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The Specialist

  • 19941994
  • RR
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
66K
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POPULARITY
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104
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Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone in The Specialist (1994)
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A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.

IMDb RATING
5.5/10
66K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,459
104
  • Director
    • Luis Llosa
  • Writers
    • John Shirley(Specialist novels)
    • Alexandra Seros
  • Stars
    • Sylvester Stallone
    • Sharon Stone
    • James Woods
Top credits
  • Director
    • Luis Llosa
  • Writers
    • John Shirley(Specialist novels)
    • Alexandra Seros
  • Stars
    • Sylvester Stallone
    • Sharon Stone
    • James Woods
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 150User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 7 nominations

    Videos1

    The Specialist
    Trailer 1:55
    The Specialist

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    Sylvester Stallone in The Specialist (1994)
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    James Woods in The Specialist (1994)
    James Woods in The Specialist (1994)
    Sharon Stone in The Specialist (1994)
    Sylvester Stallone and Eric Roberts in The Specialist (1994)
    Sharon Stone in The Specialist (1994)
    Sylvester Stallone and Brent Sexton in The Specialist (1994)
    Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone in The Specialist (1994)
    Sharon Stone, James Woods, and Rod Steiger in The Specialist (1994)
    Sharon Stone and Eric Roberts in The Specialist (1994)
    Sharon Stone and James Woods in The Specialist (1994)

    Top cast

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    Sylvester Stallone
    Sylvester Stallone
    • Ray Quickas Ray Quick
    Sharon Stone
    Sharon Stone
    • May Munroas May Munro
    James Woods
    James Woods
    • Ned Trentas Ned Trent
    Rod Steiger
    Rod Steiger
    • Joe Leonas Joe Leon
    Eric Roberts
    Eric Roberts
    • Tomas Leonas Tomas Leon
    Mario Ernesto Sánchez
    Mario Ernesto Sánchez
    • Charlieas Charlie
    Sergio Doré Jr.
    • Strongarmas Strongarm
    Chase Randolph
    • May's Dadas May's Dad
    Jeana Bell
    • May's Momas May's Mom
    Brittany Paige Bouck
    • Young Mayas Young May
    Emilio Estefan Jr.
    Emilio Estefan Jr.
    • Piano Playeras Piano Player
    LaGaylia Frazier
    • Singer #1as Singer #1
    Ramón González Cuevas
    • Priest at Cemeteryas Priest at Cemetery
    • (as Ramon Gonzalez-Cuevas)
    Tony Munafo
    • Tonyas Tony
    Cheito Quinonez
    • Singer at Partyas Singer at Party
    Tony Tatis
    • Backup Singeras Backup Singer
    Mercedes Enriquez
    • Pregnant Woman on Busas Pregnant Woman on Bus
    Yeniffer Behrens
    Yeniffer Behrens
    • Schoolgirl on Busas Schoolgirl on Bus
    • Director
      • Luis Llosa
    • Writers
      • John Shirley(Specialist novels) (suggestion)
      • Alexandra Seros
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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    Storyline

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    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. —rcs0411@yahoo.com
    • bare breasts
    • bomb
    • sex scene
    • sex in shower
    • femme fatale
    • 335 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Killing is his profession. Revenge is her goal. Together they take on the battle against the underworld of Miami.
    • Genres
      • Action
      • Drama
      • Thriller
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for strong violence, sexuality and language
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Sylvester Stallone had this to say on filming the shower scene with Sharon Stone:

      "OK. Let it be known, I didn't want to do this scene because Sharon was not cooperating. We get to the set and she decides not to take her robe off. The director asks only a few of the crew to remain, and she still won't take it off. I promised her I wouldn't take any liberties, so what's the problem? She said, 'I'm just sick of nudity.' I asked her if she could get sick of it on someone else's film. She was having none of it, so I went down to my trailer, brought back a bottle of Black Death vodka that was given to me by Michael Douglas and after half-a-dozen shots we were wet and wild."
    • Goofs
      The scene in which Ray sets a trap in his high rise balcony hotel room overlooking the water was spectacular, but from a construction or physics perspective it was preposterous. No amount of explosives placed on the surface of the floor, walls and ceiling could have caused the balcony to break off cleanly as depicted. Ray would have had to have hired crews to use heavy equipment to drill into the concrete and then place explosives inside the concrete. Obviously the hotel would not have cooperated with Ray's remodeling.
    • Quotes

      May Munro: You know, the next time you order a hit you might want to consider taking out your decorator.

      Tomas Leon: You like to live dangerously, don't you?

      May Munro: A little danger never killed anyone. Right, baby?

      Tomas Leon: Sometimes.

    • Connections
      Featured in Gloria Estefan: Turn the Beat Around (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Slip Away
      Written by Lawrence Dermer (as Lawrence P. Dermer)

      Produced by Emilio Estefan Jr. and Lawrence Dermer (as Lawrence P. Dermer)

      Performed by LaGantia Frazier

      Courtesy of Crescent Moon Records, Inc.

    User reviews150

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Over-The-Top-But Entertaining Revenge Flick
    Hey, I enjoy a good revenge movie as well as the next guy, even though I know forgiveness is the better way. Revenge films satisfy base urges in all of us. But, holy smokes, this crosses the line a little bit with the glorification of such....at least with the ending (which I won't give away but involves Sharon Stone's character).

    Along the way is a fun ride as the revenge-obsessed Stone hires Sylvester Stallon (The Specialist, a term for his bomb-making talents) to kill all the people responsible for her parents' murder years earlier.

    The villains are over-the-top, to say the least. One almost has to laugh out loud at one of them: James Woods. Few people in his era (70s and 80s mainly) were better at playing despicable villains than Woods, and in this film he plays that role to the hilt. He also rattles off the best line in the movie when he tells some tourist to "get a new shirt, too."

    The other villains are played by Eric Roberts and Rod Steiger. Roberts is nasty and arrogant all the way and Steiger - as he has so often since the 1970s - appears cartoonish in his over-acting.

    The film moves quickly which means it's very entertaining and some of the bombing scenes are quite memorable, such as a chunk of a condo building falling into the ocean.

    Even though the villains are really nasty, there are no "good guys" here, either. Everyone is seriously flawed, as is the message of the film. I guess this is one of those "guilty pleasure" movies they talk about, because I still enjoy watching it every five or so years.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 7, 1994 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Chuyên Gia Chất Nổ
    • Filming locations
      • Great Falls Dam, Rock Island, Tennessee, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Jerry Weintraub Productions
      • Iguana Producciones
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $45,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $57,362,582
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $14,317,765
      • Oct 9, 1994
    • Gross worldwide
      • $170,362,582
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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