The Specialist
“The government taught him to kill. Now he's using his skills to help a woman seek revenge against the Miami underworld.”
May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert, to kill her parents' killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of Quick's, is assigned to protect one of Quick's potential victims, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.
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Cast
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Sylvester Stallone
Ray Quick
Known for
Rocky
The Expendables
Sharon Stone
May Munro
Known for
Euphoria
Casino
James Woods
Ned Trent
Known for
Once Upon a Time in America
Videodrome
Rod Steiger
Joe Leon
Known for
Duck, You Sucker
Jesus of Nazareth
Eric Roberts
Tomas Leon
Known for
The Odyssey
The Expendables
Mario Ernesto Sánchez
Charlie
Known for
Step Up Revolution
Miami Vice
Sergio Doré Jr.
Strongarm
Also in
Miami Vice
Fires Within
Chase Randolph
Stan Munro
Also in
Flight of the Navigator
Jeana Bell
Alice Munro
No other roles listed
Brittany Paige Bouck
Young May
Known for
Air Bud: World Pup
Emilio Estefan Jr.
Pianoplayer
Also in
Bezos
LaGaylia Frazier
Singer #1
Also in
Sweden's Got Talent
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Luis Llosa Director · Alexandra Seros Screenplay John Shirley Author
Worldwide gross $170M · Budget $45M · United States release October 7, 1994
Box office
Budget
$45,000,000
Worldwide gross
$170,362,582
Gross vs. budget
3.8×
Production
Jerry Weintraub Productions
Production
Iguana Producciones
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States · Peru
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Sweden · October 7, 1994
Theatrical
United States · October 7, 1994
Theatrical
Australia
February 26, 1995 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 28, 1994 · Theatrical
Czechia
January 26, 1995 · Theatrical
France
November 9, 1994 · Theatrical
January 22, 2026 · TV · T18
October 3, 2026 · TV · RTL9
Germany
November 10, 1994 · Theatrical
Hungary
January 5, 1995 · Theatrical
Ireland
December 26, 1994 · Theatrical
Japan
November 19, 1994 · Theatrical
Slovakia
January 19, 1995 · Theatrical
South Korea
November 19, 1994 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 26, 1994 · Theatrical
September 25, 1998 · Physical · DVD
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