Eraser [VHS]

oh yeah there will be shooting, running from the bad guys -- and evil corrupt guys get arrested after a big shoot out -- what more do ya need??Outstanding acting by supporting cast and Arnold S is well Arnold -- he's not a great actor, not really, but this is HIS FILM all the way.... muscles and all he is the big hero here. The film reminds me of Kindergarten Cop, sort of.Plenty of action.Great supporting cast and female lead.Works great on Amazon Prime streaming. I use an ethernet cable and faster speed internet from my provider.2ndly LOOK AT THE DATE the film was made -- the technology in the film should be taken in the context of the year the film was made.A Classic that I've watched MANY times and really enjoy it -- Good fun!!

The 2-year gap between True Lies and Eraser forced some action fans into thinking that Big Arn had retired. He had delivered at least one action movie per year since Terminator. Eraser had an awesome trailer, to the tune of Enigma's wonderful "I Love You, I'll Kill You", that rocked my world in the summer of 1996. I saw virtually every blockbuster that year, and the Eraser trailer was attached to every one of them. It came out out in the UK in the very last week of summer (and my first week back at school). I saw it at the now demolished UCI cinema in Edinburgh with a sold-out audience, mostly filled with guys out for a "lad's night". The movie was rated 18, and even though I was 3 years below that mark, I still got in, which was fortunate since the cinema version is the only uncut version of the film that has ever been released in the UK. For its VHS and DVD release the mad BBFC saw fit to cut 4 minutes from Eraser, turning it into an incomprehensible mess. It capped-off an awesome summer season (or so my 15-year-old self thought), and put to rest any fears that Big Arn was slowing down (although he has only made 5 action movies, to date, since then).Arn is John Kruger (an amusing choice of name since director Chuck Russell also made the 3rd Nightmare on Elm Street Movie), a Witness Protection Program Agent who is tasked with 'erasing' and protecting a high-level informant who can prove that there are traitors within the US government who are selling weapons to Russian terrorists. Naturally the informant is the lovely, and wide-eyed, Vanessa Williams, who involves herself in a subdued romantic subplot with Kruger. James Caan and the always great James Coburn provide respectable support as Kruger's antagonist and mentor, but the best support is no doubt Robert Pastorelli (an actor who I really liked who died of a heroin overdose in 2004), who plays a previous witness who is eager to please Kruger in his latest, impossible quest.Overall, it's hardly revolutionary, but what makes Eraser stand out from the crowd is the utterly breathtaking (literally) scene in which Kruger escapes a jet, mid-flight, without the comfort of a parachute on his shoulders. It's definitely one of the best action scenes in the last 20 years and, let me tell you, when that scene climaxed in the cinema, the packed audience of 'lads' totally sucked the air out of the auditorium. A massively exciting, and completely exhilarating, scene that never fails to get your heart racing.Alan Silvestri's score is one of the film's more underrated features. Silvestri scored Big Arn's Predator, a famous score in its own right, and while Eraser is not as famous as Predator you should not rule out the integrity of the score. When separated from the movie it is still one of Silvestri's best efforts.I guess the only complaint I could have about Eraser is that it's kinda anti-climatic. The best scene occurs at the end of the second act, leaving the final act pale in comparison. There's no iconic imagery to the film and it seems kinda forgettable when compared to other Arn characters who have endured the test of time. Nonetheless, it's at the top of the bottom of Arn's best movies, but make sure the version you watch has not been butchered by the BBFC.The Blu Ray is in 2.40:1 1080p with Dolby TrueHD sound. Extras are non-existent.

Whatever else one may think about the Schwarzenegger Machine, it made pictures which had a lasting appeal to those who like action without gore or reality. I just watched this film, 16 years after it was released, and it is as much fun to watch now as it must have been (going by the reviews) when it was young and fresh. It takes real skill to be able to wipe out platoons of men, blow up everything in sight, have the hero riven by steel spikes, battered, bruised and half-dead, and yet not give anyone nightmares, shudders, or the remotest feeling of unease; in fact, to give people only the satisfaction of Good Triumphing Over Evil, while all in the cause of a good time had by all. If you haven't yet seen this picture, just imagine a guy falling out of a plane some minutes after his parachute did, the parachute is way below him, the plane above him, and then.................well, I can't say, but when it is Arnold involved, anything goes, anything is credible.At any rate, you get the idea. The idea is to give the audience a bit of a thrill, a bit of suspense as to the outcome, and lots of fun; to my way of thinking the goal was accomplished in this movie

