end in life when he's nothing more than an insecure adult schoolbully afraid of opening up to others. On the other hand, while Chigurh is an unfeeling psychopath, he's also a contemptible coward who justifies his murders and contempt for humanity with a grandiose delusional philosophy best described as being "fate's chosen agent" like most real people with anti-social personality disorders.
      But by the end of No Country For Old Men his last victim Carla-Jean Moss calls bull on his philosophy, refusing his coin toss to the point he kills her anyway, thus proving her right that "the coin have no say, it's you," and (quote Heath Ledger Joker) "breaking his one rule" of letting fate decide everything. He's bewildered enough that he doesn't notice, less expect the reckless or drunk driver trying to overshoot him at the intersection, till it's too late.
      When he limps out of the car with a broken arm, two boys on bikes lend him a shirt to make a sling for nothing but humanities sake. Despite helping him for free out of natural kindness he insists they take his bribe not just to keep them quiet, but refusing to admit from the boy's actions that there is free will in this world and that neither fate less him is in full control of everything. That's much like the other MCs Llewylyn Moss and Ed Tom Bell who learned the hard way that the old ways they believed in only existed in their imagination; all three of them are the titular "old men with no country."

    • @kaiz1845
      @kaiz1845 2 роки тому +1

      @@skymabile3989 Of course, and I think that's why the people who actually worship Chigurh are funny. The guy's good at what he does but at the end of the day he has a genuine disorder/disability. His shtick goes in a different direction, but the nature of what he is? That's no different from someone like Lenny from Of Mice and Men lol. Guy's psychopathic and OCD as hell.

    • @tahnx47
      @tahnx47 2 роки тому +7

      @@skymabile3989 All men should keep the works of Machavelli in mind, and the story of Nicolai attests to that. He was kind, but TOO kind and that cost him his life. Men should be treated generously or destroyed.

    • @orangewarm1
      @orangewarm1 2 роки тому +6

      we heard the story already, and figured out who it was about. not sure why you repeated it.

  • @realoldbeardedguy
    @realoldbeardedguy 2 роки тому +33

    Those eyes...Those dark eyes of Mr. Denzel...

  • @aliqazilbash7905
    @aliqazilbash7905 Рік тому +7

    " When you pray for Rain, You gotta deal with the Mud". Most realistic and my fav quote ever.

  • @bobpage6597
    @bobpage6597 Рік тому +8

    1:24.....that VERY subtle sneer by Teddy when he realises he is re-living his own childhood through McCall's dissection. It eats away at him that McCall knows everything about him, including his childhood, while Teddy by contrast knows nothing about McCall. Throughout the film he tries to find out who McCall is - instead he dies with the question on his lips, never knowing the answer. 'Who are you?!!'

  • @OrdnanceTV
    @OrdnanceTV Рік тому +28

    It took me about 2 minutes but I just realized that, out of context, putting the broken, bloody prescription glasses of one of your henchmen directly in to your glass of water, just before getting up and casually walking away, is one of the most offensive things an assassin or mercenary can do.

  • @ba0700
    @ba0700 Рік тому +23

    Denzel is consistently brilliant in every movie he makes. He is a good person in real life unlike most of Hollywood.

  • @CrazyJoeClark429
    @CrazyJoeClark429 2 роки тому +15

    That last line was legendary

  • @SuperNewsense
    @SuperNewsense Рік тому +7

    Denzel is just exceptional. He never disappoints😄

  • @runescaper1333
    @runescaper1333 2 роки тому +50

    The Equalizer
    thank me later

  • @amfam100
    @amfam100 Рік тому +29

    When he gets him back with his “lint or a bottle cap” line
    I’m always like “OOOOU HE GOT YOU BITCH!”

  • @ella-vm6vf
    @ella-vm6vf 2 роки тому +44

    This scene is perfect for both of these actors, both played their part so very, very well. 10👍👍

  • @GoBuckeyes216
    @GoBuckeyes216 Рік тому +9

    You can see the grin slowly leaving Nicolai’s face after McCall asks him what he sees when he looks at him… there’s always a bigger fish out there

  • @clem8475
    @clem8475 2 роки тому +13

    For a relaxed conversation, this was TENSE.

