The Specialist
A woman entices a bomb expert she’s involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.
- Director:Luis Llosa
- Genre:Action / Drama / Thriller
- Runtime:105 minutes
Cast
Sylvester Stallone : Ray Quick
Sharon Stone : May Munro (aka Adrian Hastings)
James Woods : Ned Trent
Rod Steiger : Joe Leon
Eric Roberts : Tomas Leon
In 1984, Ray Quick and Ned Trent, CIA explosives experts, “the rigger and the trigger,” are on a mission to blow up a car transporting a South American drug dealer. But when the dealer’s car appears, a little girl is inside.
Ray insists they abort the mission. Ned intends to see it through and allows the explosion to happen. He and Ray engage in a vicious fight and their partnership comes to a bitter end.
Years later, in Miami, Ray is now available for hire as a freelance hit man. Desperate people contact him via the Internet and he only takes the cases that interest him.
Ray’s work is distinguished by its precision; he specializes in “shaping” his explosions, building and planting bombs that blow up only the intended target, leaving innocent bystanders unharmed.
Against his better judgment, Ray is persuaded to work for May Munro, whose parents were killed by men who work for Miami drug kingpin Joe Leon. The murders took place when she was a child, but May now intends to get her revenge.
Ned has begun working for Joe Leon. He is jockeying for power within the family, particularly in relation to Joe’s arrogant son Tomas Leon.
Tomas was one of the men who killed May’s parents. She gets to know Tomas and tolerate his romantic interest in her while Ray keeps tabs from a distance. In the meantime, Ray’s unique bombs do away with two other men involved in the Munros’ murders.
A corrupt police official on Joe Leon’s payroll permits Ned to work with Miami bomb squad officers in an attempt to smoke out Ray.
Ned is held responsible when Joe Leon’s beloved son becomes the next one killed. May, who had made up her mind to observe Tomas’ death in person, also apparently is killed in the blast, to Ray’s horror.
It is revealed that May has actually been forced into a partnership with Ned, whose goal was to coax Ray out of hiding. Ray cost him his job with the CIA and Ned wants payback for that. She gets her revenge on the Leons but hadn’t counted on falling for Ray. Read more
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