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Eraser

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John "The Eraser" Kruger is the top gun in the US Marshall Witness Protection scheme; he erases their past and deals with their future. His latest assignment is whistle-blower Dr. Lee Cullen, who has evidence against a major arms corporation that's selling weapons to terrorists with the collusion of rogue enemy agents within, but there is danger nearer home for Kruger, from within his own department.

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Eraser's shoot-'em-up action might show off some cutting edge weaponry, but its rote story is embarrassingly obsolete.

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Joe Morgenstern Wall Street Journal 07/19/2023
Tree trunk he may be, but Mr. Schwarzenegger has grown new branches with green leaves in this smart action thriller, directed with panache by Charles Russell and written crisply by Tony Puryear and Walon Green. Go to Full Review Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 06/14/2022
A few of the set pieces are fussy or overly extended, but the rest is tolerable bone-crunching diversion. Go to Full Review Anne Billson Daily Telegraph (UK) 11/27/2017
The stunts, even show-stopping ones such as our man throwing himself out of a plane without a parachute and landing on a car without sustaining injury, have an air of desperation about them. Go to Full Review Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald 01/02/2024
2/5
Most of Eraser consists of Schwarzenegger and Williams dodging bullets and bad guys, but director Chuck Russell doesn't put much effort into the action scenes: He simply points the camera and shoots. Go to Full Review Grant Watson Fiction Machine 12/19/2023
4/10
I think Eraser (1996), directed by Chuck Russell and co-starring James Caan and Vanessa Williams, is the first large-scale Schwarzenegger film that nobody cared about. Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 08/17/2022
3/4
...delivers exactly what one might’ve anticipated (and hoped for) based on the premise. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Gijs V @Da_Gista Feb 13 Not the best of his work but for sure entertaining. Movies from that era had the hidden message of right and wrong. We all knew the world not works that way but they showed character. It like treasure island, it's a novel. But those films thought me that if you are decent and don't give up. You are doing alright. Makes me smile 2 decades later stil. See more David S. @baxter667 Nov 17 One of the better movies of the nineteen nineties,this interesting but underappreciated action film, is certainly a better film than you think. It does have a thin plot, but otherwise a solid action film with a little bit of humor thrown in, not a bad waste of a couple of hours and it still holds up nicely today!!! See more Gregory S @Gregory566 Nov 14 90s action, Arnold, James Caan, and Vanessa Williams. Take my money See more Ryan H Jul 20 Probably Arnold’s last great 90s action film. Full of classic one-liners and action, ERASER is Prime Arnold! See more thiago s @Thiagostone 04/19/2025 Filme bacaninha, o roteiro é mais ou menos, as cenas são mais ou menos, o elenco é mais ou menos, e poucos ajudam a melhorar o filme, a história é mais ou menos, mas o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e mais relevantes See more AJ C @RT83183339 04/17/2025 The special effects of the rail guns are still good to this day and the practical stunts will always stand the test of time. For some reason though they decided Arnold should do martial arts and his stunt double is noticeably a much smaller leaner person. I know this is probably to keep up with trends of the time like Jackie Chan, Jet Li and JCVD but no one is going to believe that a massive bodybuilder like Schwarzenegger is capable of performing some of the kicks that his character executes. I know action movies are supposed to be larger than life spectacle but I did find this aspect distracting and unnecessary. James Caan played a hard ass to perfection as always. Vanessa Willaims was a competent female side character who was at least written to be some what intelligent and brave. See more Read all reviews
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Chuck Russell

Director

Arnold Schwarzenegger

John "The Eraser" Kruger

James Caan

Robert Deguerin

Vanessa Williams

Lee Cullen

James Coburn

Chief Beller

Robert Pastorelli

Johnny Castelone

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Synopsis John "The Eraser" Kruger is the top gun in the US Marshall Witness Protection scheme; he erases their past and deals with their future. His latest assignment is whistle-blower Dr. Lee Cullen, who has evidence against a major arms corporation that's selling weapons to terrorists with the collusion of rogue enemy agents within, but there is danger nearer home for Kruger, from within his own department.
Director
Chuck Russell
Producer
Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson
Screenwriter
Walon Green, Tony Puryear
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Warner Bros., Kopelson Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 21, 1996, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 15, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA)
$101.3M
Runtime
1h 55m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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