Expect No Mercy (film)
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Expect No Mercy is a 1995 action/science-fiction film directed by Zale Dalen.
Premise
[edit]A virtual reality martial arts academy is being used as a front for a group of highly skilled assassins. The U.S. government has called in for their own top martial arts master to put a stop to this gang of killers.
Cast
[edit]- Billy Blanks as Agent Justin Vanier
- Jalal Merhi as Agent Eric
- Laurie Holden as Vicki
- Wolf Larson as Warbeck
- Anthony De Longis as Damian
- Michael Blanks as 'Spyder'
- Real Andrews as Alexander
- Brett Halsey as Bromfield
- Richard Fitzpatrick as Frank
- Geza Kovacs as Woods
- Jefferson Mappin as Wilkinson
- Sam Moses as Goldberg
- Bob Collins as Bertolucci
- Scott Hogarth as Goliath
- Bill Pickels as Samurai
- Layton Morrison as Destroyer
- Christopher Lee Clements as Boxer
- Rick Sue as Evil Clown
- Don Gough as Ninja / Enforcer
- Gary Chow as Gridman / Khan / Fango
- Gary "Si-Jo" Foo as Instructor Enforcer
- Lisa Jilon as Dominatrix
Home media
[edit]The movie was released on VHS by Imperial Entertainment and WarnerVision in 1995 and that same year in Canada by Alliance. In 2005, a DVD was released in Canada by Legacy Entertainment but in a full screen presentation that is merely a dupe of the original VHS. The Movie is being released in 2022 on blu ray by Vinegar Syndrome.
Production
[edit]The movie was filmed in July 1994 in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Billy Blanks was cast at the last minute as a replacement for Olivier Gruner. Gary Daniels was also originally cast in the role of Warbeck but the U.S. distributors wanted Wolf Larson for the role.
Game tie-in
[edit]A computer game based on the film, developed by Microforum, was released in 1996 for the PC. The game is considered by many to be a knock-off of Mortal Kombat, by having digitized sprites of real people photographs, similar characters, and fatalities.
External links
[edit]- Expect No Mercy at IMDb
- The Unknown Movies review
- Movies in the Attic review at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009)