Eraser [Blu-ray]
Starring: Gerry Becker, Ismael Carlo, Al Cerullo, Nick Chinlund, Charles ChiquetteStudio: Warner Home Video
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Format: Color, Widescreen
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release: September 2nd 2008
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/02/2008 Rating: R
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eraser, One of Arnolds best. - Rating: 5/5
I have been a fan of Arnold's movies from his Conan days. Yes, as cheesy as they are I still like them. Eraser starts off fast paces and picks up from there. While Arnold is the star of the movie, Vanessa Williams is a star in her own right and made her character believable. I especially like her scene in the zoo. Cornered by a rogue agent who tells her he is working with John (Arnold) she asks him for the secret handshake. While the man is trying to figure out what she's talking about she shoots him in the thigh with the gun concealed in her purse.
This is one of the movies I can watch over and over.
Richard Draude
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The Adam Eradication
Action Packed to the End - Rating: 5/5
This is a wild ride.. and I loved it.. another cool movie for my collection
Eraser - Rating: 5/5
Wathed it in the 80s and wanted to see it again. So glad it was available.
Not bad - Rating: 3/5
This is an action film, with a smart tough guy and a woman he needs to protect. I saw it, and now I can't remember a thing about the plot, though some of the details I do, like when Arnie used a refrigerator door for protection but still got his hand skewered.
This film is fine to pass the time, but there is no reason to buy it or savor it. Recommended tepidly. While it is too bad that I no longer enjoy this kind of mindless action film, I guess there are better things to do with my time. While watching, I continually felt myself thinking, OK, whatever, some guy thought this up, I paid for it, what am I getting? Not anything new, that's for sure. And I didn't forget myself and get enveloped in the story.
Arnold Knew How To Make Entertaining Films - Rating: 4/5
A dozen years ago, this Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick was fairly hot stuff but I wonder if it would have the impact today since special effects continue to be so much better and we've seen so many of these type of action stories in the past 12 years?
One of Arnold's keys to his successful career in films was simply that his movies were entertaining, and that's why people come to the theaters. High-brow national critics often forget that. "Eraser" is a prime example. Entertainment alone is how this particular movie survives since common logic doesn't exist here and violence and profanity are overdone. But, despite it's low-brow tastes and stupidity, it's still generally fun to watch if you can put your brain on hold for two hours. It's also fun to hear, too, if you have a nice surround system.
This movie has one of the most outrageous action scenes I've ever seen on film, even to this day: one in which Arnold hangs from the outside of a jet airplane, finally lets go, free-falls to catch his parachute that had been ripped off, and then has to worry about the jet plane which had circled around and was going to smash him!!
The audio came into play nicely each time the super rifle that was featured in the movie was shot. Vanessa Williams plays the female lead satisfactorily and James Caan is very effective as the villain. Robert Pastorelli and James Coburn also add to the fun. A few laughs along the way help this no-brainer to become even more entertaining.
