Directed by:
Chris SparlingScreenplay:
Chris SparlingCinematography:
Luca Del PuppoComposer:
Phil MossmanCast:
James Wolk, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Michael Godere, Tom Lipinski, Dan Ziskie, Dion Graham, Brenda Rickert, Wendy Morgan, Keith Lukowski, Jay A. Wollin (more)VOD (1)
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Some family ties are meant to be broken. From Chris Sparling, writer of BURIED and director of THE ATTICUS INSTITUTE, an unbearably tense home invasion chiller with a killer twist. Two sets of estranged half-brothers return to their childhood home to say a last goodbye to their mother on her deathbed. Soon hidden motives are revealed fuelled by old hurts and current relationship strains that get tested further when shocking secrets from their mother's past are revealed. And so begins a restless, stressful, edgy night that goes terribly awry when everyone is suddenly thrust into a fight for survival. (FrightFest)
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The fascinating thing is that Netflix maintains its technical quality despite an unsalvageable crappy script. The premise of Mercy is a total bullshit. An old mother is on her deathbed and the sect from the neighborhood wants to give her some alternative medicine. Her kids come home to defend her tooth and nail. There is a war raging around the old woman who doesn’t even wake up. The fighting is intense, takes place mostly in the dark, and then it turns out the way it does, and you think that if everyone had a bit of sense, the story would end in the first five minutes. The premise is something that only the American market would enjoy, because it’s based on classic redneck behavior, takes place in a classic dusty southern home with a veranda, and moreover features a religious sect, which are dime-a-dozen in America.
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It has quite a good atmosphere at times, but in the end, you realize that it's all created mainly by the darkness and the dark corners. Unfortunately, the story lags behind significantly and is simply a bit strange and not very functional. The characters are slightly clichéd, where you kind of expect their behavior from the beginning.
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