Rating: 
Summary: Grade F+
Review: A cop's partner is killed, and poor Richard feels he has to go and take care of the bad guy that did it. Richard's wife has left him and he now is divorced, so Kim, who is a white slave of the bad guy, ads more reason for Richard to go after the bad guy. Besides, Kim was there when Richard's partner was done in.
THE GOOD
Not much, Kim Bassinger is pretty to look at, and that is about it.
THE BAD
Richard and Kim along with rest of the cast, seem to be going thru the motions of acting. Richard has the same blank stare that he has in most of his moves. Living close to New Orleans, they did not take advantage of the local landscape. This movie could have been filmed anywhere. They do not know how to eat Crawfish in the movie, a southern treat. The Final fight scene is poorly shot.
C.P.O.V
The F word is used alot, along with other foul language. Kim's breast are shown thru her wet shirt as she poors water down blouse to cool off. The killings are pretty bloodless, compared to today's standards. Not a lot of killings in this movie anyway.-EJW
Rating:
Summary: Grade F+
Review: A cop's partner is killed, and poor Richard feels he has to go and take care of the bad guy that did it. Richard's wife has left him and he now is divorced, so Kim, who is a white slave of the bad guy, ads more reason for Richard to go after the bad guy. Besides, Kim was there when Richard's partner was done in.
THE GOOD
Not much, Kim Bassinger is pretty to look at, and that is about it.
THE BAD
Richard and Kim along with rest of the cast, seem to be going thru the motions of acting. Richard has the same blank stare that he has in most of his moves. Living close to New Orleans, they did not take advantage of the local landscape. This movie could have been filmed anywhere. They do not know how to eat Crawfish in the movie, a southern treat. The Final fight scene is poorly shot.
C.P.O.V
The F word is used alot, along with other foul language. Kim's breast are shown thru her wet shirt as she poors water down blouse to cool off. The killings are pretty bloodless, compared to today's standards. Not a lot of killings in this movie anyway.-EJW
Rating: 
Summary: Gere, Bassinger Have That Chemistry That Heats Up The Screen
Review: A film that went unoticed in the 80's is a tight well acted thriller starring the incomparable Richard Gere as tough brash Chicago Cop who's on a revenge misson to the bayous of New Orleans to find his partner's killer and gets involved with a mobster's illerate mistress. Standard Script with a few good action sequences thrown in along with Gere's exceptional talent to hold the viewer's attention throughtout the entire film. Even though the viewer has been through familar territory with this type of script it is still a great movie. Memorable scene was when Gere & Bassinger are treding through the swamps handcuffed together Mouthing off to one another. First of two film this duo has done together the other film was released 6 years later in another steamy thriller "Final Analysis"
Rating: 
Summary: Hot hot hot!
Review: Great action flick about a cop out for revenge over his partner's death. Fantastic Louisiana swamps, explosive action, cheesy dialogue and of course Kim Basinger getting wet. She was a hottie in this film. Need I say more?
Rating:
Summary: No Mercy
Review: Maverick Chicago cop Eddie Jillette poses as a hit man to meet with someone in from New Orleans looking to have a job done. The result is that both the guy and Jillette's partner wind up very dead, while a stunning blonde in on the setup disappears. He heads south to settle the score and soon finds himself being hunted, with the girl in tow and the local police anything but happy. New Orleans may never be the same again.
Rating:
Summary: Spicy Cajun Cuisine
Review: No Mercy is one of those films that is not really that bad, but it leaves you wondering how did they get big stars to do it. In the film Richard Gere plays a tough New York cop with a drinking habit, an ex-wife, and a bad rep. So what happens to him? Well his good natured partner (you know the one with the with the wife and kids and a good reputation a.k.a has everything to lose) gets murdered when Gere takes a tip from a local hood that a hit is about to go down. So the film turns into the rouge cop on the revenge trail story. This will bring him to New Oreans(that whole "fish-out-of-water" thing), and to Kim Basinger. Along the way Gere will encounter lots of bad guys, bullets, cops who don't like him, swamps, crawfish, and cajons(sp?) all to a hip 80's soundtrack.This film was the first pairing of Richard Gere and Kim Basinger together and to it's credit it is better than there second film, Final Analysis. However there really isn't much going on here. The plot was as predictable as traffic at five o'clock. Neither Gere nor Basinger is very good which is Richard Pearce's(the director) fault because they fall in and out of their accents. I have to say though there is something about Richard Gere that even in his weaker films, like this one, he is still fun to watch. The same can be said for Basinger who is always delightful on the eyes even when she is hard on the ears. This film has it's momments, but they are pretty sparse. Maybe Richard and Kim will get it right on the third try since they seem to like doing this type of film together. If you're out there looking for some steamy action you might want to look elsewhere.
