The Specialist is a 1994 English-language Action Crime film written by John Shirley and Alexandra Seros. The movie is directed by Luis Llosa and produced by Jerry Weintraub. A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family. The specialist features Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Rod Steiger, Eric Roberts, Mario Ernesto Sánchez and Scott Waugh. The motion picture is based on The Specialist by John Shirley. The music was composed by John Barry along with Emilio Estefan Jr. Cinematography was done by Jeffrey L. Kimball and editing by Jack Hofstra. The film has a running time of 110 minutes. It was released on 7th October 1994. The Film was successful at box office. The Specialist was made on a budget of $45 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $170 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Warner Bros.