No Mercy (1986 film)

No Mercy
No Mercy
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Pearce
Written by	Jim Carabatsos
Produced by	D. Constantine Conte
Starring	Richard Gere; Kim Basinger;
Cinematography	Michel Brault
Edited by	Gerald B. Greenberg; Bill Yahraus
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Production; company	Delphi Productions
Distributed by	TriStar Pictures
Release date	December 19, 1986;
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$14 million
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]

Plot

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.

Cast

Richard Gere as Eddie Jillette
Kim Basinger as Michel Duval
Jeroen Krabbé as Losado
George Dzundza as Captain Stemkowski
Gary Basaraba as Joe Collins
William Atherton as Allan Deveneux
Terry Kinney as Paul Deveneux
Ely Pouget as Julia Fischer
Bruce McGill as Lieutenant Hall
Ray Sharkey as Angles Ryan
Marita Geraghty as Alice Collins
Aleta Mitchell as Cara
Fred Gratton as Quiet
Dionisio as Pinto
Kim Chan as Old Asian Man
George Dickerson as Reblue
Charles S. Dutton as Sergeant Sandy

Reception

Critical response

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]

References

^ "The Unstoppables". Spy. November 1988. p. 92.
^ "Box Office Mojo > Box Office By Movie". Archived from the original on September 10, 2004.
^ No Mercy at Rotten Tomatoes
^ Schwartz, Dennis (June 7, 2015). "No Mercy". Ozus' World Movie Reviews. Retrieved April 8, 2019. Gere is convincing and makes it watchable.
^ Ebert, Roger (December 19, 1986). "No Mercy Movie Review". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved April 8, 2019. 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.