Review of No Mercy (1986) by Pat Graham for Chicago Reader — 16 Aug 2020
Pearce pads out his plot with lots of borrowed bits (notably from The 39 Steps, with Gere and Basinger as manacled fugitives), but the borrowings don't have any resonance of their own: they simply hang on the story like empty thematic husks.
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This review of No Mercy (1986) was written by Pat Graham and published by Chicago Reader on 16 August 2020.
No Mercy has generally received mixed reviews.
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