    • @CrazyJoeClark429
      @CrazyJoeClark429 2 роки тому

      It’s up there with Doc Holiday and Ringo’s casino first meet

  • @dannyc7227
    @dannyc7227 Рік тому +1

    When you pray for the sun, you have to deal with the sunburn too.
    When you pray for the happy ending, you have to deal with the cleanup too.

  • @melvinsullaykamara2663
    @melvinsullaykamara2663 2 роки тому +79

    I don’t know if it’s only me but the calm demeanor between these two men can make a grown man peep his pants.
    Direct communication both verbal and non-verbal.

    • @NghiaTuanLe
      @NghiaTuanLe Рік тому +1

      what a peaceful and pleasant conversation !

  • @sumanmitra913
    @sumanmitra913 Рік тому

    That is one awesome actor. Hats off to Denzel Washington.

  • @Bo0os47
    @Bo0os47 2 роки тому +17

    I like the mutual respect in the characters

  • @ChrisJohnsoniShootnRaw
    @ChrisJohnsoniShootnRaw Рік тому +1

    “When you pray for rain you gotta deal with the mud too!!” 💪

  • @martinbateman6282
    @martinbateman6282 Рік тому +31

    It must be difficult being in a scene with Denzil Washington, knowing that all eyes are on him even when he's not speaking. Only a handful of actors have that charisma.

    • @iandanger883
      @iandanger883 Рік тому

      Have you ever met an actor. The majority have egos bigger than Trump(not a dig). The same way a person has to be borderline insane and delusional to make it into and excel in professional sports. Most actors think they are at the very least on par with the greats when the cameras start rolling, if they didn't they'd never make it.

  • @sajjbrown2357
    @sajjbrown2357 Рік тому +7

    When he says that he thinks the boy did it in Russian was exquisite.

  • @bugzest91
    @bugzest91 2 роки тому +21

    Almost as good as the diner scene in Heat (1995). The intensity really runs high here. Such masterful delivery by both actors.

    • @chuckd9606
      @chuckd9606 Рік тому +4

      Heat is such an AWESOME movie!!! Just perfection in cinema!!

    • @arodderz
      @arodderz Рік тому +4

      Both amazing scenes for sure!

    • @chiganuggoo9929
      @chiganuggoo9929 Рік тому +1

      No where near it. This was too long and convoluted. Either one would have feel asleep or killed the other in real life.

    • @ReelNinja1
      @ReelNinja1 Рік тому +1

      @@chiganuggoo9929 too long? The diner scene is 3 minutes longer than this scene

    • @chiganuggoo9929
      @chiganuggoo9929 Рік тому

      @@ReelNinja1 The Equalizer scene is all filler and no killer though, like two people just rambling on, zero tension at all...as soon as that silly story starts getting told, either one of them could have well fell asleep... Its clear they were trying to emulate the HEAT scene, but well, what a fail.

  • @marvinpiper2570
    @marvinpiper2570 Рік тому +1

    Denzel’s the best

  • @jurgenklopp8
    @jurgenklopp8 2 роки тому +4

    If you pray for Rain you got to deal with the mud.
    Love that.

  • @warptek
    @warptek Рік тому

    This scene alone is worth the price of admission. THAT is acting! Denzel is from my hometown. I was honored to meet the woman that trained him before she passed away.

  • @jimb3093
    @jimb3093 Рік тому

    Very pleasant conversation. "Thank You." You're Welcome." I would have asked if he'd like to stay for dinner, my treat lol!

  • @MrBeats44
    @MrBeats44 2 роки тому +23

    The more I watch this film the higher it’s goes up in my list of favourite films
    It’s a Master Piece

    • @orangewarm1
      @orangewarm1 2 роки тому

      watch more films. from the afi 100 is a good place to start.

  • @tejastrojan
    @tejastrojan 2 роки тому +5

    "What do you see when you look at me?"
    Chilling

  • @mike91mdk45
    @mike91mdk45 2 роки тому +54

    Denzel ultimately got his payback for what they did to him in training day

  • @DanteDX12
    @DanteDX12 Рік тому +2

    4:48 the moment that smug grin leaves his face is priceless 😂

  • @Middlestepofficial
    @Middlestepofficial 2 роки тому +26

    One of the best conversations in the history of cinematography.

