Ray Quick
Sylvester Stallone
Ray Quick
The Specialist
“The government taught him to kill. Now he's using his skills to help a woman seek revenge against the Miami underworld.”
5.9
1994
1h 50m
ActionThriller
Director: Luis Llosa
Overview
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 parents' 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.
Trailer
The Specialist ≣ 1994 ≣ Trailer
Cast
May Munro
Sharon Stone
May Munro
Ned Trent
James Woods
Ned Trent
Joe Leon
Rod Steiger
Joe Leon
Tomas Leon
Eric Roberts
Tomas Leon
Charlie
Mario Ernesto Sánchez
Charlie
Strongarm
Sergio Doré Jr.
Strongarm
Stan Munro
Chase Randolph
Stan Munro
Alice Munro
Jeana Bell
Alice Munro
Young May
Brittany Paige Bouck
Young May
Pianoplayer
Emilio Estefan Jr.
Pianoplayer
Singer #1
LaGaylia Frazier
Singer #1
Reviews
Gimly
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._
Read full reviewWuchak
_**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+
Read full reviewJPV852
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**
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