On the Schwarzenegger career curve, this is one step forward and two giant steps back.
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01/01/00
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 CriticAs entertaining and solid as its leading man.
08/24/08
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 CriticA film that didn't need much effort to be erased from viewers' memories.
01/20/03
The premise is moderately intriguing.
01/01/00
Welcome back, big guy.
08/24/08
Top CriticExplosions, stunts, big guns, and Ah-nuld.
12/20/04
Good action fun, with spectacular stunts and special effects.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's the sort of plot you've seen so many times before that you forget exactly where you've seen it before, though you know it probably worked better then.
07/30/07
The bang-for-the-buck ratio is high enough to appease even the thinnest wallet.
04/12/02
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
This is one of those movies where good guys don't miss, and bad guys can't shoot to save their lives.
06/18/02
...a minor addition to the Schwarzenegger oeuvre
07/10/05
Even for escapism, this is on the crazy side.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe advanced weaponry and nifty scopes notwithstanding, most of the gunplay is pretty standard-issue, with most of the victims being anonymous targets present just to be picked off.
08/24/08
Top CriticIs 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
We've seen Schwarzenegger do all this before, and in films superior to this passable but workmanlike effort.
01/01/00
Manages a few solidly entertaining moments, and serves up the kind of meat-and-potatoes action Schwarzenegger's fans have come to expect.
01/01/00
The funniest action picture this year.
01/01/00
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