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Expect No Mercy

  • 19951995
  • RR
  • 1h 31m
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4.3/10
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Expect No Mercy (1995)
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Federal Service Agent Justin Vanier has been assigned to infiltrate the mysterious Virtual Arts Academy in search of Eric, a fellow agent. In this high-tech facility, the maniacal leader War... Read allFederal Service Agent Justin Vanier has been assigned to infiltrate the mysterious Virtual Arts Academy in search of Eric, a fellow agent. In this high-tech facility, the maniacal leader Warbeck is training assassins to become even more efficient killing machines using virtual re... Read allFederal Service Agent Justin Vanier has been assigned to infiltrate the mysterious Virtual Arts Academy in search of Eric, a fellow agent. In this high-tech facility, the maniacal leader Warbeck is training assassins to become even more efficient killing machines using virtual reality. Penetrating the organization as a new recruit, Justin finds Eric, and together with... Read all
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Zale Dalen
  • Writer
    • J. Stephen Maunder
  • Stars
    • Billy Blanks
    • Jalal Merhi
    • Wolf Larson
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  • Director
    • Zale Dalen
  • Writer
    • J. Stephen Maunder
  • Stars
    • Billy Blanks
    • Jalal Merhi
    • Wolf Larson
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    • 10User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
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    Billy Blanks
    Billy Blanks
    • Justin Vanieras Justin Vanier
    Jalal Merhi
    Jalal Merhi
    • Ericas Eric
    Wolf Larson
    Wolf Larson
    • Warbeckas Warbeck
    Laurie Holden
    Laurie Holden
    • Vickias Vicki
    Anthony De Longis
    Anthony De Longis
    • Damianas Damian
    Michael Blanks
    • Spyderas Spyder
    Réal Andrews
    Réal Andrews
    • Alexanderas Alexander
    Sam Moses
    Sam Moses
    • Goldbergas Goldberg
    Jefferson Mappin
    Jefferson Mappin
    • Wilkinsonas Wilkinson
    Géza Kovács
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    Richard Fitzpatrick
    Richard Fitzpatrick
    • Frankas Frank
    Brett Halsey
    Brett Halsey
    • Bromfieldas Bromfield
    Scott Wickware
    • Bodyguardas Bodyguard
    Lazar Rockwood
    • Technicianas Technician
    Amer Merhi
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    Bob Collins
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    Tania Gort
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    • Director
      • Zale Dalen
    • Writer
      • J. Stephen Maunder
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    Federal Service Agent Justin Vanier has been assigned to infiltrate the mysterious Virtual Arts Academy in search of Eric, a fellow agent. In this high-tech facility, the maniacal leader Warbeck is training assassins to become even more efficient killing machines using virtual reality. Penetrating the organization as a new recruit, Justin finds Eric, and together with the idealistic Vicki must bring down Warbeck before he succeeds with his deadly plans. —Tommy Henry <tommyhenry@beta.delphi.com>
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    • Genres
      • Action
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    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for martial arts violence and shootings
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Billy Blanks replaced Olivier Gruner as the star of the movie on short notice.
    • Quotes

      Justin Vanier: [to Warbeck's henchmen] Your virtual reality stuff is crap. I'll show you the real thing!

    • Connections
      References Ghostbusters (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      Expect No Mercy
      Performed by Ohm & The Temple of Sound

      Produced by Zsolt Kota

      Written by Peter Fust Morrison (as P. Morrison) and Steven Lindsey Jones (as S. Jones)

      Recorded at Q.E.D. Media Productions, Toronto

    User reviews10

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    Top review
    5/10
    "Jilal, can you actually speak English?"
    Starring: Billy Blanks, Michael Blanks, Blankety Blanks, Jalal Merhi, Brett Hasley, Lauri Holden (who would go on to star in The Walking Dead!)

    Truly Mong Fu from start to finish, Expect No Mercy has Billy Blanks taking on two enemies: an assassin school and computer technology!

    Some guy called Warbeck (yeah! The Beyond!) runs a martial arts academy where the students hook up to a machine and go head to head with simulations. It's all very cult-like and Warbeck kind of has some sort of God complex. Also, it's all really just a front for his assassin school, which makes millions wasting people for cash. Warbeck uses his computer technology to plan his executions then watches (and records) the killings via cameras.

    When the previous undercover cop turns up dead, the cops recruit Billy Blanks to go undercover and contact Eric, another cop pretending to be an instructor. Billy takes on the virtual enemies, some other students, He hates technology and regularly tells everyone so (especially those guards who are sent to capture him after Eric and Billy are caught uncovering the assassin school thing).

    Most of this film is just kung fu fighting. Some in this world, some in the virtual world. The virtual stuff is pretty funny, both retro- wise and mainly for the fact that the virtual enemies are hilarious (wait until you see Billy getting a proper kicking from a ninja, a samuri, a kick boxer, a clown etc all at the same time!) There's a pretty good gun fight right around the one hour mark, but mostly it's Billy and Jalal kicking people's heads in. Billy even faces off against his real life brother in a fight that seems to last about three days.

    Expect No Mercy is chock-full of continuity errors (breathing corpses, visible dummies etc), unintentional laughs (check out the positions Billy and Eric are lying in after falling off a building) and dodgy acting (the lead baddie, plus sometimes Billy comes across like he's been kicked in the head too many times).

    Not bad though - worth a look if you can tolerate these things.
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    • Release date
      • December 1995 (Canada)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Пощады не будет
    • Filming locations
      • Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Film One Productions
      • Film One
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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