Product Details

• Actors: Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, George Dzundza, Gary Basaraba
• Directors: Richard Pearce
• Writers: James Carabatsos
• Producers: D. Constantine Conte, James Carabatsos, Michael Hausman
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: June 24, 1994
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302824923
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #278,173 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The story line may seem familiar: to avenge his partner's murder--and uncover the killer--a tough Chicago cop comes to Louisiana and finds himself embroiled with a beautiful and enigmatic blonde, and a creepy crime lord. But the way this movie executes a seemingly standard plot is unique, entertaining, and effective. Richard Gere, as the cop Eddie Jillette, is an appropriate fish-out-of-water, uncovering a complex and frightening underworld. Under Richard Pearce's skillful direction both he and Kim Basinger, as Michel Duvall, are credibly drawn to each other as they're accidentally handcuffed and running through the eerie bayou.

But also credit James Carabatsos's script, which appropriately captures Jillette's grief and obsession, his anger and confusion, his growing understanding and affection for Michel. As in Terminator, there's a particularly well done love scene, borne out of passion and desperation, and the chemistry between Gere and Basinger is very evident. Good support comes from William Atherton as the fey attorney Allan Deveneux, Jeroen Krabbé as the evil Losado, George Dzundza as Captain Stemkowski, Bruce McGill as Lieutenant Hall, and the late Ray Sharkey as Angles Ryan.

No Mercy, like Angel Heart before it, uses its mystical, magical Louisiana setting to its best advantage--it's beautiful, yet frightening; mysterious, yet compelling--like Michel, and like the movie itself. --N.F. Mendoza

Amazon.com

No Brains is more like it. Richard Gere stars in this slick action thriller as your basic tough-but-dedicated cop who goes to New Orleans to avenge the death of his partner. On the way, he becomes involved with an illiterate Cajun beauty (Kim Basinger in the kind of role that unkind critics would call her typecast in before Ready to Wear and, of course, L.A. Confidential) who's the property of a ruthless killer. It's paint-by-numbers nonsense with lines (such as "we come from a society where it is very pleasurable to be a man") that play as high camp--unfortunately, that's not intended. Gere and Basinger's relationship--they'd try again, equally unconvincingly, with Final Analysis--is patently silly. They spend the first half of the movie exchanging hilariously sultry meaningful glances, until they're on the lam together, where the burning question is which actor's hair will be more stylishly mussed. --David Kronke

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gere, Bassinger Have That Chemistry That Heats Up The Screen, April 4, 2003

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Gus Mauro "coolbrezze" (Brandon,mb) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Mercy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

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"

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "I keeled yore freend...Eh-dee.", March 6, 2005

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Ghenghis (Monvolia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Mercy (DVD)

In the very small "Chicago cop livestock crawl swamp swimming crawfish headsucking revenge" genre this is by far the best of all time! haw haw

Richard Gere plays Chicago undercover dick Eddie Jillette who, along with his partner, were unwittingly being hired by Kim Basinger's rich New Orleans boyfriend to kill this really bad meanie Losado, played by the ultra-unlikable Jeroen Krabbe, who we find later has "owned" Kim since she was like 12 years old. Unfortunately, Losado gets wise to the deal and follows Kim to Chicago where death and mayhem ensue, particularly to Jillete's partner who was "guh-tted like a peeg."

Well, Gere goes down to New Orleans looking for clues to his partner's killer with predictable results. In the process, William Atherton the brother of dead murdered and killed boyfriend shows off his wimpy backhand, and then gets threatened and carwrecked by Jillette, probably because he was such a jerk in Die Hard. Anyway, because he's a Yankee and a lot smarter than us Southerners (yuk yuk) he only needs about 10 minutes to find Kim (Mee-chelle) in a club on the wrong side of the river in Algiers, a town highly reminiscent of Hell if you've ever been down there too. Now here's the good part.....Kim Basinger on the dance floor grooving to some kind of hybrid Cajun island funk, and I mean she is throwing down! Hair, boobs, lips...your basic winner of the Nordic Combined. And then she goes in the ladies room and DOUSES HERSELF WITH WATER TO COOL DOWN! Hey, somebody DOUSE ME TOO! OK, have you hit the "Add to Cart" button yet?

The rest of the movie is pretty silly but as romantic thrillers go, Gere and Basinger set the bar pretty high. They have terrific chemistry and that alone will keep you interested until the final showdown between Jillette and Losado to decide who gets title to the beautimous Mee-chelle.

The DVD has both Widescreen and Standard with 2 channel Dolby. No other extras but the transfer is actually pretty good. A Top 10 datenight movie. 4 Po-boys

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Film, February 11, 2009

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Willy D. Reviewer (San Francisco,CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: No Mercy (DVD)

Although the film is a bit dated, it is worth watching for Kim Basinger's performance as an illiterate bayou girl. Compare this performance with the super smart callgirl in LA Confidential -- she does have range.

Buy it used at the cheapest price -- you won't be disappointed.