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The Specialist (1994)

R  |   |  Action, Crime, Drama  |  7 October 1994 (USA)
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A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.

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Mario Ernesto Sánchez ...
Charlie
Sergio Doré Jr. ...
Strongarm
Chase Randolph ...
May's Dad
Jeana Bell ...
May's Mom
Brittany Paige Bouck ...
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Piano Player
LaGaylia Frazier ...
Singer #1
Ramón González Cuevas ...
Priest at Cemetery
Tony Munafo ...
Tony
Cheito Quinonez ...
Singer at Party
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Storyline

Ray Quick is a bomb expert who worked for the CIA along with a guy named Ned Trent, who's extremely demented. When they have a falling out, Ray becomes a freelancer who lives off the grid. A woman named May Munro contacts and wants him to kill the three men who killed her family years ago, who work for the Leon crime family. Ray does it and after killing the first one, the Leons need to find the one who did it and it turns out Ned is now working for them and they task him with finding the bomber. The Leons get him to work with the police and he looks for the bomber. In the meantime Ray, while working on getting the others, can't help but follow May wherever she goes. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com

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The government taught him to kill. Now he's using his skills to help a woman seek revenge against the Miami underworld. See more »


Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, sexuality and language | See all certifications »

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7 October 1994 (USA)  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

£6,344,320 (UK) (24 February 1995)
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Trivia

Eric Roberts is only two years older than Sharon Stone. In the film his character was supposed to have killed her parents when she was a child. See more »

Goofs

When May is dropping her clothes on the floor of her apartment, she is dropping them on an obvious floor mark. See more »

Quotes

Ned: [to old couple trying to get on elevator; old man wearing a colorful shirt] Where are you going? Hey, use the stairs, this one's full. Get outta here! Get a new shirt.
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Connections

Referenced in The Larry Sanders Show: The Mr. Sharon Stone Show (1994) See more »

Soundtracks

El Amor
Written by F. "Stefano" Salgado and Kike Santander (as Kice Santander)
Produced by Emilio Estefan Jr. and Juanito R. Márquez
Performed by Azúcar Moreno
Courtesy of Sony Music International
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Stallone + Stone = Fireworks!
28 July 2000 | by (NJ) – See all my reviews

This seems like a film tailor-made so Sly & Sharon can 'strut their stuff' in the coupling dept. Sharon vamps, Sly warbles thru his lines. Yea, he's got a deep & sexy voice but you can only pick up on what he's saying to her on the phone if you got close-caption on your set! Anyway, they both look VERY fine in this film. James Woods is the pest you'll love to hate being the back-stabber that he is. "Slime" is the only word to use for Eric Roberts role & Rod Steiger's Hispanic accent is fun! See the edited version of this one. It's got a slick color to it that's quite appealing being that it was shot in Miami where everything's bright pink & green.


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