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10/18/08
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
US Box Office: $0
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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10/18/08
Welcome back, big guy.
08/24/08
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.
08/24/08
Top CriticBig-budget action filmmaking at its dullest.
08/24/08
Top CriticAs entertaining and solid as its leading man.
08/24/08
Top CriticIt'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.
07/30/07
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.
01/26/06
Top CriticJames Caan is good as the heavy, but the movie degenerates into routine comic-book mayhem.
01/23/06
...a minor addition to the Schwarzenegger oeuvre
07/10/05
Schwarzenegger delivers big action, big stunts and high-tech suspense, but Eraser ultimately fails to thrill.
03/18/05
Explosions, stunts, big guns, and Ah-nuld.
12/20/04
Second-rate Arnold, but entertainingly over-the-top.
10/14/04
No review available.
03/27/04
No review available.
03/10/04
No review available.
12/29/03
I'm a Schwarzenegger fan, except for the comedies.
10/01/03
No review available.
06/26/03
No review available.
05/20/03
It's sucktacular.
04/24/03
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