Eraser is a
1996 action film starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger and
Vanessa Williams. It was
directed by
Charles Russell. The film was nominated for an
Academy Award for Sound Effects Editing in
1996.
Plot
John "Eraser" Kruger (
Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a U.S. Marshal who works for the Federal
Witness Security Protection Program (WITSEC). John is assigned to protect Dr. Lee Cullen (
Vanessa L. Williams), a scientist who works for Cyrez Corporation, a company that creates and manufactures weapons for the military. Lee has come across plans in which Cyrez plans to sell a top secret
electronic pulse rifle to terrorist Sergei Ivanovich Petrofsky (
Olek Krupa). With its unparalleled firepower, the sale of such weapons to the wrong hands would tip over the balance of power.