Eraser (1996)
Agent John Kruger has been hired by the Federal Witness Protection Program to work as an 'eraser,' who publicly 'kills' a valued witness so the government can create new lives and identities for them. And when he must erase Lee, he becomes suspicious of his co-workers.
29 January 1942, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
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24 September 1944, Copenhagen, Denmark
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12 December 1971, Akron, Ohio, USA
26 March 1940, The Bronx, New York, USA
9 July 1965, Houston, Texas, USA
5 September 1960, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
27 January 1940, Los Angeles, California, USA
19 August 1958, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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July 30, 2007
It's the sort of plot you've seen so many times before that you forget exactly where you've seen it before, though you know it probably worked better then.
August 24, 2008
The advanced weaponry and nifty scopes notwithstanding, most of the gunplay is pretty standard-issue, with most of the victims being anonymous targets present just to be picked off.
February 14, 2001
Arnold Schwarzenegger tries his hardest to look formidable, forbidding and stern in Eraser, but what he mostly looks is tired.
January 23, 2006
James Caan is good as the heavy, but the movie degenerates into routine comic-book mayhem.
August 24, 2008
Big-budget action filmmaking at its dullest.
August 24, 2008
Welcome back, big guy.
January 26, 2006
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.
August 24, 2008
As entertaining and solid as its leading man.
March 18, 2005
Schwarzenegger delivers big action, big stunts and high-tech suspense, but Eraser ultimately fails to thrill.
April 12, 2002
The bang-for-the-buck ratio is high enough to appease even the thinnest wallet.
July 10, 2005
...a minor addition to the Schwarzenegger oeuvre
June 18, 2002
This is one of those movies where good guys don't miss, and bad guys can't shoot to save their lives.
