Mercenaries (2014 film)

Mercenaries

Directed by	Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray
Produced by	David Michael Latt David Rimawi Paul Bales
Written by	Edward DeRuiter
Starring	Kristanna Loken Brigitte Nielsen Vivica A. Fox Cynthia Rothrock Zoë Bell Nicole Bilderback
Distributed by	The Asylum
Release dates	August 5, 2014 (2014-08-05)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Mercenaries (also called 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 ...

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
Nickolai Stoilov: Ozgur

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]

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

The Asylum films

Action	Snakes on a Train (2006) Street Racer (2008) Death Racers (2008) 200 mph (2011) 3 Musketeers (2011) American Warships (2012) Asian School Girls (2014) Mercenaries (2014)

Adventure	King of the Lost World (2005) Pirates of Treasure Island (2006) 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2007) Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (2008) Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (2010) Almighty Thor (2011)

Comedy	Fourplay (2001) Jane White Is Sick & Twisted (2002) 18-Year-Old Virgin (2009) Sex Pot (2009) #1 Cheerleader Camp (2010) MILF (2010) Barely Legal (2011) Sharknado: Heart of Sharkness (2016)

Disaster	The Apocalypse (2007) I Am Omega (2007) Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus (2009) Megafault (2009) Airline Disaster (2010) Mega Piranha (2010) Titanic II (2010) Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus (2010) Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011) 2012: Ice Age (2011) 40 Days and Nights (2012) Sharknado (2013) Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark (2014) Apocalypse Pompeii (2014) Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014) San Andreas Quake (2015) Mega Shark Versus Kolossus (2015) Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015) Lavalantula (2015) Sharknado 4 (upcoming)

Drama	Bellyfruit (1999) King of the Ants (2003) The 9/11 Commission Report (2006) 2010: Moby Dick (2010)

Family	Princess and the Pony (2011) Love At The Christmas Table (2012)

Fantasy	Dragon (2006) Merlin and the War of the Dragons (2008) Dragonquest (2009) Dragon Crusaders (2011) Grimm's Snow White (2012) Clash of the Empires (2012) Jack the Giant Killer (2013) Avengers Grimm (2015)

Horror	Speed Demon (2003) Vampires Vs. Zombies (2004) Scarecrow Slayer (2004) Evil Eyes (2004) Shapeshifter (2005) Legion of the Dead (2005) Dead Men Walking (2005) Jolly Roger: Massacre at Cutter's Cove (2005) Exorcism: The Possession of Gail Bowers (2006) When a Killer Calls (2006) Hillside Cannibals (2006) Bram Stoker's Dracula's Curse (2006) Halloween Night (2006) Freakshow (2007) The Hitchhiker (2007) Monster (2008) Haunting of Winchester House (2009) Paranormal Entity (2009) 100 Feet (2009) 8213: Gacy House (2010) Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes (2011) The Amityville Haunting (2011) A Haunting in Salem (2011) Zombie Apocalypse (2011) 2-Headed Shark Attack (2012) Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012) Adopting Terror (2012) 100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck (2012) Rise of the Zombies (2012) Hold Your Breath (2013) Hansel & Gretel (2013) Zombie Night (2013) 3-Headed Shark Attack (2015) Night of the Wild (2016) Little Dead Rotting Hood (2016) Zoombies (2016) Hansel vs. Gretel (TBA)

Musical	Sunday School Musical (2008)

Mystery	The Da Vinci Treasure (2006) Sherlock Holmes (2010)

Science fiction	Alien Abduction (2005) H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005) Transmorphers (2007) Invasion of the Pod People (2007) AVH: Alien vs Hunter (2007) Universal Soldiers (2007) 100 Million BC (2008) War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008) The Day the Earth Stopped (2008) Countdown: Jerusalem (2009) The Terminators (2009) Transmorphers: Fall of Man (2009) The Land That Time Forgot (2009) Princess of Mars (2009) 2012: Supernova (2009) Battle of Los Angeles (2011) Alien Origin (2012) Nazis at the Center of the Earth (2012) Bigfoot (2012) AE: Apocalypse Earth (2013) Atlantic Rim (2013) Android Cop (2014) Bermuda Tentacles (2014) Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys (2014) Martian Land (2015)

War	Ardennes Fury (2014) Flight World War II (2015)

Western	6 Guns (2010)

Film series	Apocalypse Mega Shark Paranormal Entity Sharknado 2012 Alien 666 Hansel/Gretel Transmorphers War of the Worlds

Related	List of The Asylum monsters Z Nation

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