Eraser (1996) - Comedic Movie Recap

Lets go an erase some stuff, and by stuff I mean people and by erasers..I also mean people
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Vanessa Williams
Director: Chuck Russell,
Writer: Tony Puryear,
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[@LABOUMDECADANCE]

I erased this movie from my mind, but thank you for bringing back joyous memories.

[@thegreatergood8081]

I think this movie had some of Arnold's best kills. He stabs a bad guy through a door and then stabs another bad guy with a sharp piece of wood that he had just pulled out of his own wound.

[@Bren0780K]

"You're luggage", the best line in the movie!

[@owie4070]

That's a good one, but my favorite is when the little girl tells Arnie, "earth. Welcome" 😁 😁

[@Eggy79]

"you are luggage" Classic line

[@thedragonlee76]

Here's the thing,this film was one of the last big budget rated R action films the studios did in the 90s.The studios shifted all of there film production to PG 13 films because they wanted teenagers to spend money and more specifically,the studios wanted kids/teenagers to buy tickets to watch the movies,multiple times and also,the international audience was strongly changing what type of big studio films were being made.

[@Humongous420]

As an artist I have to say my favorite eraser is a magic eraser! Been using them for 35 + years lol

[@BatCaveOz]

If the vault is made of metal, it will block radio signals. Even if it is made of concrete with steel mesh, the mesh will act as a Faraday Cage and block radio signals. C'mon RedEye... do you even science, Bro?

[@nox3335]

"And the train conductor was in on it the whole time". 😂 That made me giggle out my doritos.

[@saxamachick]

Arnold was always the most loved action star in my house growing up, but I forgot all about Eraser! Such gold.

[@joshuafrohm921]

I love this movie me and all my friends saw it the day it came out in theatres with my dad. The skydive scene is still my favorite and this was the last awesome action movie Arnold made. Also then shop at Lowes

[@DrRockso79]

I remember during one of those TV/Movie breakdowns videos that blew up during the pandemic, they were talking about this movie and how that x-ray gun would be more deadly to the person holding it because of all the radiation.

[@drohall]

🤣😅🤣

[@pghudd]

It's a rail gun it uses magnets so it's more like emp not x rays

[@unstoppableExodia]

@@pghudd yeah the producers could explain it saying “eh it’s more like an MRI. It uses magnets to see through shit. Don’t think too hard about it”

[@mr.pavone9719]

The thing is an X-ray scope would be really dumb. Our eyes (and the devices we use to augment our eyes like scopes, binoculars, cameras...) detect light that's reflected from the surface of the thing we are looking at. A medical X-ray doesn't "see" reflected x-rays, it detects how much radiation passes through an object. More dense things allow less radiation to pass through while less dense things allow more to pass through. An x-ray detecting scope needs a source of x-rays to work! A scope that detects x-rays couldn't send out x-rays to have them selectively go through things then bounce back from what you want to see. You'd need to have one team "shining" an x-ray source through your target towards the person with the weapon! The shooter would be bathed in radiation while they are lining up their shot.

[@unstoppableExodia]

@@mr.pavone9719 so then.... no X-ray glasses for me then

[@aarondevoria4944]

hey redeye, after your opening eraser joke I think you're gonna love the movie Rubber

[@shadowwarrior7218]

I love Eraser. One of the last true Action Movies that Arnie done before his eventual decline into mediocrity.

[@powerbad696]

Well said. Which film did he do after Eraser??? I remember he had some type of surgery back in the 90s,didn't he ??? And after the surgery Arnie made The Sixth Day,End of Days and Colateral Damage,if I'm not mistaken.

[@Veldtian1]

@@powerbad696 After I saw the tv ad for Collateral Damage and saw how shitty it looked I knew things where changing.

[@powerbad696]

@@Veldtian1 Did you watch the movie tho ??? LOL.

[@powerbad696]

@@Veldtian1 Did you watch the movie tho ??? LOL.

[@powerbad696]

@@Veldtian1 Did you watch the movie tho ??? LOL.

[@MuttonfudgeRacing]

Eraser taught me that Vanessa Williams is hot.

[@M.S.Fitness]

You may aswell do Total Recall and The Running Man, the jokes write themselves in both movies

[@TheMcC07]

Oh man, the one-liners in The Running Man never end...it's great.

