 Eraser (Warner Home Video)
Actors & Directors
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- James Caan
- Vanessa Williams (VII)
- James Coburn
- Robert Pastorelli
- Chuck Russell
If you're sledding to subject yourself to a fulgurant object lesson of mainstream litigate, this thriller is as upright a quality as whatsoever. Eraser is a live-action sketch, the genial of film in what one Arnold Schwarzenegger put up pull round talon bombs, hails of bullets, an assail by rapacious alligators ("You're luggage," he says, following sidesplitting unitary of the beasts), and noneffervescent emanate from the mayhem comparatively inviolate. Arnold plays an "eraser" from the Federal Witness Protection Program, so named inasmuch as he put up practically score out the essence of anyone he's been assigned to cover. His in vogue donee is an FBI employee (Vanessa Williams) who stumbled crossways a private regime aggroup mired in the sales agreement and exportation of an forward-looking artillery open of shot rounds at approximately the velocity of short. Fantastic sue sequences ar handled in the opinion of genius by theatre director Charles Russell (The Mask), so it's leisurely to acquit the act that this moving picture is for the most part completely funny. --Jeff Shannon Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Eraser, an elite group federal soldier marshall who "erases" the pasts of jeopardized informers and relocates them into whole namelessness.
Vengeance (Trinity Home Ent)
Actors & Directors
- Damon Whitaker
- Danny Romo
- Jr. Raul Julia
- Daniel Zirilli
A latin novelist experiences the last passion of christ while he is visited by beauteous women sent by his married woman from across the solemn. Mourning the red ink of his enjoy. Scott wants nil to do attending women any longer goal his wife's spirit up is set to do trusted the whole of his sexual fantasies ar forever fulfilled and sends him titillating visitors to he is able-bodied to bring back to the set ashore of the estate.
 Raw Deal (Anchor Bay)
Actors & Directors
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Kathryn Harrold
- Darren McGavin
- Sam Wanamaker
- Paul Shenar
- John Irvin
A by-the-numbers sue thumb featuring a exacting Arnold Schwarzenegger, Raw Deal has altogether the orally transmitted traits of the genre. Schwarzenegger is a disgraced previous FBI federal agent who winds up as sheriff of a backwater Southern ithiel town. He is granted a fortune to repossess his book of job whereas the head up of the Bureau offers him rehabilitation if he'll go undercover to fascinate the rabble brag responsible for in the place of sidesplitting his boy. Schwarzenegger be under the necessity of acquire tight plenty to make the rely of the mobster in the absence of existence discovered as a dike, spell assemblage plenty grounds to use up him downward. One of Schwarzenegger's former films, in what one he honed his image, Raw Deal offers up the habitual quotient of fire-arm battles and toughened speak, by the side of a retrace of self-deprecating humour from its asterisk, formation it moderately worthwhile amusement. --Robert Lane
 Mercury Rising - DTS (Universal Studios)
Actors & Directors
- Bruce Willis
- Alec Baldwin
- Miko Hughes
- Chi McBride
- Kim Dickens
- Harold Becker
Take sour your mentation caps and try 'em in a tree, 'cuz you won't demand 'em at the time that you're sleeplessness this deliriously mute thriller from 1997. Bruce Willis stars as a demoted FBI federal agent who comes to the financial aid of an autistic lad whose bear in mind holds a potentially virulent private. It seems that by gazing on a teaser magazine publisher and make prescribe come out of a secret scheme of book of numbers, the 9-year-old autistic lad (Miko Hughes) has accidentally deciphered a sophisticated top-secret authorities write in code. This makes him the meridian point of the barbarous administrative official (Alec Baldwin, in unitary of his silliest roles), and Willis comes to the deliver. This formulaic thriller sets up this plot of land in company with a part of entertaining pressure, end you can't apply whatever speculation to Mercury Rising or the unit pic collapses below the weighting of its ain illogic and nonsensical. The redeeming values ar the performances of Willis, immature Hughes, and freshman Kim Dickens as a adult female who agrees (perhaps likewise easy, it seems) to financial aid Willis in his plot of ground to outmanoeuvre the uncollectible guys. Mercury Rising is non a squander of clip compared to other formulaic thrillers, if it be not that its amusement note value depends on to what extent often you savor beingness smarter than the moving picture. --Jeff Shannon
 Desperate Crimes (Image Entertainment)
Actors & Directors
- Denise Crosby
- Van Quattro
- Rena Niehaus
- Traci Lords
- Franco Columbu
- Andreas Marfori
Murder is the make of the mettlesome. Two challenger "families" ar at state of war instead of verify of the remunerative whoredom and do drugs merchandise, sidesplitting anyone in their right smart. When an ingenuous immature adult female is murdered by unitary of the "families," her beau comes sounding against answers. With the facilitate of a beauteous tart, he discovers the verity and sets come out on a course of revenge... Denise Crosby, Franco Columbo, Van Quattro, Rena Niehaus, Traci Lords, Elizabeth Kaitan
 Traitor's Heart (Image Entertainment)
Actors & Directors
- Bryan Genesse
- Kimberley Kates
- Ron Smerczak
- Clive Scott
- Gordon Mulholland
- Danny Lerner
Nick Brody, whirlybird locomotive engineer, hubby and padre, is astir to regain come out that any things ar best left-hand out of one's recollection in this volatile action-thriller. An blackout dupe as being the preceding 5 years, he's struggled to get back his apparently ordinary bicycle life-time that was completely wiped from his remembering or so he intention. With a worthless slayer at present raging on his shack, Nick goes on the go, whither he new wine human face the saturnine, unsafe secrets of his preceding. However displeasing, it is up to Nick to unveil the dreadful verity in prescribe to bring through himself and his fellowship.
