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Mercy Streets
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28 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 5 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
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  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    Director/co-writer/co-producer Jon Gunn's Christian agenda is evident without being intolerably sanctimonious, and he's a competent filmmaker who shows sign of having a little style.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    40
    The filmmakers cannot sustain enough momentum to keep their film from seeming contrived and preachy.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    40
    No mere crime drama, but rather the latest in the recent resurgence of independently financed, spiritually themed pics that seek to couch religious dogma within the shells of B-grade genre entertainment.
  4. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marrit Ingman
    30
    Like "Reservoir Dogs" by way of Ned Flanders, Mercy Streets is as earnest as Vacation Bible School and somewhat more cinematic.
  5. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
    20
    Writer-director Jon Gunn and co-writer John W. Mann can't fashion a meaningful parable from their knot of dangling plotlines and absurd scenarios.
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