While this is a typical Schwarzenegger, it is one of my favorite Arnold movies. The plot is believable, with only an occasional lifted eyebrow. Even though Arnold get shot, knifed, shot again, nothing slows him down. One scene gets him shot in the hand with a drill bit, next scene his hand is bandaged, the following scene everything is fine, the hand is healed and he has full use of it. One of the lifted eyebrows moments.Good cast surrounds him, which is always a plus. I don't want to go into too many details for fear of spoiling the movie for anyone who has not seen it. My recommendation is go get a copy and enjoy it. You will want to see it again

Eraser is Arnie's last wholly enjoyable actioner before the rot set in. Overshadowed at the time by The Rock, it's a much better proposition by far. Co-written by Wild Bunch scribe Walon Green and co-starring Peckinpah regular James Coburn, it's full of subtle and not so subtle Sam Peckinpah references in general and The Killer Elite in particular - not only does that film's star, James Caan, play the Robert Duvall role this time round, but after the film's dockyard bust-up he even ends the film walking with a cane again. Fortunately, unlike Peckinpah's laziest film, the action scenes here are handled with a gusto and energy by director Chuck Russell that both embraces and excuses their absurdity, whether it be Arnie playing chicken with a jet while hanging from a parachute or taking on a reptile house full of killers and escaped alligators ("You're luggage!"). And if you like Alan Silvestri's score, you can hear it again in Judge Dredd!The DVD doesn't have much going for it - just a trailer and widescreen or fullscreen versions of the film - but it's not the kind of film that needs much in the way of extras anyway.

An Arnie classic and made much better on bluray!-the picture quality is very good when you consider its age!-released in 1996 and cut to bits when released on VHS and DVD in the UK..this bluray is the full UNCUT VERSION being 115 minuets.(the uk dvd is only 107 minuets long.)The bluray is only region A so you will need a multi-region bluray player to watch it in the UK.(I have a multi region bluray player that plays region A,B and C.)Eraser looks and sounds excellent on bluray and it proper 16;9 widescreen and is well worth upgrading from the DVD.I 100% recommend this bluray.

The Blu ray Disc version of this film has greatly improved sound and picture quality over the standard DVD disc version.This disc is also region free and plays fine in U.K. specification players!!!

If like me you are a fan of this film DO NOT buy the Region 2 version. I saw this at the cinema on release (where it was an 18 certificate) and loved it. I waited with baited breath for the video release (back in 1996) and to my horror it was heavily cut (by a staggering 3m 22s) to achieve a 15 certificate.The torture scene at the beginning, the scene at the witnesses cabin, the zoo scene and a few more were all ruined by obvious cuts that ruined the movie completely.Its long been a gripe of mine that films are cut after their cinema release but thanks to the wonder of region free Blu Ray i have managed to buy this as well as Face Off, Under Siege 1 & 2 & The Matrix (all of which are cut on R2) as they were intended to be seen.

a very good acquisition, everything impeccable.Recommended.

I bought the UK Region 2 version a few years ago, and was very disappointed that they've trimmed it. I read some of the reviews for this film, and they were saying get the US Region 1 disc, then you'll get the full Monty. So I did, and was well pleased. Uncut, how it was meant to be.

Solid entertainment, action-thriller with a suitably devious plot.The villains are great but, sadly, there is no love interest because the heroine is Black and the hero White.Yet this is all good fun, partly because it is reminiscent of the enjoyable silliness of Total Recall.

Great movie, great Bluray cut

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This blu ray film is very good. Thanks

Easily one of Arnold's best films,, a must watch for any fan..

Excellent purchase for the price

Great film fast delivery

Region Free!!! And uncut. The U.K. dvd was a terrible cut and I am so glad we can get the full film that I saw in the cinema. U.S. import that plays fine on U.K. players. Enjoy :)

Great 90s fun.

Brilliant film, thank you