What I wouldnt give to have been Sharon Stone!

As a woman, I find it hilarious how often Stallone is panned by fellow men. I have to wonder why?? Personally, I like his style and he's very VERY easy on the eyes as well. I read that Stone had a crush on Stallone and was anxious to work with him. (another beautiful actress, Madeline Stowe, said the same thing about her screen time with him). Perhaps some folks think that by trashing Stallone's acting, they can somehow feel superior? Trust me, it aint working. The man is hawt, the chemistry sizzles, and you get one guess who I fantasize about...the action scenes are good too, but I expect that in a Stallone film.

Unexceptional Thriller

The much-anticipated teaming of Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone in 1994's "The Specialist" features a pulpy revenge storyline, plenty of explosions, and the two leads in a steamy shower scene, but never achieves any real momentum.

Stallone is a former special operations type turned contract hitman, who specializes in very small, very precise, and very lethal explosive devices. His current employer is Sharon Stone, out for revenge against the Miami mob family who murdered her father and by turns emotionally raw and duplicitiously smooth. Rod Stieger and Eric Roberts play the Mob family leader and his greedy son.

The movie is stolen by James Woods as Stallone's former special operations boss, now working for the mob on the side. His over-the-top vendetta against Stallone for a career-killing incident in Central America is much more entertaining than Stallone's rather wooden relationship with the Sharon Stone character. The movie features plenty of action sequences, as Stallone races to complete his assignment for his new and very possibly untruthworthy love interest before Woods can track down and kill his former pupil.

This movie is a moderately entertaining action thriller, if light on content and real movie chemistry.

Decent Stallone Action Drama

A little less over the top than most of Stalione's films and I prefer the over the top efforts (such as Demolition Man). This one rates 'pretty good' for story, action, pace, characters. It makes an effort to blur the line between good and bad but doesn't come off as serious as it seems to want to be.