Rating: 
Summary: Have Mercy
Review: No Mercy is one of those films that is not really that bad, but it leaves you wondering how did they get big stars to do it. In the film Richard Gere plays a tough New York cop with a drinking habit, an ex-wife, and a bad rep. So what happens to him? Well his good natured partner (you know the one with the with the wife and kids and a good reputation a.k.a has everything to lose) gets murdered when Gere takes a tip from a local hood that a hit is about to go down. So the film turns into the rouge cop on the revenge trail story. This will bring him to New Oreans(that whole "fish-out-of-water" thing), and to Kim Basinger. Along the way Gere will encounter lots of bad guys, bullets, cops who don't like him, swamps, crawfish, and cajons(sp?) all to a hip 80's soundtrack. This film was the first pairing of Richard Gere and Kim Basinger together and to it's credit it is better than there second film, Final Analysis. However there really isn't much going on here. The plot was as predictable as traffic at five o'clock. Neither Gere nor Basinger is very good which is Richard Pearce's(the director) fault because they fall in and out of their accents. I have to say though there is something about Richard Gere that even in his weaker films, like this one, he is still fun to watch. The same can be said for Basinger who is always delightful on the eyes even when she is hard on the ears. This film has it's momments, but they are pretty sparse. Maybe Richard and Kim will get it right on the third try since they seem to like doing this type of film together. If you're out there looking for some steamy action you might want to look elsewhere.
Rating:
Summary: Great Crawfish
Review: The crawfish Bassinger taught Gere how to eat made my mouth water
Rating:
Summary: Spicy Cajun Cuisine
Review: This is a fantastic cop thriller and one of the best films of it's ilk made during the 80's. It could easily have been made this year and not in 1986 it holds up so well. Basinger shows why she was so sought after and why so many were relieved when L.A. Confidential finally came her way. Before Richard Gere slipped into the slick but empty films he would make later on, he gave a terrific performance in this one. Director Richard Pearce gives this crime story a special atmosphere as it moves from Chicago to the hustle and bustle of New Orleans and finally to the marshy swamps of the Bayou. There is a good script from James Carabatsos that adds a gritty realism missing in many films of this kind. The chemistry between Gere and Bassinger is explored slowly while they are on the run and the romance is very credible because of it. Eddie Jillette (Gere) and his best friend and partner Joe Collins (Gary Basaraba in a nice role) are undercover at a car wash and when they blow a drug bust by jumping the gun they get a chance to redeem themselves by pretending to be hitmen. All they know is someone from Louisiana wants to make a hit in Chicago and their contact is suppose to be a heartstopper. It turns out to be gorgeous beauty Basinger. She is the heartstopper with a blue parrot tattoo on her shoulder and a rich Loisiana lawyer looking to hire a killer. The man they want killed is a Loisiana crime lord named Losado (creepily played by Jerome Krabbe) who runs Algiers and owns Basinger, literally. Her parents sold her to Losado when she was thirteen in a world Jillette can't understand but is about to find out about when both the lawyer and Eddie's best friend are brutally killed. Michel dissappears back to the Big Easy with Losado and Eddie goes after her to get to his partner's killer. It's a whole 'nother world down there and in spite of warnings to leave from the cops he tracks Michel down through her pretty Creole friend Cara (Aleta Mitchell), who finds it is unwise to cross Losado. There is some true menace here and not the cartoon stereotype villian we find in some action flicks. As Eddie and Michel leave the Big Easy for the Bayou handcuffed together he begins to sympathize and care for the illiterate Michel and she finally begins to have a little hope in escaping. When Eddie tries to get rid of her so she doesn't get killed while he seeks his revenge, things get complicated emotionally for both of them and there is a terrific love scene that has the ring of truth. The gritty atmosphere and involving story separates this film from the rest of the pack. The final confrontation as Eddie and Michel face down Losado in an attempt to survive together is well staged and exciting. George Dzundza as Eddie's Captain is noteworthy but so is the whole cast. The story is solid and the atmosphere simply dripping with the juice from crawfish. You feel like you're really in the Bayou here and that atmosphere adds greatly to the tense climax and the epilog to wrap up a very special film. If you've never seen this or you can't remember it it's one you'll want to go back and take a look at. It will be one of your favorites after you do. This one is a real winner....
Rating:
Summary: This is a 5 star!
Review: this is such an incredible movie. We get to see to Oscar winning performances here. Both great bodies strut their stuff and intensify the moments in the movie with the dramatic impersinations of the charactors. Don't miss it!
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