The Specialist (1994)
The government taught him to kill. Now he's using his skills to help a woman seek revenge against the Miami underworld.
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The Specialist rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb5.6/10· 73K votes
Rotten Tomatoes10%
TMDb5.9/10· 1K votesWith 10% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.6/10 on IMDb, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About The Specialist
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.
Cast of The Specialist
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
- C
Chase Randolph
as Stan Munro
- J
Jeana Bell
as Alice Munro
- B
Brittany Paige Bouck
as Young May
Emilio Estefan Jr.
as Pianoplayer
LaGaylia Frazier
as Singer #1
The Specialist facts
- Budget
- $45M
- Box office
- $170.4M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Explosives expert premise delivers kinetic action
- •Neo-noir atmosphere grounds thriller aesthetic
- •Action-hero archetype satisfies genre expectations
What the audience disliked
- •Fistfight choreography becomes repetitive and dull
- •Book adaptation loses source material depth
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