No Mercy (1986)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.3/10   

Director:

Richard Pearce

Guionista:

James Carabatsos (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

19 diciembre 1986 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Crimen | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

When passion and hatred know no limits, expect no mercy.

Plot:

Maverick Chicago cop Eddie Jillette poses as a hit man to meet with someone in from New Orleans looking to have a job done...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Motel | Violence | Showdown | Organized Crime

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Revenge has no mercy.

Reparto

Richard Gere	...	Eddie Jillette
Kim Basinger	...	Michel Duval
Jeroen Krabbé	...	Losado
George Dzundza	...	Captain Stemkowski
Gary Basaraba	...	Joe Collins
William Atherton	...	Allan Deveneux
Terry Kinney	...	Paul Deveneux
Bruce McGill	...	Lieutenant Hall
Ray Sharkey	...	Angles Ryan
Marita Geraghty	...	Alice Collins
Aleta Mitchell	...	Cara
Fred Gratton	...	Quiet
Dionisio	...	Pinto
Ray Brown	...	Benny Blue
Kim Chan	...	Old Asian Man

También conocida como:

Atrapados sin salida (Spain) [es]
Sin piedad (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

106 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Iceland:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 (re-rating) (uncut) | Norway:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 (original rating) (cut) | Singapore:M18

Locaciones de Filmación:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Compañía:

TriStar Pictures

Trivialidades:

The car wash in the beginning of the movie still exists. It is now a Mobile Station on Elston Avenue in Chicago.

Errores:

Personal o Equipo Visible: The cat's trainer is briefly visible from under the hotel clerk's desk while Eddie and Michel are waiting for Losado.

Citas:

Michel Duval: I'm not a whore.
Eddie Jillette: What?
Michel Duval: I'm not a whore. I've never been with anyone except Losado.
Eddie Jillette: So?
Michel Duval: I'm not a whore.

Revenge has no mercy.

After receiving a tip from a suspect, Chicago cop Eddie Jillette poses as a hit man, he's to meet with a mysterious guy from New Orleans and from there uncover the plans. But things go awry and Eddie's partner and friend is brutally murdered, a stunningly gorgeous blonde seems to hold the key to it all, so Eddie heads South with revenge and anger driving him on.

80s popcorn thrillers get a hard deal on IMDb, it seems that many people visiting them for the first time post 1990, seem determined to judge them against the likes of multiplex favourites like Bad Boys. The 80s was far from being a great decade for action/drama movies, but there was a ream of tidy pieces that fulfilled the genre requirements for those so inclined. Here in Richard Pearce's No Mercy we have a protagonist hell bent on revenge {Richard Gere, lots of hair but acting with force}, a sultry blonde stirring passions {Kim Bassinger in the same year she turned heads in Nine 1/2 weeks}, and a weasel baddie with a pony tail {Jeroen Krabbé enjoying himself}, throw in swearing before it was a fashionable accessory, explosions aplenty and an ability to have the viewer shouting for our cop to bloody succeed at all costs. Yes there is the obligatory simmering romance under trying circumstances, and yes the ending holds few surprises to anyone who has watched films since 1930, but it's a very credible piece that is certainly more entertaining than some of the dross action pictures that are churned out weekly for the MTV generation these days. 7/10