An underappreciated Arnold Schwarzenegger gem. He was transitioning from the pure action into the more mature roles. This movie gave a great blend of both. Vanessa Williams was also great. It's good when the male-female leads have good chemistry but the relationship reminds platonic. Solid supporting cast all the way down too. (Especially the two kids in the junkyard scene, and the alligator.)
I had a belt with them in it a long time ago . You would have to be lucky and stab some one in a main artery but even so it takes time by then your dead . They got better stuff nowadays
Simple, that film, was, An, Impossible, Act, To, Follow, which is why he took a year off, if anything, it made the film do much, better, than, it, "might," ever, have, otherwise.
@kendall rivers You may like eraser more. Everyone is entitled to opinions. But any james cameron movie is gonna be far superior to uh. Chuck Russell movie ? Lol
@@jacobpitsenbarger4763ALRIGHT, LOOK. MY FAVORITE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER MOVIE "ERASER" WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER FOR WARNER BROS. WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE OF ALL TIME, BUT DAMN MAN! 😠😡 I'M FUCKIN' ANGRY AT MYSELF, O.K.? I TRIED TO LEARN VANESSA L. WILLIAMS SONGS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, GODDAMN IT!!
My dad randomly one day said he had to take back some stuff to the kmart in the mall, then surprised me with tickets to see this, The guns in the trailers looked so cool I was hoping to see it. 11 at the time .
Movies like Eraser, Captain Ron, Jungle 2 Jungle, Jingle All the Way, Mask of Zorro, and Home Alone are films my siblings and I watched all the time growing up on VHS.
Solid movie. Solid casting. Solid acting. SOLID ACTION. The last of it's kind and a good way to go out...and Vanessa Williams WAS awesome AND FINE AF lol
Eraser was a fantastic movie! I have to say though, The Last Stand is my Arnold guity pleasure movie. I was so hoping for it to be a classic that I kind of made it one for myself🙂. Whenever I want a taste of classic 80's/90's action, Mr Schwarzenegger is usually the first actor I turn to.
@@mastermindmartialarts He, wasn't, Clint Eastwood, his films, inevitably, would drop in quality, that didn't mean that it, wasn't, uncomfortable when it, ultimately, happened.
@@mastermindmartialarts It, actually, was, obscenely unlucky, first, it, was, supposed to come out in August, but, got postponed, until October, after, 9/11, it, was, postponed, indefinitely, until the studio dumped it in February, lest they eat their investment, fate, was, cruel.
Man films in the 80s and 90s were so much more surreal and awesome. Eraser will always be one of my favorites. That opening scene hooks you right from the start. And that very last scene before the credits. Just a damn near perfect ending.
@@tmclaug90ME FOUR. BECAUSE I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THE 1996 BLOCKBUSTER FILM "ERASER" WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER FOR WARNER BROS., BABY. I'M NOT GONNA STAY AWAY FROM THE MOVIE "ERASER" WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER FOR WARNER BROS., O.K.?
I dig this movie so hard. Williams is spellbinding, and the junkyard girl's greeting of "Earth ... ! Welcome ... !" is my favorite line from any Ah-nold movie.
One of Arnold's all time best along with T1, T2, True Lies and Predator and is also one of my all time favorite action movies! This was peak Schwarzenegger right here.
Eraser is a great movie. It's one of Schwarzenegger's best movies. Schwarzenegger had good chemistry with Vanessa Williams. Good supporting cast. The movie had good visual effects for it's time. The skydiving sequence was one of the best action sequences of the movie and it was so realistic and you'd believe Arnold Schwarzenegger is falling in the sky without a parachute. The music in the opening credits sequence was epic and powerful. The film's tagline "He'll erase your past to protect your future" was a nice nod to The Terminator movies. Eraser is an enjoyable 1 hour/50 minute action thrill ride and it's one of the best action movies Arnold Schwarzenegger has ever done.
@@matthewdaley746DUDE, HELLO! MY FAVORITE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER MOVIE "ERASER" FOR WARNER BROS. WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE OF ALL TIME, BUT DAMN MAN!! THOSE LYING ASSHOLES SHOULD'VE PUT MY FAVORITE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER MOVIE "ERASER IN 3-D. AND YOU KNOW WHY? THEY DIDN'T, ALRIGHT? NOBODY'S PERFECT, YOU KNOW? 🤨
I always laugh like a maniac every time i see the movie and get to the shooting with the airplane, and i laugh for all the good reasons mind you, that scene is Bad ass!