  • @hikedayley9309
    @hikedayley9309 Рік тому +1

    Charles Bronson didn't waste much time with words. A couple words and then he let the gun do the talking.

  • @Bobster986
    @Bobster986 2 роки тому +21

    Washington is one of my favorite actors. So much talent, so much presents. Characteristics that is missing in most actors today.

  • @haidarykufakunoga5973
    @haidarykufakunoga5973 Рік тому

    Denzel is an Extra Ordinary Actor!! Daamn! I like this Guy.

  • @randyl6052
    @randyl6052 2 роки тому +183

    As the title suggests... this is Denzel, not a character he is playing. This ACTUALLY happened. What a boss.

  • @doointhedoo
    @doointhedoo Рік тому +8

    this guy is not the mob boss. he's the henchman.

  • @nickrnmaui
    @nickrnmaui Рік тому +1

    When he hits him with the " you think you know me?" The file got from home girl was spot on. He does know him. This stuns him, it shows as Mcall walks out

  • @freddy8479
    @freddy8479 2 роки тому +3

    A perfect example of "CALM BEFORE THE STORM!!!!!"😱😱

  • @user-mw4tq2fh5e
    @user-mw4tq2fh5e Рік тому +3

    “When you pray for rain you have to deal with the mud too!” That’s gangsta!

    • @samilturnali3875
      @samilturnali3875 Рік тому

      This line is the gem out of all the other lines combined in the clip....

  • @ecsix
    @ecsix Рік тому +4

    Great acting and excellent film making. There are catchlights in Denzel's eyes, the little white reflections, for most of his dialogue. You almost always have catchlights in the eyes because it gives them life on camera. They turn them off for the final part when he asks Nickolai what he sees. They look soulless.

  • @Mylesaj7
    @Mylesaj7 Рік тому +1

    For all the black guys that die first in films, this truly makes up for it 🙌🏾

  • @jpterm
    @jpterm 2 роки тому +9

    Denzel is the goat of acting. He will go down as a legend.

  • @anel2ka426
    @anel2ka426 Рік тому +1

    Denzel is just the best actor I have seen in all time

  • @souvikdas
    @souvikdas Рік тому +4

    Dinner with Denzel is so stressful!

  • @kellywright540
    @kellywright540 Рік тому +1

    "When you pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too." One of the best analogies out there!

  • @abymathew295
    @abymathew295 2 роки тому +5

    I'd looooove to see an Equalizer every day for the rest of my life...He is so friggin good..😍😍

  • @westmcgee9320
    @westmcgee9320 Рік тому

    The writing/dialogue was so much better in this, the original movie, then the sequel.

  • @fractal_gate
    @fractal_gate 2 роки тому +3

    He has a English accent and is well dressed, so def a bad guy.😂

  • @galacticalliance4801
    @galacticalliance4801 Рік тому

    everybodies talkijng about denzels acting, but i love the other dude too (i dont know his name, wish i did), i love the way hes able to capture the fear slowly setting in, the way his poker face melts away and and you can see his expression shift from one of smugness to fear, good stuff.

  • @BruceWayne-mb4hk
    @BruceWayne-mb4hk 2 роки тому +6

    This is next level dialogue. I appreciate and pick up more meaning with each successive viewing.

  • @eddieneal384
    @eddieneal384 2 роки тому +5

    When you prey for rain , the mud comes with it. That line hit me hard af. I sware he’s my goat of actors ❤🐐💯

  • @BreezeTVPowerTheories
    @BreezeTVPowerTheories Рік тому +3

    2:10 😂 he had to smell the wine glass to make sure what he was hearing was actually real, because everything he was telling him was true 😂 he thought he poisoned the drink wit something😂

  • @sharonamadi8656
    @sharonamadi8656 Рік тому +1

    I rarely comment on these things. wow. just WOW. I can't think of any other actor that is on his level. Denzel is truly the greatest of all time. That was incredible!!!

  • @Jwiwjwn
    @Jwiwjwn Рік тому +6

    Denzel dropped the sunglass in wine after asking “what do you see in me.” He did that to tell the man “Your eyes(sunglasses) see blood (red wine.).” And left.