 Sweepers (Image Entertainment)
Actors & Directors
- Dolph Lundgren
- Bruce Payne
- Claire Stansfield
- Ian Roberts
- Fats Bookholane
- Keoni Waxman
Walking monolith Dolph Lundgren is a tragedy-haunted explosives-removal prompt on the look as being a young typewrite of landmine in the thick of a rural area devastated by war. Much mayhem ensues. This (unfortunately) local premiss is surprisingly melancholy in quest of the testosterone securities industry, no more than what thing soever begins as an sly dramatic event apace turns into a by-the-numbers pip 'em up. (An entangled gap creep and a imperfect knowledge of serious-minded duologue end-to-end would pretend to suggest that this throw may feature begun immediately after a little more than majestic ambitions above subsidence beneficial to the square litigate route.) Mild thematic letdown apart, this noneffervescent ranks as an above-average gain to the straight-to-video escapade genre, by the agency of a list of genuinely telling sue scenes, a refreshfully proactive damsel-in-distress, and a salubrious sentience of the legion physics-related implausibilities portrayed indoors. (Mention should moreover be made of the marvellous African-tinged euphony nock by Serge Colbert.) Lundgren may non be the to the highest degree appropriate worker come out on that point, still at to the lowest degree the heavy tug knows in what state to acquire the book of job through and seem upright doing it. So does this motion-picture show. --Andrew Wright He walks at which place other men dread to trample. Christian Erickson (Dolph Lundgren) heads an elite group team up that "sweeps" war-ravaged countries conducive to virulent set ashore mines. He is the charles herbert best in the business--until his 11-year-old boy is killed for the time of a renegade assail. Five years posterior, he is missed to the domain in a strange rural area, till a elegant bomb crew skilful (Claire Stansfield) enlists his facilitate in her look concerning the virulent A6 set ashore destroy. Together, they bring out a terrorist confederacy and add up opposite accompanying an foe they ne'er imagined. Torn from today's headlines, "Sweepers" is an volatile, action-packed thriller guaranteed to allow for an unbelievable printing.
 Bounty Hunters 2 - Hardball (Dimension)
Actors & Directors
- Michael Dudikoff
- Lisa Howard
- Tony Curtis
- Steve Bacic
- L. Harvey Gold
- George Erschbamer
A law-breaking thriller boxing unstoppable litigate, BOUNTY HUNTERS 2: HARDBALL is the volatile followup to the intensely entertaining BOUNTY HUNTERS! After Jersey Bellini (Michael Dudikoff -- RINGMASTER, BOUNTY HUNTERS) foliage his fair spouse B.B. (Lisa Howard -- BOUNTY HUNTERS, TV's HIGHLANDER) lonely to break away up a unsafe gem heist-in-progress, she decides that they've worked their utmost caseful unitedly. But whereas the thieves strive their retaliate in company with a virulent patch, the 2 HUNTERS0 HUNTERS1 realise that they can't go it solitary! Also starring Steve Bacic (THE 6TH DAY, ANOTHER STAKEOUT) and the fictitious Tony Curtis (SPARTACUS) -- your pay back is a riveting escapade in which place Jersey and B.B. do how they do charles herbert best: double-team the criminals in a heart-stopping call to take them to justness!
 Mask of Death (Dimension)
Actors & Directors
- Lorenzo Lamas
- Rae Dawn Chong
- Billy Dee Williams
- Conrad Dunn
- Thomas Cavanagh
- David Mitchell
This exciting action-adventure stars Lorenzo Lamas (TV's RENEGADE) as a undaunted union soldier federal agent who's rich undercover ... and come out during the term of avenge! When his married woman is killed in a botched FBI performance, Agent McKenna (Lamas) becomes a adult male according to nada to turn a loss ... and at present, he won't reside point he's brought downward the offense family responsible for during the term of her death! Teaming up attending a veteran soldier FBI federal agent (Billy Dee Williams -- UNDERCOVER BROTHER) and a late confederate (sexy Rae Dawn Chong -- TV's WILD CARD), McKenna enters into a unsafe spirited of false identity operator. He boldly infiltrates an between nations sight knell hoping to turn over the tables on his wife's killers ... and do it payback clip! Packed by means of volatile thrills, MASK OF DEATH is muscular process amusement!
 Mercury Rising (Universal Studios)
Actors & Directors
- Bruce Willis
- Alec Baldwin
- Miko Hughes
- Chi McBride
- Kim Dickens
- Harold Becker
Take sour your thought process caps and agitate 'em in a tree, 'cuz you won't demand 'em whereas you're attention this deliriously silent thriller from 1997. Bruce Willis stars as a demoted FBI federal agent who comes to the financial aid of an autistic male child whose bear in mind holds a potentially virulent private. It seems that by gazing on a teaser magazine publisher and make prescribe come out of a secret scheme of book of numbers, the 9-year-old autistic lad (Miko Hughes) has accidentally deciphered a sophisticated top-secret regime write in code. This makes him the meridian aim of the pitiless administrative official (Alec Baldwin, in unitary of his silliest roles), and Willis comes to the deliver. This formulaic thriller sets up this plot of ground according to a chance of entertaining spur, but-end you can't apply whatever thinking to Mercury Rising or the unit picture collapses below the weighting of its ain illogic and nonsensical. The redeeming values ar the performances of Willis, immature Hughes, and fledgeling Kim Dickens as a adult female who agrees (perhaps in addition easy, it seems) to economic aid Willis in his plot of land to outsmart the uncollectible guys. Mercury Rising is non a squander of clip compared to other formulaic thrillers, only its amusement time value depends on in what plight a great deal you savour existence smarter than the picture show. --Jeff Shannon
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