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The Specialist (1994)

A vengeance-fueled woman teams up with an explosive expert in a deadly game; perfect for thrill-seekers and action fans.

Genres: Action, Thriller

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The Specialist(1994)

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Movie1h 50mEnglishAction, Thriller
5.4
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May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert to kill her parent's killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of Quick's is assigned to protect one of Quick's potential victims, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.

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For a 1990s action flick this intensely boring. Zzzzz

This is one incredibly fun guilty pleasure. Watched it for the first time in ten years. But I enjoyed the whole movie with a grin on my face. It is not the best Stallone movie you will see nor the best masterpiece ever filmed. But you should not go in with that in mind. Just make sure your brain is turned to half power and ready to be entertained in a fun way.

Not the best Sly movie of course, but watchable for one time. They're both hot looking in this one.

The movie is OK and the cast is good. Though it does not really work as well as it was meant to. I find that they just take themselves too seriously. Still OK entertainment if you do not start watching with too much expectations.

**Part of my 2022 Action Wednesdays** I had no idea that I owned the Specialist on Blu-ray. While I was looking for Judge Dredd yesterday, I found a whole box set of Stallone movies, and since I haven't seen this one since I had it on VHS back in the mid 90s, I chose this for today. Not the best choice I could have made... The Specialist is boring...plain and simple. Sure, there are a few nice explosions, and Sharon Stone is so sexy, both with or without clothes, that it can actually be a bit distracting. For those of us so inclined, of course. There's also some tension, but the movie follows a very predictable path, so it usually fizzles out to nothing. No matter what you are looking for in The Specialist, it is done better in other movies. Here you'll only find overacting and a very predictable and boring story.

years without seeing her, Sharon stone looks pretty, the director is more concerned with making it look good on the screen than he does. James Woods eats them

Interesting Stallone - Woods - Stone action drama.

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Wuchak
Wuchak
0/10

_**Explosive comic book crime thriller with Stallone, Stone and Woods**_ An ex-CIA demolitions expert (Sylvester Stallone) is hired by a grim beauty in Miami (Sharon Stone) to take out the mobsters who murdered her parents when she was a girl. Rod Steiger and Eric Roberts play high society gangsters while James Woods is on hand as the specialist’s rival, who works for the mob. "The Specialist" (1994) is a competent Stallone action flick set in Miami, albeit seriously comic booky with Woods really hamming it up; Roberts too, to a lesser degree. Stallone was 47 during shooting and in exceptional shape. Not that I care, but he and Stone are shown totally nude in a shower scene (in a tasteful way). She looked great at 35, but this flick doesn’t beat “King Solomon’s Mines” (1985) where Sharon’s shorts kept getting shorter as the story progressed. Her character in that film wasn’t ultra-bitter as she is in this one; she was all-around vibrant. It’s kind of glaring, but the movie borrowed music from the 80’s Bond films; obviously the producers wanted that vibe. While it lacks the globetrotting of 007, it’s basically a mix of 80’s Bond and “The Punisher” (1989). The film runs 1 hour, 50 minutes and was shot in the Miami area, Florida, with the opening done at Great Falls Dam, Rock Island, Tennessee. GRADE: B-/C+

JPV852
JPV852
0/10

Decent action can't overcome thin characters plus Stallone and Stone didn't have much chemistry together. At the very least James Woods, once again, goes over-the-top as the villain so he was entertaining. **2.75/5**

Gimly
Gimly
0/10

A bomber makes for about as heroic a protagonist as you might expect. There is no reason to put yourself through the plodding pretentiousness of _The Specialist_ unless you, like I was, are on some sort of quest to watch the entire 80s-90s Stallone filography. _Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._

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