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The Specialist [Blu-ray] [Import]

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

I recently viewed this movie and thought anyone can make a shoot-em-up, kill everyone kind of film. However, this film contains a good cast, a good plot, and as typical action movies go, a lot of action. I've seen all of Stallone's movies and there are some better ones, but as far as pure action and plot goes this is a keeper.

the piture could have been made comprehensively. sylvester stallone character seemed to be immaginative.the love scene between stone and sylvester is the essence of picture.especially stone has emerged in this movie as a sex symbol.

This is a horrible cartoon of a movie. I couldn't believe how badly acted, directed and written it was. It was like a really bad TV movie. Actually, I've never seen a TV movie as bad as this one. And at least TV movies are free....

For a film to have so many decent and respected names in it, it still manages to be disappointing. The plot is paper-thin, and as I understand it, Stallone had too much clout in altering the dramatic impact of the movie. I refer to two scenes in particular- the first fight with Woods where Stallone insisted that his character won ( just for a change ) thus diminishing the final come-uppance for the Woods character at the end of the film, and secondly the gratuitous bus scene where Stallone ( just for a change ) single-handedly sorts out some punks on a bus. Apparently the scene was added at Stallone's insistence, just to make him look heroic ( just for a ... well you get the picture ! ) Anyway the film is stolen by James Woods as usual, who probably could have done this film in his sleep! Jimmy is obviously enjoying himself with various little ad-libs ( 'Get a new shirt ! ) and is probably the only one on the set who realised just how daft the whole thing was. Stone looks edible as usual, but her role is little more than eye-candy despite her character supposedly being central to the plot. The true horror of the movie however is Rod Steiger's accent! What the hell has happened to this once great actor? I have seen less ham at the local meat market! His scenes with Woods show a once great actor being acted off the screen by another who needed the money to pay the rent. ' Chew find him!' Chew? The only chewing was Woods chewing up the scenery and walking off with the movie. I first saw the film at the cinema and the audience was bored with a large proportion of it, but every time Jimmy appeared, they all sat up, attentive again, because they knew SOMETHING was going to happen. The film isn't that bad for a Saturday night with a six-pack and a pizza, but as my school reports used to read- ' Could do much better '

Well, let's see. Just off the top of my head, here are some of the features of this turkey. Sly Stallone mumbles so badly that only about 5% of his dialogue is intelligible (though this is probably a plus, given the quality of the writing).Sharon Stone is nice to look at but her acting starts off bad and gets worse in a hurry. Her character is so unlikeable I cheered up when Woods slapped her around. Rod Steiger's accent, which I believe is supposed to be Cuban because he pronounces "you" as "chew" a la Scarface, comes and goes. James Woods plays a parody of himself (this was actually the most entertaining thing about the movie). They show Sly working out, and all he does are ballet-like stretches to show off his bod, and it was not a pretty sight. He is so over-pumped that there are alarmingly bulging veins on every inch of his body visible. Stone and Stallone (has a nice ring to it, huh?) have no chemistry--during their big sex scene, they look extremely bored instead of aroused, as if they are about to doze off but the only thing keeping them awake is to make sure their buff bodies are displayed carefully so they look their best on camera. Continuity is terrible-Sly's character adopts a fluffy grey kitty, which I guess is supposed to make him sensitive (I was just worried he'd crush it accidentally) but in a scene towards the end, the cat is dark brown. I give a grudging point towards the kitty not being killed by the Columbians or Woods--the one thing that I didn't see coming, because every time Sly came home looking for his cat I expected him to find it nailed to the wall or something equally hideous. Woods does have a great scene (a couple, really) where he does a little trick with a pen and some plastique to frighten his office staff. I also laughed at the way he'd constantly be yelling "Shut up!" to characters who hadn't even said anything yet.The movie is, I have to admit, one of those that is so bad, it would qualify as one of those 'love to hate it' movies that you sit around with your friends with to watch and make fun of. Worth renting if 1. you are a Woods fan and find him entertaining in any movie no matter how terrible it is or 2. you have a free rental coming at the video store (or both of the above, like me). If you can't stand all three of the principal stars, skip it by all means. 3 stars-2 for Woods, one for the "movie so bad it's good" factor.

Everything was terrible about the movie. The script was awful and Sly and Sharon are just two of the wrost actors in Hollywood. Sly is only good playing some idiot (except Rocky), and Sharon is only good with her underwear on (except Casino). This movie is simply very bad.

In my opinion, Sly's worst movie! Just when Antonio Banderas was coming off high from Desperado....this movie all but destroyed him! As for Sharon Stone? The shower scene was halarious...but I don't think that was the director's intention. Oh who cares, if you want a good comedy, rent it. But if you want an action flick, you're better off watching cartoons on TV.

This movie is a blast !You need to have a good sub with your system to get a real impact.Woods is great.