It's a movie that neither surpasses nor falls short of expectations.

And unlike so many other action movies in which the female lead is basically helpless but good looking, Vanessa Williams' character gets the opportunity to kick some butt without anyone's assistance. There are some moments of original and exciting action - Schwarzenegger dodging an oncoming jet plane while trying to parachute to safety comes to mind. On top of that, the story is beyond predictable - it doesn't take a genius to figure out who the mole is, and the audience should be able to guess the next line of dialogue at least once - and on top of that, the Italian American mafia characters are unbelievably trite.Īnd yet, Eraser can be entertaining.

The explosions and gunfire are loud and seemingly endless, and for almost every death, either Schwarzenegger or James Caan gets to make an ironically wry one-liner about the method in which the person died. This '90s action movie is enjoyable for its own sake, provided you don't think too much about the absurd plot twists and corny dialogue. Cullen is clearly his next target, and it's up to Kruger to find a way to protect her, reveal the mole, and stop the electromagnetic pulse weapons from getting into the wrong hands. After going on a different mission with his old friend Robert DeGuerin ( James Caan), Kruger discovers who the mole is and who he's working for. This mission is further complicated when it's revealed that other witnesses have been getting killed - clearly one of the U.S. The FBI sends Cullen to infiltrate her boss's office and provide them with the evidence, but when she's discovered, it's up to Kruger to rescue her and make sure she isn't caught, captured, and killed. His newest mission is to protect Lee Cullen ( Vanessa Williams) after she has discovered that the corporation she works for is selling their latest weapon - a top-secret firearm that uses electromagnetic pulse waves to search and destroy targets - on the black market.

Marshal, he leaves no trace of the identities of those he's hired to protect. John Kruger ( Arnold Schwarzenegger) is an 'ERASER' for the witness protection program.