Lee Cullen

Lee Cullen is the deuteragonist of the 1996 action movie, The Eraser. Initially a senior executive of the Department of Defense supplier Cyrez, Lee discovered an illegal arms deal and in trying to bring down Cyrez, her former employers tried to eliminate her.
She was played by Vanessa Lynn Williams who also voiced Ms. Brown in M&M's.
==Personality==
According to Marshal WITSEC Chief, Lee is a genuinely honest woman. Despite her strong moral compass and irrefutable sense of justice, Lee has been shown to struggle to fully maintain her composure, remaining mildly panicked during her data exfiltration mission in Cyrez and finally exploding in stress after seeing William Donohue committed suicide in front of her, later confronting federal agents for not fulfilling their promises of protection to the letter and refusing protection due to her disappointment.
Overall, Lee is a pretty confident, sarcastic, sympathetic, outspoken, ironic, and adaptive woman, growing from a frightened attempted murder victim to someone even more determined to risk her life for the noble cause and ready to use a firearm in lethal defense if necessary. Initially lacking in courage due to never continuously experiencing danger, Lee was able to acquire a great deal of bravery in just a few days, even daring to stand up to a Russian arms dealer.
== History ==
Discovering the creation of the pulse rifle by Cyrez Corporation to be sold on the black market, Lee warned the FBI of what was going on and then volunteered following the agency's request for help to download the blueprints for the weapons. from the mainframe of the company, provided it is completely protected. 
On the day of the operation, Lee infiltrates the trunk of the mainframe despite the security and his outside microphone being jammed inside. She then downloads the plans on a disc in time and decides to make a second copy. Once out of the room, the security guard informs her that Donahue, Cyrez's vice-president, demanded to see her immediately. Arrived in the office of his boss, the latter reveals to have filmed Lee downloaded the plans, exposing his cover to the anger of Donahue who demands to know for whom she works. Lee tries to buy time by asking Donahue about his illegal activity, to which he only responds if the government doesn't pay for the guns he makes then he finds someone else to pay. The corrupt man then discovers the microphone and camera in Lee's jacket, forcing him to threaten her with a gun while blaming her for what follows before he commits suicide with a shot in the mouth. Horrified, Lee flees to the reception area where other agents try to grab him but the young woman's FBI allies filter her into a van. 
In the FBI hideout, Lee scolds the agents for not keeping their promises to ensure his safety during this operation which did not go as planned. She is then placed under the safety of Marshall John Kruger from WITSEC after being warned of the importance of her testimony to the Cyrez trial but she refuses the offer of protection, no longer trusting the agents and then returns home. 
In the evening in her house, Lee tries unsuccessfully to read the copy of the disc which she kept then telephones her journalist friend Claire Isaacs who had wisely advised her to make the copy in case but cuts the telephone conversation after hearing noises coming from upstairs. She finds out that it was only her ex boyfriend Darryl, who had broken into her home to try to rekindle their old relationship. Kruger abruptly disembarks and saves hardline Lee from an assassination attempt by CEW-armed mercenaries sent by Cyrez's corrupt CEO Eugene Morehart. Darryl is killed in the incident but Kruger manages to kill the mercenaries and evacuate Lee to his car. The young woman begins to seriously panic after what has happened and then slowly calms down while treating Kruger's injured hand during the firefight. She then reveals to him that Cyrez is secretly working to have the I.E.M weapons built in masses and resell them. When Kruger asks her if she still wants to bring down Cyrez despite what just happened, she assures him that she does. 
Refugee in Kruger's house, Lee is forced to burn all her IDs, which she calls all she is but Kruger tells her it's just plastic and the only thing that matters that's what she has an inside because no one can take it. The next day, Kruger has her moved to an apartment run by one of her former witnesses under protection. Before leaving her, Kruger gives Lee a gun, while reminding her of the different ways to escape and of the important fact that he works alone so she shouldn't trust anyone claiming to be sent by him. Lee then assumes that she won't see him again, at least until the trial. 
After Kruger is tricked and drugged by Cyrez's corrupt and mole marshall, Robert Deguerin, he manages to send Lee a phone code so that she can escape beforehand. Hidden in the zoo in the middle of the evening, Lee is approached by another corrupt marshall and shoots him after anticipating the trap. The remains of Deguerin's men surround Lee in the reptile sector and a shootout between them and the woman ensues. Kruger arrives in time again, allowing the duo to escape after freeing the crocodiles to hold back the corrupt agents.
From the top of a church, Lee learns of Claire's death, making her fear that she will only get killed with Kruger but the latter at the idea of ​​reading the information on the disc to help them be exonerated, only they will have to use a computer from Cyrez. They then leave the church after Father Rodriguez informs them that the police are gone. 
Disguised as paramedics, Lee and Kruger infiltrate Cyrez's building thanks to Johnny C's diversion and make their way safely to Donahue's office thanks to a secret entrance that the late vice-president had kept. It is not long before they discover that the arms shipments are on the docs of Baltimore and will be brought to the Russian mafia boss Ivanovich Petrofsky who will then take care of the arms sale. Unfortunately, Deguerin, Morehart and their men who expected their arrival, discover the intrusions and have the disc erased remotely. Lee by being captured by Deguerin while John is blocked by bulletproof glass. 
Brought to the docks and tied to a chair, Lee is used as leverage by Deguerin who would prefer to eliminate him immediately. Petrofsky has other ideas for the young woman, to which Lee replies that it's not worth thinking about, only to get hit by the Russian. Helped by Johnny and Tony's Two Toe Band, Kruger storms the docs, allowing Lee to quietly free himself. At the climax of the battle, Deguerin again captures Lee and uses him as a human shield against Kruger who is shot in the shoulder by his former ally. Lee is then forcibly brought onto a suspended container by Deguerin but Kruger quickly joins them and defeats Deguerin before loosening the chains, sending the two men in free fall while Lee remains hanging on. Finally, Deguerin is trapped under a pile of rubble and then arrested by the authorities led by Beller, Kruger's boss.
The day of the trial while Deguerin, the defense assistant Daniel Harper and Morehart are indicted for treason but manages to get away with it. Lee and Kruger pretend to be killed in their car explosion, and later with Johnny's help, the Con-Conspirators are killed by a train crash. With that sorted out, Kruger joins Lee in another car and the two leave.
== Quotes==
==Trivia==
*When she was a kid she had nightmares with Dragons so she started wearing a necklace with a picture of Saint George because it made her feel like he was watching over her.
*Vanessa Lynn Williams was recommended for the role of Lee Cullen by Maria Shriver, Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife at the time.
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