[@capedhamster]

“You're Luggage” Another brilliant review to a arnold masterpiece. keep it up. Nice call to the rock too :)

[@ninjaswordtothehead]

"The script was terrible." Bold words for the lead actor in 'Cobra' and 'Over the Top'.

[@scitsalcoryp]

Yeah , and ' Rocky ' 😄

[@TimeForDunston]

Arnie was my favorite action star growing up, this is a good one!

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

Eraser is one of those movies Arnie made when he was on a bit of a down swing and I think because of that it's not as talked about as his other movies but I'd put this up there at the higher end of his more middle of the road efforts. It's not exactly an action masterpiece like a Terminator or True Lies but few are. This also has what I think is an insane performance by James Caan that is also overlooked. I have to imagine it was a choice for him to look kind of confused and like he couldn't care in a lot of his scenes. Like when he's talking to James Coburn and Coburn tells him to bring back Arnie alive, Caan gives this look that is impossible to describe yet feels perfect for the moment.

[@Canoby]

IIRC this was getting towards the end of the golden age of 80s\90s action flicks. Still a fun flick, even if it has issues.

[@zolphirasarchive]

You should really do True Lies! I’d love to see your commentary on that one ❤️

[@powerbad696]

Nostalgia ride for me. 1996 I was in the army,stationed at Ft Hood,TX-assigned to 1st Cav Div-home unit-HHC-2/8 Cav. Remember seeing this film at the cinema,I enjoyed it,funny Arnie fans rarely mention this movie when they talk about his filmography. It's not Arnie's best movie and certainly not his worst,but,somewhere in between. Ah,those good ole army days !!! LOL. Had to make it fun,everyone I worked with were miserable,so I had to be the SPARK that lit the FUSE of FUN and Laughter. LOL.

[@tylerlacor8116]

The duplicate drill bit joke is the best haha, I send a high five to you.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Lol I speak from personal pain

[@b.elzebub9252]

3:26 That is 100% realistic due to the Faraday cage effect. The vault is basically a metal box. Probably thick steel rebar re-enforced concrete or even full steel plate encased. Which makes it very hard, if not impossible, for radio waves to penetrate the room's walls. Depending on the frequency and the actual amount of conductive material in the walls.

[@TheMcC07]

The EM Rifle always reminded me of the alien gun in Turok: Dinosaur Hunter with the green trails.

[@easymentality]

I originally thought your Steven Seagal impersonation was an award-worthy masterpiece of vocal gymanicism.... But then I heard your Arnold impersonation...and only THEN did I truly understand that your vocal skillset truly knows NO limits.

[@mattrobson3603]

Now I'm trying to imagine a sequel to Eraser that was just all about the legal fallout from the stuff that came to light about Cyrez. Like Erin Brockovich, only with an improbably shady defense contractor selling ultra-tech weapons to terrorists instead of something mundane like pollution. (Not to suggest that defense contractors are not shady, but their shadiness tends more toward quid pro quo and lobbying to get governments to buy their stuff)

[@SymbolicSplenetic]

Totally missed an opportunity to drop a "I'm just here to tie up the line" joke at 13:58

[@someguy6158]

Take for granted? I always have more erasers than pencils. Also, the erasable ink is the greatest invention ever

[@garyhall7867]

I always ended up putting holes in my paper because of the ink. Fuck that noise

[@rmyers99]

I forgot how insane this movie was. I saw it in the theater decades ago and was a wee lad when it came out, apparently not realizing how convoluted that plot was.

[@bigleashvert8396]

Oh my god the beginning already killed me. You are funny as hell

[@doublep1980]

About the futuristic ''super rifles": There are supposed to be railguns, that use electromagnetic energy to fire their projectiles. The US Navy has build a working prototype irl and they even released an official video with the successful testing of the weapon. You can find it here on YT. The problem is though, the real railgun is: a). huge af, we're talking the size of a construction crane b). requires massive amounts of electrical power, to fire a shot and c). the barrel of the gun gets lots of wear and needs to be replaced after a dozen shots or so, because of the massive heat & friction generated. Basically, it's really impractical to operate at this stage. That being said, the real life railgun fires a projectile made out of solid steel, that reaches Mach 5 and penetrates the thickest armor like if it's cardboard. If they could manage to make it more practical to use, it would be perfect as an anti-missile weapon, to shoot down anti-ship & cruise missiles or as replacement for conventional guns on warships. You could sink an enemy ship with just one well-placed shot, because the projectile punches through all the armor plating of the hull. China, India, Russia and couple of other countries are also working on a railgun. Of course, the version we see in the movie here, is totally sci-fi BS.

