No Mercy (1986)
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15% of critics liked it
(13 reviews) -
32% of users liked it
(3,786 ratings)
High-powered gangsters move this crime drama along at a fast pace. When two cops, Eddie Jillette (Richard Gere) and Joe Collins (Gary Basaraba), hear about a contract out on local crime boss Losado (Jeroen Krabbe), they go undercover posing as hitmen, and the result is murder. Collins and the man… More High-powered gangsters move this crime drama along at a fast pace. When two cops, Eddie Jillette (Richard Gere) and Joe Collins (Gary Basaraba), hear about a contract out on local crime boss Losado (Jeroen Krabbe), they go undercover posing as hitmen, and the result is murder. Collins and the man who hired them, Paul Deveneux (Terry Kinney) are killed, and Jillette goes looking for the assassin. He ends up in New Orleans where he locates Michel Duval (Kim Basinger), the girlfriend of Deveneux now virtually held a prisoner by Losado. Jillette has his work cut out for him. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Pearce
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
R,
- In Theaters
- Dec 19, 1986 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
A passionate film noir that depends heavily upon Mr. Gere to give it credence, and Mr. Gere delivers.
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Paul Attanasio, Washington Post
Count me among those who would be happy never to see another starring role for Gere, except maybe as Felix in a remake of The Odd Couple.
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Rita Kempley, Washington Post
A standard-issue cop thriller that amounts to Beverly Hills Cop in a bad mood.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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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Pat Graham, Chicago Reader
Pearce pads out his plot with lots of borrowed bits ... but the borrowings don't have any resonance of their own: they simply hang on the story like empty thematic husks.
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Cast
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Richard Gere
as Eddie Jillette
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Kim Basinger
as Michel Duval
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Jeroen Krabbé
as Losado
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George Dzundza
as Capt. Stemkowski
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Gary Basaraba
as Joe Collins
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William Atherton
as Allan Deveneux
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Terry Kinney
as Paul Deveneux
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Bruce McGill
as Lt. Hall
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Ray Sharkey
as Angles Ryan
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Marita Geraghty
as Alice Collins
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Aleta Mitchell
as Cara
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Mike Bacarella
as Driver
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Kim Chan
as Old Asian Man
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Caris Corfman
as Waitress
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George Dickerson
as Reblue
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Charles S. Dutton
as Sgt. Sandy
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Victoria Edwards
as Bernice
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Annalee Jefferies
as Susan
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Pearl Jones
as Blind Woman
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Leon Rippy
as Man #2
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Thomas Rosales Jr.
as Man #4
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Raynor Scheine
as Curtis
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John Snyder
as Miles
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Bill Hart
as Man #3
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Carl Gordon
as Lawrence
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John Schluter
as Policeman
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Ray Brown
as Benny Blue
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Harold Evans
as Security Guard
