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.| Sylvester Stallone | Ray Quick |
| Sharon Stone | May Munro |
| James Woods | Ned Trent |
| Rod Steiger | Joe Leon |
| Eric Roberts | Tomas Leon |
| Tony Munafo | Tony |
| Chase Randolph | May's Dad |
| Carmen More | Cop #3 |
| John Archie | Cop #1 |
| Mario Roberts | Kitchen Thug #1 |
| Victoria Bass | Socialite |
| Mario Ernesto Sanchez | Charlie |
| Alfredo Alvarez Calderon | Bomb Expert |
| Antoni Coroner | Marksman |
| Jackie Davis | Grocery Store Owner |
| Chris Conrad | Officer |
| Dave Caprita | OPS Buddy |
| Jeff Moldovan | Kitchen Thug #2 |
| Gene Hartline | Kitchen Thug #3 |
| Bud Ekins | Veteran Cop |
| Allan Graf | Bus Driver |
| Mercedes Enriquez | Pregnant Woman on Bus |
Genre/Type - Action, Crime, Action Thriller
Produced by - Warner Brothers
Running time - 109 min.
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