I love having another Arnold flick. The performances are solid. But the early cgi 90s effects let it down. Why I revisit the old 80s classics more often, which hold up much better.
I wonder if they would make an Eraser mini or full series starting someone with a similar presence or around Arnold's Hollywood star power level, maybe use his son in-law, Chris Pratt, to play the role, with Zoe Saldana as the Vanessa Williams character since herald Pratt already have chemistry, seen in the GOTG, hell since WB already has ties with James Gunn let him direct, with original director and Arnold as producers. Or maybe Mark Whalberg or Chris Evans could do it if Pratt can't.
I saw this film about a week after seeing ID4, and I actually enjoyed this one more. As you mentioned, everyone--especially the supporting cast--were at the top of their game. In the henchmen, a role that could have been walked through. The cast tried to steal the show from Arnold. I don't understand why Arnold gets such a short shrift for Jingle All the Way. I saw that film while in Mexico--I was coaching a semi-pro soccer team down there and had lots of down time--and I was laughing throughout. perhaps because I was not expecting an Arnold film--just something like K. Cop. That is what I got. Jingle is better than Junior. Twins, And those others you menioned.
@@matthewdaley746 Good point. Fact is, for me, I don't even remember the kids--why would I, I mean, there was no cute lines like 'Maybe it's a tumor'--I just remember the troubles Arnold went through to get that action figure. It reminded me of those two classic films--Adventures in Babysitting, and way before that 'The Out of Towners' with Jack Lemon.
I think jingle all the way has gotten more love these days, but it was roasted back when it came out. I've seen it come up in lists of good Christmas movies from different media outlets. Arnold and Sinbad have good chemistry in their rivalry I think
@@WilAdams AIB, has another odd retroactive detail, as Anthony Rapp, was, trying to land a woman throughout the film, and, came out of the closet, years, later.
I'm glad audiences made the right call. There's no reason for Arnie and Vanessa to be together. I know studios try to hit the 4 quadrants but not every movie needs a romantic subplot.
I remember this movie because of those rifles. This effect of streaks of burned air after shots stuck in my memory much better than the cast, script or the acting.
Can't forget about the computer game Eraser: Turnabout! While some may say it didn't quite 'stick the landing', the game did do a fairly good job, especially for its time, to really blend in alotta different game genres in one game. Which says alot about a game that could've easily been just a cheap tie in to hopefully make a quick buck.
@@Destiny93134 They made REALLY GOOD use of Full Motion Video/First Person Shooter style gaming along with a bunch of Puzzle Solving all throughout. They made that Upper Middle Class Suburban House look like a damn maze of a mansion.
I remember seeing this at the cinema in the UK. It was at a time when they censored the violence and language in films to a degree, and seeing the look on people's faces when the entirety of the bad guys getting killed at the end by the train was cut out! They were so puzzled as was I when it just jumped to the end credits... Unfortunately it was the same in the dvd release too so we had to import the US version to see the uncut movie!
I do think Sabotage is a severely underrated Arnie movie but doesn’t eclipse Eraser which in my opinion is up there with the Die Hard movies and Lethal Weapon franchise as one of the best action movies ever
"Your Luggage." I remember watching this at the Warner Bros Village cinema in Leicester Square back in 1996. It was one crazy ass fun action flicks. It is notable for Vanessa Williams debut film. The dialogue is very cheesy.
Arnie’s reaction to nail impalement on hand and his stunt double for the falling chute scene will ALWAYS make this a classic, for me anyways. “I had a gud teacha” “Bullshit, the BEST!”
I like this movie. Though the railguns kind of annoyed me, because 'shoots at almost the speed of light' doesn't match what we see on screen, where you can literally follow the bullet in real time. It's literally slower than a regular bullet. They just gave it cool visual effects and made it hit harder than a sledgehammer wielded by, well, Arnold in his prime. Also, we still don't have practical railgun rifles. I mean, you can make one, but it would be bulky and not fire as fast as a regular bullet, I think.
A bunch of us watched this at a friend’s house and I was quite pleased with myself when I guessed correctly and blurted out Arnie’s one-liner after the train “accident” just before he said it.
