The premise is moderately intriguing.
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01/01/00
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
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
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Reviews for Eraser
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06/05/02
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
As entertaining and solid as its leading man.
08/24/08
Big-budget action filmmaking at its dullest.
08/24/08
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10/18/08
Williams isn't required to do much more than look beleaguered and beautiful, which she does admirably.
01/01/00
Is it just me, or is Arnold Schwarzenegger's accent getting worse? I think it is, as is his acting ability, as well as his choice of films to star in.
01/01/00
James Caan is good as the heavy, but the movie degenerates into routine comic-book mayhem.
01/23/06
A film that didn't need much effort to be erased from viewers' memories.
01/20/03
No review available.
03/10/04
No review available.
03/27/04
On the Schwarzenegger career curve, this is one step forward and two giant steps back.
01/01/00
Caan's character is great, Robert Pastorelli's ex-wiseguy is enlisted to help and provide a little stereotype comic relief and Arnold makes a mid-air exit from an airplane that makes for one groovy action sequence.
11/07/02
Even for escapism, this is on the crazy side.
01/01/00
Top CriticExtremely predictable and derivative.
01/01/00
Even by action movie standards, this is a soulless recital of formula.
08/30/02
We've seen Schwarzenegger do all this before, and in films superior to this passable but workmanlike effort.
01/01/00
Schwarzenegger delivers big action, big stunts and high-tech suspense, but Eraser ultimately fails to thrill.
03/18/05
Arnold Schwarzenegger tries his hardest to look formidable, forbidding and stern in Eraser, but what he mostly looks is tired.
02/14/01
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