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| Directed by | Richard Pearce |
| Written by | Jim Carabatsos |
| Produced by | D. Constantine Conte |
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| Cinematography | Michel Brault |
| Edited by | Gerald B. Greenberg Bill Yahraus |
| Music by | Alan Silvestri |
Production | Delphi Productions |
| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $14 million[1] |
| Box office | $12,303,904 (US) |
No Mercy is a 1986 American neo-noir action thriller film starring Richard Gere and Kim Basinger about a policeman who accepts an offer to kill a Cajun gangster. The film grossed over $12 million domestically.[2]
Eddie Jilette is a Chicago cop on the vengeance trail as he follows his partner's killers to New Orleans to settle his own personal score. Eddie flees through the Louisiana bayous with Michel Duval, the beautiful Cajun mistress of a murderous crime lord who aims to destroy the Chicago detective before he can avenge his partner's murder. Michel and Eddie fall for each other, although they clash repeatedly while handcuffed together as they attempt to elude the brutal underworld figure and his henchmen.
No Mercy received poor reviews from critics and currently holds a 31% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 16 reviews,[3] although reviewers praised Gere's performance and the film's atmosphere.[4][5]
Gere is convincing and makes it watchable.
But up until then, "No Mercy" is an above-average film noir, and its creepy feeling for the back streets of New Orleans and the sultry evil of its red-light suburbs got under my skin.
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