Mercenaries (2014 film)
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Directed by | Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray |
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Written by | Edward DeRuiter |
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Distributed by | The Asylum |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Mercenaries (aka Prison Raid) is a 2014 action film starring Kristanna Loken, Brigitte Nielsen, Vivica A. Fox, Cynthia Rothrock, Zoë Bell, and Nicole Bilderback. In the tradition of The Asylum's film catalog, Mercenaries is a mockbuster of The Expendables 3.[1]
Plot
During a visit to Kazakhstan the daughter of the U.S. President (Panhilason) is captured by a female warlord (Nielsen) and held for ransom. The CIA creates a team to rescue her from Ulrika's base; a former Soviet prison nicknamed "The Citadel". The team Kendall (Rothrock) puts together (Bilderback, Loken, Bell, and Fox) were all serving time in U.S. prisons but are offered full pardons for taking part in the operation.
With the help of a local girl (Raich) the four-woman team gain access to The Citadel but just as they are about to escape after rescuing the first daughter one of their number turns against them ...
Reviews
The website Manly Movie gave a review of 3 out of 10, liking Zoe Bell but not much else.[2] Action Elite gave the movie two and a half out of 5 stars, basically agreeing with the assessment offered by Manly Movie.[3]
Cast
- Brigitte Nielsen: Ulrika
- Tim Abell: Grigori Babishkova - Ukrika's second in command
- Cynthia Rothrock: Mona Kendall, CIA
- Nicole Bilderback: Mei-Lin Fong - explosives expert, pilot
- Kristanna Loken: Kat Morgan - ex-Marine Corps, scout sniper
- Zoë Bell: Cassandra Clay - Ranger school, Delta force
- Vivica A. Fox: Raven (aka Donna Ravena) - former CIA
- Tiffany Panhilason: Elise, daughter of the U.S. president
- Gerald Webb: Bobby
- Alexis Raich: Lexi
- Damion Poitier: Webber
- Morgan Benoit: Stefan
- Alicia Vigil: Kristina
- Scott Thomas Reynolds: Agent Reynold
- Edward DeRuiter: Vez
- Emily Lopato: Prostitute
- Adam Dorsey: Guard
References
- ↑ Mighty Peking Man (2014-06-04). "The female Expendables are here! Cynthia Rothrock, Brigitte Nielsen, Kristanna Loken, Zoë Bell and Vivica A. Fox are Mercenaries". City on Fire. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
- ↑ The_Night_Rider. "REVIEW: Mercenaries (2014) – ManlyMovie". Manlymovie.net. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
- ↑ Women on a Mission (2014-08-20). "Mercenaries (2014) Review". The Action Elite. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
Reception
The film received negative reviews from critics, it's holding the score as 3.7/10 on IMDb
External links
- Official site at The Asylum
- Mercenaries at the Internet Movie Database