The second half of the 90s was rough for Schwarzenegger but I still love the living hell out of this movie and Jingle All The Way(being 11 when it hit it was one of the many classic kids movies in the 90s) and always will..Eraser is underappreciated and deserves much more love ..with a solid story and a cast of characters I've loved since i was a kid from Schwarzenegger(of course) to James Caan to James Coburn and James Cromwell(though not near enough of the latter two unfortunately) and Robert Pastorelli(him being a major part of some of my favorite scenes) and while Vanessa Williams hasn't ever been a favorite actress of mines when u add her singing overall she's a favourite of mines and not to mention a major crush for me since i was a kid watching her in the 90s and especially listening to her music with her Sweetest Days album one of my all time favorites to this day... she's so beautiful and in this movie its no exception especially with those eyes and her widows peak.. Schwarzenegger is effortlessly likable damn near always but this is one of his most likable roles...its too bad him and Vanessa didn't hit it off in the movie but that would be cliche
There's a piece on IMFDB about how those super-guns are absolute feverdreams because a real one would end with "an arnold-sized hole in the opposite wall"
I remember going to the cinema and being disappointed because it was sold out so my dad took me to see M:I and it was amazing a week after we went to se Eraser and we had it a blast it was all I wanted from Arnold movie and more the scene on the plane was sooooo good at the time I was amazed.
This movie is so fun and one of Schwarzenegger most movies, I also liked James caan as the villain. This movie with End of days & Terminator 3 its one of Schwarzy most enjoyable overlooked flicks
Definitely Arnold's last cool action movie. He was about to turn 50 and it was downhill from then on. He had an awesome run but it was time to step aside for the next generation.
The only problem I have with this movie is how Vanessa Williams opens cd trays, puts the CD in, and then forces it to close before it's even finished opening.
It was his last decent film but the cracks were starting to show. Jingle All The Way, End Of Days and Collateral Damage were the last nails in the coffin. Last Stand came out of nowhere in 2012 as an awesome urban western and great action film. But since the its been downhill all the way.
@@silvervalleystudios2486 I think Collateral Damage was a victim of circumstance, it was supposed to come out in August, but, was delayed to October, after 9/11, it got dumped into theaters in February, The Last Stand, while, pleasantly surprising, arguably hurt Forest Whitaker more, Sabotage was criminally underrated because the downer ending totally turned people off.
@@silvervalleystudios2486 I think people didn't want to accept that it just wasn't, possible, for him to do those physically demanding roles, anymore, and, they did the best, with, what they gathered.
Only 8 Stallones? Surely 9. I wore out my VHS of this movie. I also vaguely remember that it was subject to reshoots. Something to do with the company name of the rail gun developer? Long time ago.
It's the main reason most people know about her, and, adding insult to injury, the issue featuring the photos contained images of Traci Lords, a minor, meaning, it was child pornography, and, thus, illegal, OTOH, most of the winners are quickly forgotten.
@@matthewdaley746 No its not. She has been around for nearly 40 years and has won Most of the main entertainment awards in the U.S. and in GB across multiple mediums. She is an Oscar away from being an EGOT. And i am betting that sooner or later, someone will realize this and provide her with the material to make that so. Vanessa L. Williams is American excellence personified for those of us who don't marinate our minds in porn.
@@kyraspikes7542 I'm, not, one of those people, but, despite, having a better career than most of that group, after the fifteen minutes of her reign expired, that's her legacy, I wish I had your confidence, but, it looks, like, this is going to be a case of, Sweet, And, Sour, Grapes, the worst brutality is the honest kind, simple as that.
Arnold did Batman and Robin because Warner Brothers paid him 25 million.The payroll on that film was ridiculous.Hell,George Clooney was paid somewhere between 10 to 15 million.
i generally like this channel and enjoy most of your content, but I have no say the thing that annoys me most on this entire platform is creators stopping at the beginning of their video to thank me for watching something I haven't even watched yet and asking me to like and subscribe. I'm already subscribed, and I'll like the video if the video is good. If I didn't already know I liked your content, that shit would make me close the video. food for thought.
An underappreciated Arnold Schwarzenegger gem. He was transitioning from the pure action into the more mature roles. This movie gave a great blend of both. Vanessa Williams was also great. It's good when the male-female leads have good chemistry but the relationship reminds platonic. Solid supporting cast all the way down too. (Especially the two kids in the junkyard scene, and the alligator.)
Sabotage, was, another, film that merits a visit on this honored thread.
probably a money grab for James Caan but he was very enjoyable in this also
@@frigginirishloons R.I.P., he's, unfortunately, gone.
