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The Specialist

Name: The Specialist
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: 1994
Duration: 110 min
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Rod Steiger, Eric Roberts

Taste attributes: actionthrillerdramafastunsavouryheavyimaginarylinearbig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshipinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardy

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"The government taught him to kill. Now he's using his skills to help a woman seek revenge against the Miami underworld."

Boxlist takeA fast-moving, heightened thriller, heavy rather than light. Best if you like pace over patience.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

5.8 /10

TMDB · 912 votes

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow

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Synopsis

May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert to kill her parent's killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of Quick's is assigned to protect one of Quick's potential victims, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.

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