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 parents' 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.
Acting
James Woods delivers unhinged, scene-devouring chaos.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI explosions that actually explode impressively.
Director
Luis Llosa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The infamous shower scene required 14 takes because Stallone kept slipping on the soap. Director Luis Llosa originally wanted more explosions.
This film represents peak 1994 erotic-thriller-meets-action absurdity, released months before Stone's Casino would redeem her dramatic credentials. It bombed critically but cemented 'specialist' as euphemism in action cinema.
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