"I can’t believe you nailed me, with this mail order piece of sh*t!" Is one of the best lines of the movie. I love this film!!
I thought he said ''cheap piece of shit'' but its been a long time. I may be misremembering.
It's awsome the rail guns in this movie were awsome
Actually,you could get those type of weapons through the mail and that was the joke.
I had a belt with them in it a long time ago . You would have to be lucky and stab some one in a main artery but even so it takes time by then your dead . They got better stuff nowadays
When the scene came up I had to say it out loud, and I haven't seen Eraser in 7 years.
I saw this film in the theater. I've always loved this movie. I've never understood why Eraser never reached the popularity of True Lies.
Simple, that film, was, An, Impossible, Act, To, Follow, which is why he took a year off, if anything, it made the film do much, better, than, it, "might," ever, have, otherwise.
because True Lies is a far superior movie. it's James Cameron.
@@jacobpitsenbarger4763 wouldn't say far superior. For me Eraser ranks a little higher for me but both are top 10 Arnold movies.
@kendall rivers You may like eraser more. Everyone is entitled to opinions. But any james cameron movie is gonna be far superior to uh. Chuck Russell movie ? Lol
@@jacobpitsenbarger4763ALRIGHT, LOOK. MY FAVORITE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER MOVIE "ERASER" WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER FOR WARNER BROS. WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE OF ALL TIME, BUT DAMN MAN! 😠😡 I'M FUCKIN' ANGRY AT MYSELF, O.K.? I TRIED TO LEARN VANESSA L. WILLIAMS SONGS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, GODDAMN IT!!
Wonderful Schwarzenegger flick, right amount of silly and fun, and James Caan, Vanessa Williams, and Robert Pastorelli are great in it too.
I’m dating myself but I remember going to the movies to see this. This was a great underrated movie that I don’t hear many people talking about.
My dad randomly one day said he had to take back some stuff to the kmart in the mall, then surprised me with tickets to see this, The guns in the trailers looked so cool I was hoping to see it. 11 at the time .
@@creasefold1986 I was around that age too and I wanted one of those so bad, I don’t know what for but I wanted one 🤣🤣🤣
I went as well. Love this movie
@@stringer2295 lol!
@@repairshop22 great flick
Movies like Eraser, Captain Ron, Jungle 2 Jungle, Jingle All the Way, Mask of Zorro, and Home Alone are films my siblings and I watched all the time growing up on VHS.
Jungle 2 jungle was a favorite of mine as well!
I agree, this was definitely Arnold's last great action film.
It had to happen, but, I just wasn't ready, terrible.
Solid movie. Solid casting. Solid acting. SOLID ACTION. The last of it's kind and a good way to go out...and Vanessa Williams WAS awesome AND FINE AF lol
Yeah, he later made more action films, but, the magic was gone.
I watched this when it came out on HBO in 1997 and man what a good movie, it really was Arnold's last great movie in his prime 👍
So god damn underrated, one of my favorite Arnold movies
This was the greatest Schwarzenegger action movie I've ever seen! Siskel and Ebert gave it a thumbs up! They loved it;
For Sissykel to give anything a thumbs up is astonishing
Eraser was a fantastic movie! I have to say though, The Last Stand is my Arnold guity pleasure movie. I was so hoping for it to be a classic that I kind of made it one for myself🙂. Whenever I want a taste of classic 80's/90's action, Mr Schwarzenegger is usually the first actor I turn to.
Forest Whitaker is wasted, there's no point for him, yikes.
James Caan's reactions when he gets outsmarted are too funny. 😁
Yeah, he thinks he's won, come to find out, the joke's truly on him, just classic.
John John John etc etc
@@duncancurtis1758 The fact that he thought they killed them, only to discover it was none of them, made it just perfect.
This was the first rated R movie my dad ever took me to. Good times and a pretty good movie.
Those rail guns were so cool. And "traffic" is a classic line. Almost makes up for "you're luggage" which was just groan-worthy.
the rail guns pretty much made the movie
Definitely the last good "Schwarzenegger" film. Highly enjoyable , even now, nearly 26 years later. This has definitely held up over time. Classic.
Yeah, it had to happen, but, that didn't make it hurt any less, horrible.
@@matthewdaley746 ?
