Rotten
This movie is a stinker in every way, from the one-dimensional acting to the idiot dialogue to the surprisingly monotonous storyline.
Christopher Harris, Globe and Mail
The Specialist
The government taught him to kill. Now he's using his skills to help a woman seek revenge against the Miami underworld.
1994 · 1h 50m · R
Action, Thriller
Directed by
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.
Director and cast
- Luis Llosa Director
- Sylvester Stallone as Ray Quick
- Sharon Stone as May Munro
- James Woods as Ned Trent
- Rod Steiger as Joe Leon
- Eric Roberts as Tomas Leon
- Mario Ernesto Sánchez as Charlie
- Sergio Doré Jr. as Strongarm
- Chase Randolph as Stan Munro
- Jeana Bell as Alice Munro
- Brittany Paige Bouck as Young May
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
7%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The Specialist is one of those films that forces the characters through torturous mazes of dialogue and action, to explain a plot that is so unlikely it's not worth the effort.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
With all the preening, posing and stretching, it's hard to know if The Specialist is an action movie or an exercise video.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Rotten
This movie is excruciatingly dumb.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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