ERASER
A film review by Lori Ann Chauvette
Copyright 1996 Lori Ann Chauvette
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenneger Vanessa Williams James Caan Robert Pastorelli
What can I say? Arnold has done it again with his latest film, "Eraser".
He plays Witness Protection Program employee John Kruger, in charge of "erasing" people's identities in order to protect them. This time his charge is Lee Cullen (Williams), a woman who knows too much about the dirty dealings at a weapons corporation.
There's not really much more you can say about the plot. And I don't think anyone who goes to see Schwarzennegar films really cares. There was a director who once said to Roger Ebert that in order for a movie to be great, it has to have at least three good scenes and no bad scenes. And in Ebert's review, he said, "This movie has four good scenes and no bad scenes." And I would have to agree with him on that point.
Despite the probably many impossibilities in this film, such as the cannon-guns used by the bad guys, this movie kept my attention throughout. The one-liners (Arnold's trademark) were fast and funny, the action was the best of any Schwarzennegar film in history, and Pastorelli was great as the Mafioso- witness who was helped by Schwarzennegar in the beginning of the film, providing even more comic relief. If I wasn't cheering, I was laughing. And that's what an action movie should be.
Three and a half stars (out of a possible four)
-- Lori Ann Chauvette chauv@sprynet.com http://members.aol.com/scully3257/index.htm
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