Former CIA demolition expert Ray Quick lives in Miami, where he works as a hit man. Ray is coaxed out of retirement by May Munro to help her destroy the mafia that killed her family.
17 May 1970, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
25 August 1958, Miami, Florida, USA
18 April 1947, Vernal, Utah, USA
14 April 1925, Westhampton, New York, USA
30 September 1953, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
16 December 1949, USA
12 August 1967, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
2 September 1968, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
7 October 1976, Caracas, Venezuela
6 July 1946, New York City, New York, USA
15 October 1964, Miami, Florida, USA
September 26, 2003
Good standard Stallone movie. Cool explosions and gratuitous fight scenes.January 01, 2000
This movie is excruciatingly dumb.January 01, 2000
The Specialist is one of those films that forces the characters through torturous mazes of dialogue and action, to explain a plot that is so unlikely it's not worth the effort.April 12, 2002
This movie is a stinker in every way, from the one-dimensional acting to the idiot dialogue to the surprisingly monotonous storyline.August 21, 2011
Nothing in it should surprise you, despite the twists the story attempts to take. Formula is formula.January 01, 2000
A totally dull story that thinks it can use various explosions to make it interesting, The Specialist is about as exciting as an episode of Dragnet, and about as well acted.January 01, 2000
A bizarre mix of explosions, histrionic acting and ridiculous plotting ... and it isn't pretty.September 17, 2002
A truly terrible moment in action cinemaMarch 21, 2003
Tedious. Ludicrous. Completely unecessary. And I mean the whole movie, not just Stone and Stallone's naked shower scene.January 01, 2000
Ponderous, pretentious and acted with astounding indifference, The Specialist is a big fat bore with a couple of nice explosions. It's too somber to work as camp, and too tedious to work as anything else.January 01, 2000
With all the preening, posing and stretching, it's hard to know if The Specialist is an action movie or an exercise video.October 19, 2004
Isn't Sly getting a little long in the Rocky-tooth for this kind of role?