1996 · action · mystery · thriller
Eraser
Directed by Chuck Russell1h 55m1996
A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.
Our read: Eraser (1996) reads as a heavy, breathless, inventive action · mystery · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme action / mystery, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- twisty
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How Eraser feels to watch.
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“You want peak-nineties Schwarzenegger conspiracy action with absurd set pieces.”
Skip it tonight — You need tight plotting or cannot stomach dated CGI and macho one-liners.
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