Muscle-bound, heavily-accented John Kruger is employed by the Witness Protection Program as an "eraser." In other words, he wipes out a witness's identity in order to save him or her from potential harm. One such person is beautiful Lee Cullen, who possesses vital information regarding super high-tech weapons -- and a government conspiracy connected to them. Krueger's job protecting Cullen will lead to some action-packed, death-defying adventures for the pair, as gunmen and goons and even alligators seem to be waiting for them around every corner. Furthermore, a traitor within the Witness Protection Program is hell-bent on violently erasing Krueger himself.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger as U.S. Marshal John 'The Eraser' Kruger
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Donahue: Who do you think we are? We're not the Red Cross. We make weapons, things that kill people.
The new Arnold Schwarzenegger movie is plotted like a series of old serials that have been combined and compressed, such that every ten minutes (or so) our hero must beat the clock to avoid another peril. Sirens! The cops are coming! Shots fired! The bad guys are coming! Parachute is tangled! The ground is coming! This methodical (and intentional?) approach is actually a *good* thing, given the patchwork of implausibilities, improbabilities, and other ignored concerns contained in the script. Arnie stars a steel-jawed U.S. Marshall who works for the Witness Protection Program and who has been assigned to protect-- at any cost-- a young woman (Vanessa Williams) who is blowing the whistle on her treasonous employer. The chutes and ladders involve a political conspiracy, some very high-tech weaponry, and, heaven help us, another mole inside of a secretive government agency.