@@mastermindmartialarts He, wasn't, Clint Eastwood, his films, inevitably, would drop in quality, that didn't mean that it, wasn't, uncomfortable when it, ultimately, happened.
@@matthewdaley746 good point. Collateral damage wasn't half bad, but it's timing ruined any chance it had at the box office.
@@mastermindmartialarts It, actually, was, obscenely unlucky, first, it, was, supposed to come out in August, but, got postponed, until October, after, 9/11, it, was, postponed, indefinitely, until the studio dumped it in February, lest they eat their investment, fate, was, cruel.
Man films in the 80s and 90s were so much more surreal and awesome. Eraser will always be one of my favorites. That opening scene hooks you right from the start. And that very last scene before the credits. Just a damn near perfect ending.
One Of My Favourite Arnold Movies..... I Fell In Love With Vanessa Williams For The First Time Here
The last of the big Arnie films and the decline happened even though i love End of Days which is so underrated.
I never make it through so many of these videos because five minutes in I just go and watch the movie it is about. I really enjoy your channel.
That period of late 90's Arnold was something else
I remember watching this film over and over again on VHS as a child.
Same
Me three
@@tmclaug90ME FOUR. BECAUSE I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THE 1996 BLOCKBUSTER FILM "ERASER" WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER FOR WARNER BROS., BABY. I'M NOT GONNA STAY AWAY FROM THE MOVIE "ERASER" WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER FOR WARNER BROS., O.K.?
One of Arnold Schwarzenegger most underrated action movie's 8.5/10
Rewatched this recently and it was way better than I remember. A real underrated Schwarzenegger flick.
Great movie!! 1996 was an awesome year for action films!
Broken Arrow
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
The Phantom
Independence Day
Chain Reaction
Maximum Risk
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Daylight
@@neilsingh5923HEY, BUDDY.
@@neilsingh5923HEY, BUDDY. YOU FORGOT THE 1996 BLOCKBUSTER FILM "ERASER" WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER FOR WARNER BROS., M8TE. 🙂😉
One of my All Time Fav Arnie Movies.
I remember watching this in Cinemas and being hooked...
I dig this movie so hard. Williams is spellbinding, and the junkyard girl's greeting of "Earth ... ! Welcome ... !" is my favorite line from any Ah-nold movie.
Ironically, that precise year, another popular film used a line that was very close.
@@matthewdaley746 True, but Will Smith's tone was far more pugnacious than awestruck.
@@williamblakehall5566 Yeah, there were a million problems, with, the ill-advised follow-up, not, least, his absence.
Def a staple of my childhood. Def. overlooked these days even by myself. I think it being so reliaent on early CGI hurts it these days.
This is an awesome movie with Arnie as the main actor. It’s a classic action movie
One of Arnold's all time best along with T1, T2, True Lies and Predator and is also one of my all time favorite action movies! This was peak Schwarzenegger right here.
Vanessa Williams is absolutely stunning in this film.😍❤️
Eraser is a great movie. It's one of Schwarzenegger's best movies. Schwarzenegger had good chemistry with Vanessa Williams. Good supporting cast. The movie had good visual effects for it's time. The skydiving sequence was one of the best action sequences of the movie and it was so realistic and you'd believe Arnold Schwarzenegger is falling in the sky without a parachute. The music in the opening credits sequence was epic and powerful. The film's tagline "He'll erase your past to protect your future" was a nice nod to The Terminator movies. Eraser is an enjoyable 1 hour/50 minute action thrill ride and it's one of the best action movies Arnold Schwarzenegger has ever done.
Yeah, and, it was a good capstone, even, though, the disappointment was still tremendous.
@@matthewdaley746DUDE, HELLO! MY FAVORITE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER MOVIE "ERASER" FOR WARNER BROS. WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE OF ALL TIME, BUT DAMN MAN!! THOSE LYING ASSHOLES SHOULD'VE PUT MY FAVORITE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER MOVIE "ERASER IN 3-D. AND YOU KNOW WHY? THEY DIDN'T, ALRIGHT? NOBODY'S PERFECT, YOU KNOW? 🤨
I’ve loved this movie since I was a kid, always saw it as the last classic Arnold movie
Yeah, I always thought that, True Lies, and, this, truly looked, like a return to form, little did I know.
I remember seeing this movie when it came out and really enjoying it.
I always laugh like a maniac every time i see the movie and get to the shooting with the airplane, and i laugh for all the good reasons mind you, that scene is Bad ass!