  • @realcountryradio
    @realcountryradio Рік тому

    The jazz music at the end to relieve the tension 🤣

  • @allblacks4729
    @allblacks4729 2 роки тому +35

    scriptwriters are very underrated.....

    • @orangewarm1
      @orangewarm1 2 роки тому

      this one isnt. and who are you referring to anyway?

    • @Rhythmicons
      @Rhythmicons 2 роки тому +1

      I was thinking that story seemed kind of trite.

  • @claytonlamyuen9608
    @claytonlamyuen9608 Рік тому

    4:46 when the smirk comes right off. sheeesh

  • @ericfuhrer4829
    @ericfuhrer4829 2 роки тому +5

    Love John Wick but Denzel rocks it.

  • @asankananayakkara5081
    @asankananayakkara5081 Рік тому +2

    Denzel is simply a treat to watch

  • @demetriushill9725
    @demetriushill9725 2 роки тому +8

    Nicolas was the boy who killed his foster parents and he knows it danm Denzel 💯

    • @skymabile3989
      @skymabile3989 2 роки тому +5

      No doubt based on Nicolai's reaction, "(Nervous giggle) You think you know me."

    • @orangewarm1
      @orangewarm1 2 роки тому +1

      no $#it

  • @shylesh85
    @shylesh85 Рік тому +1

    in Movies lol ...in reality Mob Boss wud be looking at DINNER washington :D

  • @colmdurkin7915
    @colmdurkin7915 2 роки тому +4

    Great line, when you pray for rain, you have pray for the mud too, 😙😙😙

    • @orangewarm1
      @orangewarm1 2 роки тому

      so Denzel is the mud? what rain did the guy pray for?

    • @kingmeat13
      @kingmeat13 2 роки тому

      He says you have to DEAL with the mud! Makes the context more understandable

  • @Inmenzo24
    @Inmenzo24 Рік тому +1

    One of the most bad ass scene ever. Denzel is an amazing actor 👏👏👏

  • @diamondrmp
    @diamondrmp 2 роки тому +3

    He's not a mob boss he is a hit man. BIG DIFFERENCE.

  • @ayo30s
    @ayo30s Рік тому +1

    I Love Both Actors, They Are Blackbelts, Absolute Masters, Two SENIOR ACTORS, 👊🏾🦁🦁🇳🇬🇺🇸

  • @eddiehe7454
    @eddiehe7454 Рік тому +1

    Denzel's acting is no joke!

  • @devtrout
    @devtrout 2 роки тому +3

    All time classic scene definitely a 10

  • @CasualCasimir
    @CasualCasimir 2 роки тому +3

    This is what I love about equalizer Denzel Washington just psychoanalyze this man after a couple hours of researched and use his own figure of speech against him crazy….

  • @imbrod
    @imbrod Рік тому

    Denzel Washington. The man, the actor.

  • @dreglasgow3960
    @dreglasgow3960 2 роки тому +5

    He’s not a mob boss he’s an enforcer

  • @petermpinganjira5955
    @petermpinganjira5955 Рік тому

    You asked me what i see when i look at you,,what do you see when you look at me..that sends chills in my spine

  • @kintarooe575
    @kintarooe575 2 роки тому +3

    Well guess I have to watch this brilliant film again for the 100th time.

  • @DarthTrader707
    @DarthTrader707 Рік тому +2

    Such a good scene because before this, the Russian thought Washington's character was "talented" and an obviously very dangerous man...but still at the core a man like he came across countless times. But, when Washington starts telling a story that shows he has very intimate knowledge of him, he realizes that no, he's not like anyone he has ever dealt with before. Before this scene, The Russian had no reason to think Washington even knew his name, much less one single thing about him, personally. To suddenly hear Washington giving him intimate details of his life that very few (if any) knew about, would be pretty...scary...for him. The way Nikoli tilts his head when it dawns on him that Washington knows this intimate detail that no else probably knows is a great tell that Nikoli is really quite shocked (obviously he tried to show no emotion). His attempt to slough it off as "a well known story" is completely unconvincing (a story like, occurring in the USSR over 30 years ago, would NOT be a well known story, obviously). Washington lets this be known with his "mmm..." which is almost as blatant as if he said, "pffft...yeah, sure...a well known story." The real reason for the story was to send the message to Nikoli that, "you don't have a clue about me...I'm not like anyone you've ever dealt with, before." Just a very well written...and acted...scene in a really great movie.