[@basquat76]

Arnold did all his own stunts you say. I don't know that guy landing on the car at 8:40 does not look like Arnie.

[@natsohigh5552]

And even now at 59, Vanessa is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.

[@froggy7495]

I think your arnie voice is hilarious made me laugh every time.🤣🤣

[@camschuster5947]

“Johnny?!” That delivery by James C gets me every time…

[@DEADxBABIESxINC]

What timing! I just saw Top Gun : Maverick and Tom Cruise and crew must've been fans of Eraser because they used that line "earth, welcome" well not exactly but it was a kid, he just met a person that look like he fell from space...and he did indeed say "earth!"

[@nebfreely317]

Your accents are great! Lol I love waking up on Saturday n watching your new upload. Thank you Broseph!

[@JDFitzRoy]

"This guy leans that plants aren't bulletproof" 😆

[@unstoppableExodia]

It may have been one of the last great cheesy action movies but I’ll always remember this movie for how fine Vanessa Williams looked back then. Oh lawd 😋

[@8002spirgnob]

"There's perfect reception AT THE DOOR, aaaaaand...now it's gone." Faraday cage, buddy.

[@DaveVoyles]

Seagal movies? Sly? Arnold? This channel just keeps getting better.

[@luna-hw9li]

"the speed of light must be on dial-up".... perfect.

[@jeffkadlec8264]

Great Arnold voice - I love it!! You should do a short 3-minute version of one of these, ALL IN an Arny voice. And love the line, "Have you ever tried to dress a toddler?" Great line!!

[@tantryl]

@3:25 of all the things to pick on in this movie you're going with "how do thick walls prevent wireless transmission?"

[@mattrobson3603]

It would presumably be a Faraday cage, specifically installed around the 'sensitive computer information' room.

[@tantryl]

@@mattrobson3603 that'd do the job. Also basic white noise devices: pumping out info on various bandwidths. But, like, it's not just relatively low bandwidth required audio. It's video. There's a reason your old school analogue radio worked pretty much anywhere but your old school free to air TV required an antenna on the roof. Frequencies required for video don't penetrate very well.

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

This movie is a master class in catch phrases that never caught on.

[@martinacold9255]

Special guests courtesy of the amphibians from Lake Placid 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@digiblak997]

My dude that was the best Arnold impersonation ever. Second only to your Steven segal. Ty

[@jcmac7709]

Vanessa Williams was one of the hottest actress’s (because that’s what they called themselves back then) to bless the screen for pretty much the entirety of the 90’s.

[@RM-306]

Pixar could remake this and have Arnold voice that pencil eraser

[@jtmplmbr4465]

“It looks like this office was on a airplane…”. 😂

[@DrJohnAZoidberg]

5:15 I always thought of this gun when I played Perfect Dark on the 64 while using the Farsight alien sniper that could see through walls and have a tracking mode. Oh and it was a one hit kill.... Starting to see the where the game got the inspiration from

[@ArchTymeWizard]

It's going to be a good weekend now, thanks Redeye.

[@VonWenk]

I've always been interested in seeing this because one of the writers is Michael S. Chernuchin, who's written for Law & Order. And I see that the doctor with the defibulator is Camryn Mannheim, who plays the captain on the Law & Order revival.

[@justahuman8790]

I love Hollywood ammo, They have got so clever only hurting the actors the script says. 🤩 🎥 amazing.

[@ang3r3dv3t]

I remember loving this movie as a kid. lol Great video man!

[@galactusholmes]

ok, so the mobster who helped Arnie is also, I'm pretty sure, the hobo guy who took Kevin Costner to the Army outpost in Dances With Wolves. Also, a young Roger Sterling was in this movie. He didn't have a martini, though

[@freee63]

9:41 he finally pronounced that word correctly

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

You forget that when the guy calls his boss on the landline he uses an unbreakable code by saying their "music" has arrived because that's definitely a thing people working in the FBI evidence locker call people about. It's foolproof.

[@tranzman99]

They are not “Ambulance Drivers” they are EMTs. I hate when people call us that.

