Eraser
Eraser is a 1996 American action film directed by Chuck Russell and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, James Coburn, Robert Pastorelli, and Vanessa L. Williams. The film follows 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.
Plot
John Kruger (Arnold Schwarzenegger) – a top U.S. Marshal for the Witness Security Protection Program (WITSEC) – specializes in "erasing" high-profile witnesses: faking their deaths to protect them from anyone that might silence them. After erasing mob witness Johnny Casteleone (Robert Pastorelli), Kruger is given a new assignment by his boss, Chief Arthur Beller (James Coburn), to protect Lee Cullen (Vanessa L. Williams), a senior executive at Cyrez Corporation, a defense contractor. Lee warned the FBI that top-level Cyrez executives covered up the creation of a top secret electromagnetic pulse rifle and plan to sell the weapon on the black market.
Cast
- Aleksander Krupa
- Andy Romano
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Ben Shenkman
- Camille Winbush
- Camryn Manheim
- Danny Nucci
- Denis Forest
- James Caan
- James Coburn
- James Cromwell
- Joe Viterelli
- John Slattery
- Mark Rolston
- Melora Walters
- Michael Papajohn
- Nick Chinlund
- Patrick Kilpatrick
- Robert Miranda
- Robert Pastorelli
- Roma Maffia
- Skipp Sudduth
- Steven Ford
- Sven-Ole Thorsen
- Tony Longo
- Vanessa Williams
More details
author | Walon Green |
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contentLocation | California Maryland New York City |
director | Chuck Russell |
editor | Michael Tronick |
genre | action |
keywords | attack baltimore black market brand broken promise central park central park zoo container crane deputy secretary of defense disillusion electromagnetic pulse electromagnetic pulse rifle erase escape fly gerry becker halo jump hear hidden camera kill load mafia boss murder olek krupa railgun russian mafia secretary of defense ship sting operation terrorism terrorist top secret u.s. marshal united states marshals service vanessa l. williams vice president wait warn witness security protection program witsec wound |
musicBy | Alan Silvestri |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Sound Editing |
producer | Arnold Kopelson |
productionCompany | Kopelson Entertainment |
publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
theme | chase |