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- 1986
- R
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 46 m
- 1986
- R
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 46 m
Summary A Chicago detective, seeking to avenge his partner's death, travels to New Orleans, where he unexpectedly becomes involved in a cat and mouse game of survival.
Directed By: Richard Pearce
Written By: James Carabatsos
- 1986
- R
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 46 m
- 1986
- R
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 46 m
No Mercy
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Summary A Chicago detective, seeking to avenge his partner's death, travels to New Orleans, where he unexpectedly becomes involved in a cat and mouse game of survival.
Directed By: Richard Pearce
Written By: James Carabatsos
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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36% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
55% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
9% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
54
36% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
55% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
9% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
No Mercy is a passionate film noir that depends heavily upon Mr. Gere to give it credence, and Mr. Gere delivers.
Despite some graphically brutal violence and a fair bit of 'too-cool' police jargon, No Mercy turns out to be a step above most other films in this blooming genre of lone-cop-turned-vigilante stories.
In the final analysis, the action-picture mechanics of the film are too limiting. No Mercy barely has a subject, much less a theme. Yet moments from the picture linger in the mind. If you don't leave the theater satisfied, you may at least be moved.
Technically, "No Mercy" is a smooth, assured piece of work, with a
sense of movement and color far superior to Pearce's previous outings. But it
is in technique that American action movies have taken their last refuge. The
commitment to character is gone, the effort to create credible, vivid
situations has been forgotten. What remains is empty know-how, and it is
difficult to see the difference between this kind of filmmaking and the
impersonal style-for-hire that goes into a typical TV commercial.
It’s a dazzlingly filmed and acted synopsis.
Pearce pads out his plot with lots of borrowed bits (notably from The 39 Steps, with Gere and Basinger as manacled fugitives), but the borrowings don't have any resonance of their own: they simply hang on the story like empty thematic husks.
Please. Quick. Somebody stop Jim Carabatsos before he writes another movie. Carabatsos, author of the vile new Clint Eastwood movie Heartbreak Ridge, has created another trashy screenplay in No Mercy, thus affording stars Richard Gere and Kim Basinger the chance to sully their careers. [19 Dec 1986, p.7]
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Production Company
TriStar Pictures,
Delphi IV Productions,
Delphi V Productions
Release Date Dec 19, 1986
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating R
Tagline Richard Gere and Kim Bassinger sizzle in a searing action thriller of passion and murder., No Mercy
Awards
Jupiter Award
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
