Eraser

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Year:	1996
Country of origin:	USA
Director:	Chuck Russell
Genre:	Gun porn actioner
Starring:	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Cromwell
Rating:	4/5
IMDB link:	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116213/
Tagline:	He will erase your past to protect your future.
Favourite line:	"You've just been erased."

Arnhult is on fine form as John Kruger, an Eraser, a black ops US Marshall whose task it is to fake the deaths of people in the WITSEC (Witness Protection) program whose identity has been compromised. By erasing these people, their safety can be assured as whichever band of miscreants is out for their blood will be both mollified, and lulled into a false sense of security.
He's assigned the task of protecting Vanessa Williams' Lee Cullen, a worker for a dodgy weapons manufacturer who aren't too fussy about who they sell their weapons to. She intends to blow their operation wide open, which will lead to inevitable consequences in the higher echelons of power. Clearly, this cannot be allowed, and sinister types in black bomber jackets are sent after her.
Only The Arnster can save her....

An effective actioner this, packed to the gills with explosives and pyrotechnics, and a nice line in futuristic weaponry (the main weapon of choice being something very reminiscent of the Railgun from Quake fame).
It's brainless, sure, but never dull, and kept me entertained for it's entirety.
A good action movie all round.