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1994 · 1h 50m · US R · Action / Thriller

The Specialist

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.

Starring Sylvester Stallone · Sharon Stone · James Woods · Rod Steiger · Eric Roberts

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