The Specialist [Region 2] |  | Director: Luis Llosa
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Rod Steiger, Eric Roberts
Category: DVD
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Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 296618
Format: PAL
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), Arabic (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Running Time: 110 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5024165765616
ASIN: B00004CX8N
Theatrical Release Date: October 7, 1994
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Just awful enough to qualify as someone's guilty pleasure, this convoluted thriller was supposed to cash in on the supposedly sexy teaming of Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone (then hot from her ample exposure in Basic Instinct), but their naked groping in a shower provides one of the film's unintentionally funny highlights. Ray Quick (Stallone) is a former CIA bomb expert whose former colleague (James Woods) is now in cahoots with a Miami drug cartel led by kingpin Joe Leon (Rod Steiger), who chews the scenery while his son Tomas (Eric Roberts) proceeds with a greedy hidden agenda. May Munro (Stone) hires Quick to kill off Roberts. The Specialist, featuring lots of explosions and redeemed by a dandy role for James Woods, is best suited for ardent Stallone and Stone fans. --Jeff Shannon
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 47
 The Specialist January 8, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Set in contemporary Miami, an explosives expert helps a seductive beauty avenge the murder of her parents, teaming up against a formidable trio of villains: a powerful Cuban-American crime boss, his son, and their merciless hit man. The Specialist is a great action drama. From start to finish, this movie keeps you interested. Sharon Stone, Stallone and James Woods are all fantastic in this movie. Very entertaining, a must see movie.
This Seller is GREAT September 22, 2009
Nancy E. Gorham (Denver, CO USA)
I received the item I ordered in fantastic condition, right away, and am VERY happy with my order. I will absolutely be ordering again.
 Over-The-Top-But Very Entertaining May 28, 2009
Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
I enjoy a good revenge movie as well as the next guy, but, holy smokes, this crosses the line a little bit with the glorification of it...at least with the ending (which I won't give away but involves Sharon Stone's character).
Whatever, the film features an entertaining tale of a revenge-obsessed woman (Stone) who 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 have been 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."
Some of the bombing scenes are quite memorable, such as a chunk of a condo building falling into the ocean.
If revenge is to your liking, this is your cup of tea - a big cup!
 Stallone Can Make Anything Bad January 17, 2008
Uncle Chino (New Zealand)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie should be better than what it is. You have Rod Steiger, Eric Roberts and James Woods. These are three very good actors. You have Sharon Stone looking incredibly hot and at her peak of sexiness. And then you have... STALLONE. This peice of wood is the only person I know that can make a nude sex scene with Sharon Stone boring. He is so gassed up and that his lack of body fat has his face looking like a skeleton. The guy is a horrible actor. He was good in the first Rocky and man... he sucks in everything he is in (and don't tell me about Copland. He was horrible in that too).
Watch Basic Instinct, Star 80, Pope of Greenwhich Village, or Runaway Train, Salvador and The Pawnbroker or Capone. This movie is just really bad. Why? Two words... STA LLONE.
What I wouldnt give to have been Sharon Stone! July 17, 2007
irishgrl (USA)
As a woman, I find it hilarious how often Stallone is panned by fellow men. I have to wonder why?? Personally, I like his style and he's very VERY easy on the eyes as well. I read that Stone had a crush on Stallone and was anxious to work with him. (another beautiful actress, Madeline Stowe, said the same thing about her screen time with him). Perhaps some folks think that by trashing Stallone's acting, they can somehow feel superior? Trust me, it aint working. The man is hawt, the chemistry sizzles, and you get one guess who I fantasize about...the action scenes are good too, but I expect that in a Stallone film.
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