Erased (2012)

An ex-CIA agent and his estranged daughter are forced on the run when his employers erase all records of his existence, and mark them both for termination as part of a wide-reaching international conspiracy.

Director:

Philipp Stölzl

Writer:

Arash Amel

Stars:

Aaron Eckhart, Nick Alachiotis, Liana Liberato

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aaron Eckhart	...	Ben Logan
Liana Liberato	...	Amy Logan
Olga Kurylenko	...	Anna Brandt
Garrick Hagon	...	James Halgate
Eric Godon	...	Maitland
Yassine Fadel	...	Nabil
Neil Napier	...	Derek Kohler
David Bark-Jones	...	Marty Braymer
Alexander Fehling	...	Floyd
Nick Alachiotis	...	Walter
Ronnie Commissaris	...	Karl Van Doorn
Fabrice Boutique	...	Karim
Debbie Wong	...	Mei Ling
Ron White	...	Dick Rhodes
Katelijne Verbeke	...	Sophie Pieters

Storyline

The expatriate and widower Ben Logan has moved from New York to Antwerp with his estranged teenage daughter Amy Logan to work for the technology corporation Halgate Group. When he breaks a sophisticated security code from a device, he notes that its patent has no record in Halgate and he calls the attention of his boss Derek Kohler. Ben meets Amy and they do not go home; later Ben goes with Amy to his office and they find it completely empty. Further, all the records of his phone calls, e-mails, payslip and bank account have vanished. Out of the blue, a coworker abducts Ben and Amy in the bank but Ben kills him in self-defense. Ben finds a key from a locker in the Central Station and he finds photos of his daughter, himself and his coworkers. His further investigation shows that all the workers are dead in the morgue except Derek Kohler. Soon Ben discovers a huge conspiracy of Halgate Group relative to illegal arms sales to Africa with the involvement of rogue CIA agents. But Ben is ...

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Plot Keywords:

conspiracy | patent | on the run | cia | estranged daughter | 

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Taglines:

Be careful who you work for.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA Canada Belgium UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 September 2012 (Belgium)

Also Known As:

Erased

Filming Locations:

Central Station, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

Box Office

Budget:

EUR12,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,314,735

Company Credits

Production Co:

Entertainment Motion Pictures (E-MOTION), Expatriate Films, Informant Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One alias used by the conspirators is 'Markus Wolf' which refers to the famous head of the East German foreign intelligence service by the same name. One of his biggest achievements was to place a top spy, Günter Guillaume, as an aide to the former Chancellor of West Germany, Willy Brandt. Brandt is also the last name of the female CIA operative.

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Goofs

After the courtroom scene, the characters exit the Brussels Stock Exchange (Bourse/Beurs). There are no courts in that building. Oddly enough, the next scene plays out in front of the Justice Palace, the main court building in Belgium.

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Quotes

James Halgate: Don't let your noble moral compass get in the way, Ben. Where has it gotten you? Hmm? You have nothing! No job, no money... no country.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.144 (2013)

User Reviews

solid action thriller

I am a big fan of this genre, a genre that has been almost soaked of its originality, like most thriller i have watched, it didn't surpass the Bourne series but it was a series of clichés that was more comforting than worrying, Aaron Eckhart gives a very good performance as the lead character Ben Logan.

Liana Liberato gives a genuinely good performance as Eckharts estranged daughter Amy, who has been persuaded by Logan to leave her grandfathers custody in America in order to move to Belgium, to be with him.

The film starts off quite slow, but when the credits ran i was very happy with what i had witnessed, a good addition to the thriller genre.