Mercy - senza pietà
Paese d'origine: USA
Location del set: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Versioni alternative: - Released in theaters at 93 minutes. The American DVD release features the "International Version" of the film which runs 117 minutes. This unrated, unedited version has longer scenes and new footage, added some of which are: - The sex scene between Detective Palmer and the mechanic is longer and more explicit, plus a scene afterward showing Palmer arrives home at her house, pouring drinks for herself, and having visions of a nude man in her bathroom, her ex-husband, along with a chestnut haired woman. - A shot of Vicki smoking heroin ("chasing the dragon") after Palmer interogates her as well as her looking over photos of her little sister. - A fantasy shot of Palmer punching the chestnut haired woman in the bar, and then explaining to Vicki that it's the woman who her husband cheated on, as well as more dialoge where Detective Palmer explains to Vicki about her marriage and her husband. - The dreams Palmer has of the victums is longer and more explicit which include a man performing sex on one of them. - The scene where Detective Palmer discovers Vicki's dead body show her crying after discovering the photo of Vicki and her sister, and then assaulting one of the detectives who walk in and make a disparaging comment about Vicki being a dyke and so on. - After the wounded Palmer fataly stabs Mary with a knife, Mary holds Palmer's hand as she breaths her dying breath.
Genere: Mystery Thriller
Lingue: English
Plot: Homicide detective Catherine Palmer investigates a series of serial killings of women who have been tortured to death by S&M and all have had their eyelids cut off. The investigation takes Catherine into a group wealthy upper class women where she is drawn to the chief suspect Vickie Kittrie who has a penchent for S&M and women, as well as Dr. Broussard, the victims shady therapist with some dark secrets of his own.
Visti censura internazionale: USA:R
Date di uscita internazionali:
| Italy:28 July 2000 |
| USA:11 February 2000 |
| Iceland:14 March 2000 | (video premiere) |
| USA:117 |
| USA:94 | (R-rated version) |
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale:
columbia tristar home video
home box office (hbo)
merciless films inc.
new city releasing
produzione cinematografica: jazz pictures franchise pictures
produttore cinematografico: drake mike
attore: barkin ellen crewson wendy wilson peta young karen (i) sands julian baldwin stephen bell marshall starr beau macdonald bill bick stewart hennessy ellen-ray daans lara burton claire cecere fulvio leverman zerha stuch suzanne straus danielle marie carter linda mack gene kennedy robert b. piech lauren rushton kevin bennie dorothy lennox doug mcleod jacqueline robinson aemilia daigle jean fletcher michael (i) lum wendy ross alex (i)
direttore della fotografia: terán manuel
scenografia: austerberry paul d.
compositori: smith bc
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: lindsey david l. harris damian
costumi: scott l'wren
troupe varia: nefsky malcolm baldwin brooks pashby joel t. barnett aaron howard chris (i) fassaert sacha kennedy randy manchester mark marucci susan matthews jonathan n. norton maureen rait cathy shaw tracy (ii)
produzione cinematografica: jazz pictures franchise pictures
produttore cinematografico: drake mike
attore: barkin ellen crewson wendy wilson peta young karen (i) sands julian baldwin stephen bell marshall starr beau macdonald bill bick stewart hennessy ellen-ray daans lara burton claire cecere fulvio leverman zerha stuch suzanne straus danielle marie carter linda mack gene kennedy robert b. piech lauren rushton kevin bennie dorothy lennox doug mcleod jacqueline robinson aemilia daigle jean fletcher michael (i) lum wendy ross alex (i)
direttore della fotografia: terán manuel
scenografia: austerberry paul d.
compositori: smith bc
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: lindsey david l. harris damian
costumi: scott l'wren
troupe varia: nefsky malcolm baldwin brooks pashby joel t. barnett aaron howard chris (i) fassaert sacha kennedy randy manchester mark marucci susan matthews jonathan n. norton maureen rait cathy shaw tracy (ii)