I love having another Arnold flick. The performances are solid. But the early cgi 90s effects let it down. Why I revisit the old 80s classics more often, which hold up much better.
I wonder if they would make an Eraser mini or full series starting someone with a similar presence or around Arnold's Hollywood star power level, maybe use his son in-law, Chris Pratt, to play the role, with Zoe Saldana as the Vanessa Williams character since herald Pratt already have chemistry, seen in the GOTG, hell since WB already has ties with James Gunn let him direct, with original director and Arnold as producers. Or maybe Mark Whalberg or Chris Evans could do it if Pratt can't.
I saw this film about a week after seeing ID4, and I actually enjoyed this one more. As you mentioned, everyone--especially the supporting cast--were at the top of their game. In the henchmen, a role that could have been walked through. The cast tried to steal the show from Arnold. I don't understand why Arnold gets such a short shrift for Jingle All the Way. I saw that film while in Mexico--I was coaching a semi-pro soccer team down there and had lots of down time--and I was laughing throughout. perhaps because I was not expecting an Arnold film--just something like K. Cop. That is what I got. Jingle is better than Junior. Twins, And those others you menioned.
A lot of it, "might," be retroactive, because, Jake Lloyd appeared in it, that miserable fact might hurt it far more, than, anything else.
@@matthewdaley746 Good point. Fact is, for me, I don't even remember the kids--why would I, I mean, there was no cute lines like 'Maybe it's a tumor'--I just remember the troubles Arnold went through to get that action figure. It reminded me of those two classic films--Adventures in Babysitting, and way before that 'The Out of Towners' with Jack Lemon.
I think jingle all the way has gotten more love these days, but it was roasted back when it came out. I've seen it come up in lists of good Christmas movies from different media outlets. Arnold and Sinbad have good chemistry in their rivalry I think
@@WilAdams AIB, has another odd retroactive detail, as Anthony Rapp, was, trying to land a woman throughout the film, and, came out of the closet, years, later.
@@jr2904 Plus, the quick Red Heat, reunion-cameo, with, James Belushi, as Santa Claus.
Remember this coming out on HBO on a Saturday night as a kid excited as hell lol
1997. HBO called the whole viewing schedule for that summer THE BILLION DOLLAR SUMMER.
@@ikecarr5989 I still loved the new movie every Saturday night (back when you either had to rent it or pay that extra for HBO) lol
I'm glad audiences made the right call. There's no reason for Arnie and Vanessa to be together. I know studios try to hit the 4 quadrants but not every movie needs a romantic subplot.
Underrated action movie
This was one of the first DVDs I bought when I got my player in 96. It was $600 new. And DVDs were $30
96 in Japan, 97 was the year of release in the USA. But yes the discs were $30 at that time.
@@NeoOwnz My first DVD which I still own is Stargate. It has an A and B side
I still have The 5th Element on DVD with €42 price tag.
Always loved this movie. Rewatched the VHS too many times. Always felt it would make a great streaming series.
A great movie! I'd have loved to have seen Arnold make a sequel to this one!
The nail bomb, when he has to pull his hand off the drill bit. Remember watching that years ago and just cringing
This and True Lies, are truly great Arnold Movies
I remember this movie because of those rifles. This effect of streaks of burned air after shots stuck in my memory much better than the cast, script or the acting.
Can't forget about the computer game Eraser: Turnabout! While some may say it didn't quite 'stick the landing', the game did do a fairly good job, especially for its time, to really blend in alotta different game genres in one game. Which says alot about a game that could've easily been just a cheap tie in to hopefully make a quick buck.
Had no idea a game was released !
@@Destiny93134
They made REALLY GOOD use of Full Motion Video/First Person Shooter style gaming along with a bunch of Puzzle Solving all throughout. They made that Upper Middle Class Suburban House look like a damn maze of a mansion.
I remember seeing this at the cinema in the UK. It was at a time when they censored the violence and language in films to a degree, and seeing the look on people's faces when the entirety of the bad guys getting killed at the end by the train was cut out! They were so puzzled as was I when it just jumped to the end credits... Unfortunately it was the same in the dvd release too so we had to import the US version to see the uncut movie!
No wonder they're so soft over in the UK.
Spooky timing. This movie popped up on my radar last week and I’ve been procrastinating to watch it.