[@librarianontheloose]

I now am trying to desperately work "a hefty loaf of man buns" into common conversation.

[@megatronjenkins2473]

"My evidence is hard!"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Good one, RedEye! My mighty Decepticon Army is in stitches!

[@lonew0lfclaw859]

I loved this movie as a kid. One of the best old school action movies. Not to mention that ultra cool sniper rifle. It may be dumb as hell but it sure was cool.

[@eduardodiaz9942]

The last truly great Arnold movie, and the one that inspired the best weapon in the Quake series.

[@Mkpryor12]

I literally just watched this yesterday after I got off work 😂😂

[@duberdurm]

90s movies had so much heart.

[@germantoenglish898]

7:46 I knew it was safe to fire a gun in a plane, despite all the propaganda.

[@rushmore3927]

Arnie dodged at the speed of light! The inertia and his sudden move at that speed would have created a rapid wave of pressure displacement- Wind at ludicrous speed!

[@dustinedwardanderson]

Dude you got to do the sequel: Eraser: No.2

[@garyhall7867]

Oh, wasn't ready for the suprise James Coburn

[@blvalverde]

I'm more than a triple agent, a triple-triple agent squared. Betraying people I haven't met yet.

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

The scope seems to be controlled with a zoom so whatever is currently at the distance set is where it looks. Not just off into infinity.

[@lolopotatoes9397]

Man I remember seeing this in theaters with my dad. I remember thinking...."eh True Lies was better".

[@this_is_who_we_are]

The flick is fun, has good gore and a great cast. James Coburn? James Caan? Mark Rolston? James Cromwell? In an Arnie-movie??? And big guns galore. What is not to like??? And Vanessa Williams is hot af...

[@sargegamingchannel4299]

@RedEye Reviews thanks for doing this one I have it on DVD this was his last decent action movie

[@nightshade7240]

If a weapon fires a projectile as soft as aluminium at "near the speed of light" that shot is going to melt before it hits anything but then the melted droplets would still be travelling at near the speed of light. Also friction from the droplets interaction with air particles would then also incinerate anything in its path. The sheer unnecessary absurdity of these guns is beautiful. Oh and I'm pretty sure these projectiles would burn so hot they'd do lethal damage to anyone firing the thing. Even with a proper containment field to protect the weapon itself, a human could not be in close proximity when it fires.

[@allenlindsey1175]

The aluminum is only a soft casing..this is to keep the slug from galding to the bore. The main part of the slug must be strongly magnetic

[@kasplatz553]

Didn't even mention the absurdity of the people getting knocked back. They wouldn't move at all.

[@DrJohnAZoidberg]

19:15 YES! you included my favorite quote!

[@richardnelson7442]

The only thing I really remember about this movie is that rifle gun and an alligator lol

[@ryanzazzara8209]

this was so cool in the theaters i remember they were packed it was the same way with True Lies the theaters were mobbed. it was awesome.

[@christianwitte406]

Saw this opening day in the theater. Loved it.

[@liquidragonfu5546]

The thing I always remembered the most about this movie was the guns lol

[@mattymaple1976]

Dearest patrons, please vote for The Warriors or Streets of Fire. I will personally thank each of you, with a blanket statement. Lol STREETS OF FIRE!!!!

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

Camryn Manheim makes a much better fake lawyer than she does a fake doctor. Although maybe it's true they aren't because she seems to ignore his pleas not to shock him and acts very excited like this is the first time she's ever done it so she tries to make things seems more serious before they stop her. "What? No he's not talking. OK, turn it up to maximum before the doctor gets here." "I thought you were the doct..." "CLEAR!!"

[@danelynch7171]

"My evidence is always hard."😂😂😂😂 Great review all the way up until the end

[@FilipCordas]

Someone should create a legal review 80 action movies, I can't imagine that the opening scene was according to police procedures. Can a police officer call it justified use of force when you sneak up on someone in a mask and kill him.

[@las10plagas]

the killer, who shot and killed dimbag darrell on stage, was killed by a policeman, who sneaked up on him and shot him in the head with his shotgun :-P

[@serptimis1552]

Well, there's "Is it legal" and then there is "Would an American law enforcement officer do it and get away with it" which really opens up the possibilities

[@FilipCordas]

@@serptimis1552 well not really American police officers are probably the most monitored and tracked out of all the countries in the world.

