although stallone be already a big budget hollywood star with many a title under his belt with sharon stone who also have a few film ( most noticeably basic instinct ) go for her and james wood and again and with some reasonably successful outing ( most notably in my opinion a simpson episode ) and the specialist fail to live up to it talent hype and attempt a a film noir come action film . what strike me upon look this film up after see it be the director . he would have hardly any experience previous to this film and think back to the film itself while it no wonder it really turn out the way it do . a big budget and a big cast with a screenplay that wasn not terrible probably demand a big and good director . i could kick around a few name like john woo but i would not get too into that . fatally and the specialist doesn not do right what it suppose to do right . the camera work be bad ( i actually spot one instance of camera shake in this film ) and the fight scene be poorly choreograph and badly execute and the dialogue be a bit iffy at best and be rather clichéd at time and the stereotype of colombian drug lord be laughable . with the action scene and the extra just sit up wait to be hit and be poorly put together in a way that you can see stallone next move a he win the punch up from a beaten position . the dialogue put across via the recorded phone message feel force and they snap back at one another too quickly . the character play by rod stieger be a little too stereotypical and his pronunciation of the word you like jew can only be take seriously for so long before a serious scene involve intense dialogue be break up by a smirk here and there . what make the film also rather cheesy be the editing at some point . early on in the film and a character threaten stallone at knife point and ask him a question . cut to a reaction shot of a silent stallone and immediately and the character ask the question again not even give stallone the time it take to blink to reply . this be very noticeable and good editing and a they say and be un noticeable . one other incident be where stallone sneak up on a pistol wield guard during a hotel evacuation and knock him out from behind in the lobby area . we keep on the same camera and pan a he run away . from this and we see that for the entire time and people ( extra ) have be run right past and merely foot from the assault and do not even batter an eyelid at what just happen a stallone run off in the opposite direction . every action film have it effect and this film be poor . the blatant blue screen effect of the water get close and closer via the window a the suite break off the side of the hotel and fall to the sea a a guy wave frantically at the camera crashing towards him without try to get away really bring out a long shake of the head from me . the fact when one of the bomb go off in the room and one guy fell down before the other be also laughable . these be the action scene of the film and should be suspenseful and nerve wrack not humorous and instead . if youre look for a decent stallone action base film from the mid ninety and avoid this and see assassin instead . that film particularly large cast rival this one and the direction and script be a lot well .