I do think Sabotage is a severely underrated Arnie movie but doesn’t eclipse Eraser which in my opinion is up there with the Die Hard movies and Lethal Weapon franchise as one of the best action movies ever
This movie had some really great effects at the time, pity about those 'gators though.....
Vanessa Williams was real class.
I believe all of Chuck Russell's films were FANTASTIC !!!
"Your Luggage."
I remember watching this at the Warner Bros Village cinema in Leicester Square back in 1996. It was one crazy ass fun action flicks. It is notable for Vanessa Williams debut film. The dialogue is very cheesy.
oooh Vanessa... my child crush, well as an adult she is still the best looking in this film by far
I love this movie, I could rewatch over and over.
Arnie’s reaction to nail impalement on hand and his stunt double for the falling chute scene will ALWAYS make this a classic, for me anyways.
“I had a gud teacha”
“Bullshit, the BEST!”
I'm glad im not alone as this movie is often overlooked.
I like this movie. Though the railguns kind of annoyed me, because 'shoots at almost the speed of light' doesn't match what we see on screen, where you can literally follow the bullet in real time. It's literally slower than a regular bullet. They just gave it cool visual effects and made it hit harder than a sledgehammer wielded by, well, Arnold in his prime.
Also, we still don't have practical railgun rifles. I mean, you can make one, but it would be bulky and not fire as fast as a regular bullet, I think.
A bunch of us watched this at a friend’s house and I was quite pleased with myself when I guessed correctly and blurted out Arnie’s one-liner after the train “accident” just before he said it.
Those are, absolutely, the best villainous deaths, when they, Die By Gloating.
Some of the best action one liners of all time
The second half of the 90s was rough for Schwarzenegger but I still love the living hell out of this movie and Jingle All The Way(being 11 when it hit it was one of the many classic kids movies in the 90s) and always will..Eraser is underappreciated and deserves much more love ..with a solid story and a cast of characters I've loved since i was a kid from Schwarzenegger(of course) to James Caan to James Coburn and James Cromwell(though not near enough of the latter two unfortunately) and Robert Pastorelli(him being a major part of some of my favorite scenes) and while Vanessa Williams hasn't ever been a favorite actress of mines when u add her singing overall she's a favourite of mines and not to mention a major crush for me since i was a kid watching her in the 90s and especially listening to her music with her Sweetest Days album one of my all time favorites to this day... she's so beautiful and in this movie its no exception especially with those eyes and her widows peak.. Schwarzenegger is effortlessly likable damn near always but this is one of his most likable roles...its too bad him and Vanessa didn't hit it off in the movie but that would be cliche
There's a piece on IMFDB about how those super-guns are absolute feverdreams because a real one would end with "an arnold-sized hole in the opposite wall"
Spooky, I just watched this again last night for the first time in years! So much fun :)
I remember going to the cinema and being disappointed because it was sold out so my dad took me to see M:I and it was amazing a week after we went to se Eraser and we had it a blast it was all I wanted from Arnold movie and more the scene on the plane was sooooo good at the time I was amazed.
This movie is so fun and one of Schwarzenegger most movies, I also liked James caan as the villain. This movie with End of days & Terminator 3 its one of Schwarzy most enjoyable overlooked flicks
End Of Days was victimized by displaying him as being vulnerable, and, T3 was crushed under the weight of expectations, we had no idea.
The smoke/vapor trails from the rail guns looks wayyy better than the breath vapor they photoshopped in the Social Network. That bs looked stupid af
Never to forget the CGI crocodile🐊🐊🐊
This was one of the best action movies of 1996 that Arnold ever did with Warner Bros. Collateral damage was good as well.
I remember when this was released, it was the last time I remember being hyped for an Arnie movie.
"You're luggage"
I miss one-liners like this :)
Loved this film :)
Those rail guns were sweet.
I'm old enough to remember this, but do not in any way remember this, lol. How the heck did an Arnold flick fly under my radar?
Coming after True Lies hurt it, because it was good, although, not, that good.
Eraser is pretty cool movie.
Love the film from the moment i saw it on the big screen, then on a bootleg VHS till i got it on a DVD snapper case still.
Definitely Arnold's last cool action movie. He was about to turn 50 and it was downhill from then on.
He had an awesome run but it was time to step aside for the next generation.
Hard whenever a master leaves the stage after being there for, so, very long.
I was there during the filming back at Introvision Studios where most of this was filmed .
