The specialist [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Jerry Weintraub production ; a film by Luis Llosa ; written by Alexandra Seros ; produced by Jerry Weintraub ; directed by Luis Llosa.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 13574.1 | Warner Home Video1000100869 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2009]Description: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1419883410
- 9781419883415
- French title: Spécialiste
- Specialist (Motion picture).
- Director of photography, Jeffrey L. Kimball ; editor, Jack Hofstra ; music composed and conducted by John Barry.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | ACTION Speciali | Available | 33111008289825 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This over-the-top star vehicle for box office draws Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone went through a series of directors before landing in the hands of Luis Llosa. Stallone stars as Ray Quick, a former CIA bomb expert now retired in Miami after an operation against a South American drug lord went horribly wrong, resulting in the death of a child. Ray is coaxed out of retirement by May Munro (Stone) to help her get revenge on the powerful organized crime family -- headed up by Joe Leon (Rod Steiger) and his son Tomas (Eric Roberts) -- that killed her parents years before. In the meantime, Ray's former partner Ned Trent (James Woods) is on the Leon family payroll and is seeking his own kind of revenge on Ray. As Ray executes Leon's soldiers one by one, his attraction to May boils over into a steamy encounter in the shower, a prelude to an explosive finale. Although director Llosa wisely kept his camera focused on his buff, semi-clad stars and the film's spectacular effects, the somewhat silly and incoherent plot resulted in a poor box office performance for The Specialist, the third disappointment in a row for Stone. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1994.
Special features: production notes, theatrical trailer.
Suggested by the Specialist novels by John Shirley.
Director of photography, Jeffrey L. Kimball ; editor, Jack Hofstra ; music composed and conducted by John Barry.
Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Rod Steiger, Eric Roberts.
Helping a woman avenge her parents' death leaves an ex-CIA explosives ace open to an old foe in Miami.
MPAA rating: R; for strong violence, sexuality and language; CHV rating: 14A.
DVD, region 1, widescreen and full screen presentations; Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital surround stereo. (French or Spanish).
English, French or Spanish soundtracks; English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.