  • @Here4theComments9
    @Here4theComments9 Рік тому +4

    Just once I want to see a scene like this where it’s more realistic: the waiter comes over and see’s Denzel and asks if he’d like a drink, some Jalapeño Poppers, or Extreme Fajitas, as he’s in the middle of his speech.

    • @cobrakingkai
      @cobrakingkai Рік тому +3

      I worked in a restaurant and if two people are having a very intense conversation in terms of voice is low and body language is tense, the waiters and waitress are to recognize and not disturb the flow of conversation. Maybe this happens in rinky dink diners but in upscale places with business dealings and private conversations, the staff knows best not to bother them.

    • @str8ballinSA
      @str8ballinSA Рік тому

      @@cobrakingkaiIt happened in Office Space.

  • @omarngaby
    @omarngaby Рік тому

    Nicolai " I don't get paid enough for this ish" 🤣

  • @vladislavmkrtychev8852
    @vladislavmkrtychev8852 Рік тому +19

    Can we also give credit to the other guy? He played his role very well too.

    • @SuperSaiyanMoses
      @SuperSaiyanMoses Рік тому +3

      other guy 😶

    • @fr3k4z0id
      @fr3k4z0id Рік тому +1

      Márton Csókás, born in New Zealand to a Hungarian father and Australian mother.

    • @jaybeswick9062
      @jaybeswick9062 Рік тому

      You could give credit to the actor and leave it at that but your anger towards Denzel (Black People) will be credited to you also the fact you don't even mention his name cause you did not know Marton Csokas helps solidify your ignorance 💯

    • @vladislavmkrtychev8852
      @vladislavmkrtychev8852 Рік тому

      @@jaybeswick9062 Dude, stop doing drugs.

  • @Trailrunner1978
    @Trailrunner1978 Рік тому

    What an actor. Mindblowing.

  • @shimvijay1
    @shimvijay1 2 роки тому +10

    What do you see when you look at me?

    • @gasaiyuno9608
      @gasaiyuno9608 2 роки тому +2

      And that’s where McCall should have answered with a straight menacing face : ‘’ A dead men ‘’ I would have been scared as hell 💀🤚✨

    • @RafelAlva
      @RafelAlva 2 роки тому +2

      ​@@gasaiyuno9608 underrated af, this comment

    • @gasaiyuno9608
      @gasaiyuno9608 2 роки тому +1

      @@RafelAlva thanks :D

    • @kennethli8
      @kennethli8 2 роки тому +3

      Russian fool got scared.

  • @justicebethel891
    @justicebethel891 Рік тому

    When you pray for rain you gotta deal with the mud too 🔥🔥

  • @Urban-Spaceman
    @Urban-Spaceman 2 роки тому +10

    “When you look at me what do you see?”
    Kevin Spacey, tbh.

  • @TheCoolProfessor
    @TheCoolProfessor Рік тому +1

    A well-structured argument!

  • @Saddartha
    @Saddartha 2 роки тому +3

    Imagine not writing the movie name in the title or description. Thumbs down.

  • @wrbk19
    @wrbk19 Рік тому

    Denzel is such a G. Always bad ass AF in all his movies!

  • @paul8392
    @paul8392 2 роки тому +3

    He gets whacked by the Russians in Training Day, and whacks the Russians here. The circle is complete.

  • @skymabile2855
    @skymabile2855 Рік тому

    3:24
    Nicolai: You strike me as a sentimental man, (proceeds to ramble on about hhow basic human decency and virtue as weakness).
    Denzel/Mcall: Where'd you get that line, in a comic book? Or a Sat AM cartoon? 😎

  • @princedarius7224
    @princedarius7224 Рік тому +3

    "When you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud too"
    Denzel said this line moments before in the scene

  • @mannyderosa8512
    @mannyderosa8512 Рік тому +1

    If you appreciate good acting then this is one of those scenes you should love. Nicolai facial expression says everything. He admires McCall's coldness also lol