As entertaining and solid as its leading man.
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08/24/08
Eraser (1996)
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Reviews Counted:43
Fresh:14
Rotten:29
Average Rating:4.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Muscle-bound, heavily-accented John Kruger is employed by the Witness Protection Program as an "eraser." In other words, he wipes out a witness's identity in order to save him or her from potential... [More]
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Caan, James Coburn
Director: Charles Russell
Reviews for Eraser
Top CriticOn the Schwarzenegger career curve, this is one step forward and two giant steps back.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's a movie constructed around three or four self-consciously 'cool' episodes, and passably entertaining as such, but there's also an awful lot of uncool contrivance, coincidence and contempt for the audience.
01/26/06
Top CriticCaan's character is great, Robert Pastorelli's ex-wiseguy is enlisted to help and provide a little stereotype comic relief and Arnold makes a mid-air exit from an airplane that makes for one groovy action sequence.
11/07/02
OK, this movie's plot isn't extremely clever or original, but what I care about is that it's fast and furious, and that director Chuck Russell knows how to craft a kick-ass action scene.
09/10/02
No review available.
01/01/00
Explosions, stunts, big guns, and Ah-nuld.
12/20/04
Welcome back, big guy.
08/24/08
Top CriticThe bang-for-the-buck ratio is high enough to appease even the thinnest wallet.
04/12/02
Second-rate Arnold, but entertainingly over-the-top.
10/14/04
'Eraser' is not great moviemaking, but it is fun.
07/08/01
Good action fun, with spectacular stunts and special effects.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe funniest action picture this year.
01/01/00
No review available.
01/19/03
I'm a Schwarzenegger fan, except for the comedies.
10/01/03
Big-budget action filmmaking at its dullest.
08/24/08
Top CriticWilliams isn't required to do much more than look beleaguered and beautiful, which she does admirably.
01/01/00
Is it just me, or is Arnold Schwarzenegger's accent getting worse? I think it is, as is his acting ability, as well as his choice of films to star in.
01/01/00
James Caan is good as the heavy, but the movie degenerates into routine comic-book mayhem.
01/23/06
A film that didn't need much effort to be erased from viewers' memories.
01/20/03
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