Eraser (1996)

Directed by

Chuck Russell

Genre

drama film, action film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 2,065 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A U.S. Marshal with the witness protection program protects a whistleblower who has evidence of an illegal arms deal. He discovers that a traitor inside his own agency is helping the arms dealers.

fast-pacedtenseexplosiveruggedsuspensefulgrittyhigh-stakesno-nonsense

What happens

Eraser is a 1996 American action film directed by Chuck Russell and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Caan, James Coburn, and Robert Pastorelli. The film tells the story of a U.S. Marshal of WITSEC who protects a senior operative testifying about an illegal arms deal and is forced to fight his former allies when one of the players is revealed to be a mole inside WITSEC. Eraser premiered in United States on June 21, 1996, and was released in the rest of the United Kingdom on August 23, 1996, by Warner Bros. It received mixed reviews from critics, although they praised Williams's and Schwarzenegger's performances, the action sequences and the visual effects, and grossed $242 million against a $100 million budget. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing in 1997, but lost to The Ghost and the Darkness. It was also one of the first major films released on DVD, being part of the Japanese launch lineup of Warner Home Video's debut of the format on December 20, 1996. A direct-to-video reboot of the film, titled Eraser: Reborn and starring Dominic Sherwood, was released on June 7, 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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