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The Specialist

1994Movie1 h 50 minR

Thriller
29
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IMDb5.6Letterboxd2.6/5Rotten Tomatoes10%29%
29
BadGoodWatch score
IMDb5.6Letterboxd2.6/5Rotten Tomatoes10%29%

Summary

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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  • Gets your pulse racing.
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Tropes

Aroused by Their Voicein 107 titlesRay and May enjoy listening to each other speak; so much so that they not only have long conversations on the phone, but Ray listens to recordings of her while working out, and May conducts at least…Black-and-Gray Moralityin 553 titlesWhile Ray is the nominal hero of the film, he's also a Professional Killer who murders people more evil than himself for money while avoiding civilian casualties.All 38 tropes

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