The Specialist Movie Review 1994

Buffed bods do not a movie make--at least not in this mechanical actioner featuring Stone as the revenge-minded May Munro. Seems May's parents were killed by Cuban gangsters, led by father/son thugs Joe (Steiger) and Tomas Leon (Roberts), and she decides ex-CIA bomb specialist Ray Quick (Stallone) is just the man she needs to settle the score. But Quick has his own reasons for accepting--his ex-partner is nutball Ned Trent (Woods), who's now working for the Leons. Things blow up a lot, the two leads show off their toned flesh (but not much acting), and Woods gets to steal the movie with his amusing scenery chewing.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 110 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, Revenge, Hit Men/Women, Boom!

Screenplay

Alexandra Seros

Cast

Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Eric Roberts, Rod Steiger

Cinematography

Jeffrey L. Kimball

Director

Luis Llosa

Music

John Barry

Producer

Jerry Weintraub, Jeff Most, Chuck Binder, Warner Bros.

Awards

Golden Raspberries 1994: Worst Actress (Stone).