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Mercy Road

R Released Oct 6, 2023 1h 25m Mystery & Thriller TRAILER for List
55% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 40% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
After committing an impulsive, vicious crime while searching for his missing daughter, a frantic father (Luke Bracey) goes on the run from law enforcement and soon begins receiving chilling calls from an unknown entity claiming to know her whereabouts. As he faithfully follows the caller's increasingly unhinged instructions, he is driven perilously close to the edge of sanity while discovering exactly how far he is willing to go to save his child.
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Luke Buckmaster Guardian Mercy Road is an original, darkly idiosyncratic thriller; I’ve never seen another quite like it. Rated: 4/5 Aug 18, 2023 Full Review Emilie Black Cinema Crazed Mercy Road is a thriller with plenty of stress, anxiety, tension, and just a plethora of emotions for the lead and the viewer. Rated: 4/5 Dec 14, 2023 Full Review Roger Moore Movie Nation Bracey’s presence has hints of Red Bull consumption between takes — antic and loud. And Curran’s in our-ears-and-in-our-face score ratchets up the manufactured tension more than enough to make this trip down “Mercy Road” something of a panic. Rated: 2.5/4 Nov 27, 2023 Full Review Alistair Lawrence Common Sense Media Unfortunately it quickly becomes apparent that three screenwriters couldn't turn this into a compelling story, or one that even makes much sense. Rated: 2/5 Nov 22, 2023 Full Review David Griffiths Subculture Entertainment Brilliantly creative - this is a piece of brilliance that I have fallen in love with. John Curran has done a brilliant job as director and Luke Bracey is sensational. Rated: 5/5 Nov 16, 2023 Full Review Todd Jorgenson Cinemalogue Despite some gimmicks to ramp up the intensity, the film might have worked better as a short, because even at abbreviated feature length, it starts spinning its wheels. Oct 6, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Karina P The ending was so annoying and confusing. It was a good lead up to it, but then a lot of disappointment. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 04/06/24 Full Review Jack A My opinion differs greatly from the wow how creative for a low budget movie. It is the most boring 85 minutes I've ever spent watching a movie. Creative director must be the use of the spider. I only watered to the abstract end so I could offer a complete opinion. Has potential as a dark back drop for a lot of cuddling just turn the sound off and closed captions on in case you want to see if anything has changed. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/16/24 Full Review Paul K Top notch script! Unique approach. Enjoyed thoroughly. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/05/24 Full Review Florida S Decent movie but very low budget. Just a guy driving a truck and talking on phone. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/24 Full Review anne m Gripping movie but the ending was massively disappointing Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/22/24 Full Review Ted B Great thriller ! A film that proves you can make a truly good film with a low budget. Also despite the R16 rating (in NZ) there is absolutely NO graphic content (apart from a creepy crawly spider), it is all talked about and implied but never showed. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After committing an impulsive, vicious crime while searching for his missing daughter, a frantic father (Luke Bracey) goes on the run from law enforcement and soon begins receiving chilling calls from an unknown entity claiming to know her whereabouts. As he faithfully follows the caller's increasingly unhinged instructions, he is driven perilously close to the edge of sanity while discovering exactly how far he is willing to go to save his child.
Director
John Curran
Producer
Gary Hamilton, Daniaile Jarry, Penny Karlin, Michelle Krumm, Alex Proyas, Ying Ye
Screenwriter
Jesse Heffring, Christopher Lee Pelletier, John Curran
Distributor
Well Go USA Entertainment
Production Co
Arclight Films, Filmology Finance
Rating
R (Language Throughout)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Australian English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 6, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 10, 2023
Runtime
1h 25m
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