A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 7 nominations
Ramón González Cuevas
- Priest at Cemetery
- (as Ramon Gonzalez-Cuevas)
- Director
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- TriviaSharon Stone was 36 when this movie was filmed, although her character was supposed to be in her early twenties.
- GoofsThe scene in which Ray sets a trap in his high rise balcony hotel room overlooking the water was spectacular, but from a construction or physics perspective it was preposterous. No amount of explosives placed on the surface of the floor, walls and ceiling could have caused the balcony to break off cleanly as depicted. Ray would have had to have hired crews to use heavy equipment to drill into the concrete and then place explosives inside the concrete. Obviously the hotel would not have cooperated with Ray's remodeling.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Gloria Estefan: Turn the Beat Around (1994)
- SoundtracksSlip Away
Written by Lawrence Dermer (as Lawrence P. Dermer)
Produced by Emilio Estefan Jr. and Lawrence Dermer (as Lawrence P. Dermer)
Performed by LaGantia Frazier
Courtesy of Crescent Moon Records, Inc.
Featured review
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.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Chuyên Gia Chất Nổ
- Filming locations
- Great Falls Dam, Rock Island, Tennessee, USA(truck explosion scene)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $57,362,582
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,317,765
- Oct 9, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $170,362,582
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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