Expect No Mercy

Expect No Mercy

Where Virtual Reality Begins...

Directed by Zale Dalen

Produced by Film One Productions

199591 min4.6 / 10

A mid-90s action thriller that uses virtual reality as a high-tech backdrop for an undercover infiltration plot, blending martial arts spectacle with sci-fi premise and exploitation elements.

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

Questions people ask

  • Is Expect No Mercy violent? Yes. More violent than 85% of films.

  • Is Expect No Mercy sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

  • Is Expect No Mercy scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Is Expect No Mercy easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Does Expect No Mercy end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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7/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity13

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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