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
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 3/5 |
As entertaining and solid as its leading man. Full Review |
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It'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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
On the Schwarzenegger career curve, this is one step forward and two giant steps back. Full Review |
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1/4 |
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Welcome back, big guy. Full Review |
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The 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. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
Big-budget action filmmaking at its dullest. Full Review |
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2/5 |
It'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. Full Review |
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5/10 |
James Caan is good as the heavy, but the movie degenerates into routine comic-book mayhem.
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...a minor addition to the Schwarzenegger oeuvre Full Review |
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2/5 |
Schwarzenegger delivers big action, big stunts and high-tech suspense, but Eraser ultimately fails to thrill.
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3/4 |
Explosions, stunts, big guns, and Ah-nuld. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Second-rate Arnold, but entertainingly over-the-top.
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2/5 |
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1/5 |
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3/5 |
I'm a Schwarzenegger fan, except for the comedies.
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1/5 |
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