Arnold Schwarzenegger on his best 🎬🎥
The only problem I have with this movie is how Vanessa Williams opens cd trays, puts the CD in, and then forces it to close before it's even finished opening.
I saw this at the drive inn and loved it. I might watch it tonight
I’ve never seen that clip at 11:05. Was that a deleted scene?
I remember when this came out. I think this was the beginning of the end of Arnie's peak.
I think it was the end, the fact that it looked, like, a new Renaissance, truly made it even worse.
It was his last decent film but the cracks were starting to show. Jingle All The Way, End Of Days and Collateral Damage were the last nails in the coffin. Last Stand came out of nowhere in 2012 as an awesome urban western and great action film. But since the its been downhill all the way.
@@silvervalleystudios2486 I think Collateral Damage was a victim of circumstance, it was supposed to come out in August, but, was delayed to October, after 9/11, it got dumped into theaters in February, The Last Stand, while, pleasantly surprising, arguably hurt Forest Whitaker more, Sabotage was criminally underrated because the downer ending totally turned people off.
@@matthewdaley746 Sabotage had some good action sequences but I think it could have been written better.
@@silvervalleystudios2486 I think people didn't want to accept that it just wasn't, possible, for him to do those physically demanding roles, anymore, and, they did the best, with, what they gathered.
His characters forename is John? That's the trademark 80s action hero name.
Only 8 Stallones? Surely 9. I wore out my VHS of this movie. I also vaguely remember that it was subject to reshoots. Something to do with the company name of the rail gun developer? Long time ago.
5:26 Wits and cunning? More like Caan-ing, amirite?
the john kruger character in eraser sounds more like the cousin to john kimble in kindergarten cop
or a John Matrix (Commando) variant
ALRIGHT, LOOK. I REMEMBER WATCHIN' THE 1996 BLOCKBUSTER FILM "ERASER" WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, BY THE WAY..... ON HBO OR CINEMAX, OF COURSE. 🤨
The best thing of 90's trailers was the movie voice guy...
I never knew about these Vanessa Williams photos. Holy Shit.
It's the main reason most people know about her, and, adding insult to injury, the issue featuring the photos contained images of Traci Lords, a minor, meaning, it was child pornography, and, thus, illegal, OTOH, most of the winners are quickly forgotten.
@@matthewdaley746 No its not. She has been around for nearly 40 years and has won Most of the main entertainment awards in the U.S. and in GB across multiple mediums. She is an Oscar away from being an EGOT. And i am betting that sooner or later, someone will realize this and provide her with the material to make that so. Vanessa L. Williams is American excellence personified for those of us who don't marinate our minds in porn.
@@kyraspikes7542 I'm, not, one of those people, but, despite, having a better career than most of that group, after the fifteen minutes of her reign expired, that's her legacy, I wish I had your confidence, but, it looks, like, this is going to be a case of, Sweet, And, Sour, Grapes, the worst brutality is the honest kind, simple as that.
The airplane scene was inspired by the opening of Moonraker. Brilliant action scene though!
Arnold did Batman and Robin because Warner Brothers paid him 25 million.The payroll on that film was ridiculous.Hell,George Clooney was paid somewhere between 10 to 15 million.
Arnold was great in this, and Vanessa Williams is smoking hot. She's still hot.
i generally like this channel and enjoy most of your content, but I have no say the thing that annoys me most on this entire platform is creators stopping at the beginning of their video to thank me for watching something I haven't even watched yet and asking me to like and subscribe. I'm already subscribed, and I'll like the video if the video is good. If I didn't already know I liked your content, that shit would make me close the video. food for thought.
Saw this in the cinema.sadly the vhs / dvd releases in the uk were cut to ribbons.shame as its a hugely enjoyable and underrated gem.
woah those railguns have the best looking tracers 😯
Vanessa Williams. Total babe.
I saw this at the cinema also & have always loved this movie
Yu got some infor wromg saying he had come off of True Lies to make Eraser. NOPE! WRONG!! "ERASER"was released in 1991, "TRUE LIES" in 1994.
YOU MEAN 1996, BUDDY. NOT 1994, ALRIGHT? "ERASER" WAS RELEASED ON JUNE 21st, 1996, MAN.
I was 10 years old when this came out(😱) , but didn't see until I was older. The big action movies were 👍🏾
This is a great movie. My friends and I watched it not long ago at home and we had a blast!!