[@TonyMichaels166]

I’d never even heard of this movie until 2 weeks ago. Can’t wait to watch it!

[@judsongaiden9878]

2:36 Since he shoots right-handed, he should display his badge with his left hand. 14:17 Unfold that stock, greenhorn! 15:01 More like Red Faction. It actually had a railgun (with a see-through-walls scope, even). 15:16 He's gunzerking! Why are those scopes offset like that?! Are they meant to be held over the shoulder like a rocket launcher? Then it would make sense to have the scope offset all the way to the left like that. 15:44 Hard to aim when you leave the stock folded.

[@markula_4040]

As an Arnold superfan in the 80's (and early 90's), this was the first action movie from him where I was like, I think I'm over him. I know Last Action Hero bombed but Eraser really felt like the point where Arnold just wasn't the man anymore.

[@travisschwandt2913]

Kinda of had ran it's course by this one.

[@thegreatergood8081]

It was fun, but generic. The rail guns were the main gimmick/selling point

[@user-mw2vn7pv8n]

Why exactly do you think so? And what's his best movie according to you?

[@jonsnipe5484]

This movie made alot in box office and was very well received by critics

[@chicagomike4587]

True Lies was the last "He's the fucking man" flick - it was a great note to finish on

[@diamondsnake1273]

Arnold had best post-kill one liners 🙂

[@j.tgrooms]

The perfect movie to catch a train too

[@juckoosaurus]

Fucking Love James Caan playing this movie so straight and Vanessa Williams was really pretty in this movie

[@wopjohn]

Wish I could erase some of these ad breaks

[@Anynom]

Saw this at, of all places, the AMC at Pleasure Island at Disney World during family trip. Then it was playing at the Chicago suburb movie theater I worked at so was able to check it out more. Best part is the discussion on Russians no longer communists "don't make me hurt you, MIkey."

[@dicktracey7771]

Pleasure island at Disney world sounds kinda fucked up

[@yourmomgagsmenut]

This was my first Arnold movie that I had seen, I had seen trailers in other movies for it and was hyped! I still remember being 7 and sneaking out one night and finding this playing. Of course I was only able to watch it cuz my mom paid to have our satellite chip descrambled so we got all 999 channels. that’s a memory core for us OGs tho lol

[@arnold8746]

Stealing satellite and cable back in the day was great. It was my grandfather's gift. Our phone never stopped ringing. Even way back when it was the giant dishes that rotated, people would call to get the new codes to punch in. My grandfather is completely by the book, but when it came to tv, he was a straight up criminal.

[@chrisbg99]

While not one of Arnold's best it is still a pretty good action flick. I have a certain fondness for it as well since it was the first R-rated movie my dad ever took me to back when I was 13.

[@JuanReyes-qn9eo]

Just subscribed even though I've watched a lot of your videos with so much laughter and joy. I have a must watch and do video movie for ya. It's a hidden jem by the name of Ice Pirates. It's a must watch 80s jem .wit a few famous actors in beginning movies 😆😆😆😆😆😜🤪🤪😋😛😝😝

[@tonytoes0]

May I recommend a movie, Quiet Cool 1986. It starts with James Remar Ajax from The Warriors and Dexter's Dad, as a cop chasing a guy on roller skates on a motorcycle through the streets of NYC down into the subway

[@josephyu1527]

The films he did after Eraser are also prime candidates for Comedic Recaps. In End of Days he fights satan.

[@totalmentemad]

Jokes aside Cyrez looks like one of thos companies that takes care of its emplyees pretty well in spite of the lack of training of the medical staff. I wounder what they health insurance plan covers. By the way RedEye, great Arnie impression.

[@RedEyeReviews]

That is a fair point. We should be so lucky to work for them lol. Oh thanks. My dad and I joke around with Arnold impressions together :)

[@totalmentemad]

@@RedEyeReviews I would enjoy listening and laughing to a coversation among two Arnolds. "Get to the choppa, get down!!"

[@mortenhyvejle]

You nailed Arnold pretty good with that voice 😅

[@davesaints8023]

I saw this in the theater in 1996. It was entering. I would say it was not that memorable. it was a popcorn action flex you forget about. I never saw this movie again. The only thing I remember is Arnold jumping out of the plane with the engine on fire. Thanks for the review. I forgot how entertaining the movie was. I even forgot who was in it besides Arnold.