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 parent's 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

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

Chase Randolph

as Stan Munro

Jeana Bell

as Alice Munro

Brittany Paige Bouck

as Young May

Reviews

Gimly

A bomber makes for about as heroic a protagonist as you might expect. There is no reason to put yourself through the plodding pretentiousness of _The Specialist_ unless you, like I was, are on some sort of quest to watch the entire 80s-90s Stallone filography. _Final rating:★★ - Had some things t...

Wuchak

_**Explosive comic book crime thriller with Stallone, Stone and Woods**_ An ex-CIA demolitions expert (Sylvester Stallone) is hired by a grim beauty in Miami (Sharon Stone) to take out the mobsters who murdered her parents when she was a girl. Rod Steiger and Eric Roberts play high society gangst...

JPV852

Decent action can't overcome thin characters plus Stallone and Stone didn't have much chemistry together. At the very least James Woods, once again, goes over-the-top as the villain so he was entertaining. **2.75/5**...

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