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((Infobox film
| name           = Mercenaries
| image          = Mercenaries (2011 film) poster.jpg
| caption        = Film poster
| director       = Paris Leonti
| producer       = Luc Chaudhary
| screenplay     = Paris Leonti
| starring       = [[Billy Zane]]<br />Robert Fucilla<br />[[Rob James-Collier]]
| music          = Haim Frank Ilfman<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.screenrush.co.uk/films/film-198375/technical/ |title=AlloCine - Select your country |website=Screenrush.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-08-11))</ref>
| cinematography = Philip Robertson
| editing        = Anthony Willis<br />Iain Mitchel
| studio         = ABC Films<br />Angry Badger Pictures
| distributor    = Kaleidoscope/ Lionsgate
| released       = ((Film date|df=yes|2011|5||Ibiza|2012|1|27|United Kingdom))
| runtime        = 90 minutes<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.cineprodplc.com/Projects_in_development.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819165308/http://www.cineprodplc.com/Projects_in_development.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 August 2010|title=Projects in development|date=19 August 2010|accessdate=7 June 2020))</ref>
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English<br />[[Serbocroatian language|Serbocroatian]]
| budget         = 
| gross          =
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'''''Mercenaries''''' is a 2011 British action-adventure [[war film]] written and directed by Paris Leonti and starring [[Billy Zane]], Robert Fucilla and [[Kirsty Mitchell]].

==Synopsis==
Andy Marlow is an ex-British [[Special Air Service|S.A.S]] serviceman turned mercenary who is working covertly at an observation post in the Balkans after a military coup has resulted in the assassination of the [[Prime Minister of Serbia]]. The coup has been instigated by Olodan Cracovic, the ex-commander of the [[Croatian Army]] and wanted war criminal. During the unrest, Olodan’s troops raided the U.S. Embassy and has taken the U.S Ambassador and his aide captives. The decision is taken to send in mercenaries to carry out the top secret rescue.

Marlow and his team are sent into [[Srebrenica]] under the cover of darkness. [[United States Armed Forces|US Armed Forces]] personnel posing as [[United Nations peacekeeping|United Nations peacekeepers]] are playing a support role, but cannot take part in active operations. Covertly, Andy and his team infiltrate Olodan’s headquarters, taking him captive and releasing the Ambassador and his aide. However the rescue is far from over. Now they are faced with transporting them back to a safe area twenty five miles south where US troops are waiting. With Olodan’s right-hand man in pursuit, their mission takes an unexpected turn. They find themselves outnumbered, outgunned and fighting what could easily be a losing battle.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://kaleidoscopefilmdistribution.com/films/mercenaries.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819061424/http://kaleidoscopefilmdistribution.com/films/mercenaries.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 August 2011|title=Kaleidoscope Film Distribution|date=19 August 2011|accessdate=7 June 2020))</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Billy Zane]] as Colonel Torida
* Robert Fucilla as Andy Marlow
* [[Kirsty Mitchell]] as Beatrice
* [[Rob James-Collier]] as Callum
* Antony Byrne as Olodan Gragovic
* [[Vas Blackwood]] as Zac
* [[Geoff Bell (actor)|Geoff Bell]] as Vladko
* [[Andrew Harwood Mills]] as Grigory

==Release==
The film was set for a limited UK theatrical release date on 27 January 2012.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.twitter.com/ParisLeonti |title=Tweets with replies by Paris Leonti (@ParisLeonti) |publisher=[[Twitter]] |date=2011-03-05 |accessdate=2016-08-11))</ref> It was announced as one of the official selection of films for the [[Ibiza International Film Festival|Ibiza Film Festival]] in 2011,<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.ibizaiff.org/films.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527101823/http://www.ibizaiff.org/films.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 May 2011|title=:: IBIZA FILM FESTIVAL ::|date=27 May 2011|accessdate=7 June 2020))</ref> and also had a showing the same year at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>((cite web|last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/kaleidoscope-adds-mercenaries-to-cannes-slate/5027106.article |title=Kaleidoscope adds Mercenaries to Cannes slate &#124; News &#124; Screen |website=Screendaily.com |date=2011-05-09 |accessdate=2016-08-11))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.cineprodplc.com/news.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611030536/http://www.cineprodplc.com/news.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2008|title=Cinematic Productions Plc|date=11 June 2008|accessdate=7 June 2020))</ref>

==Reception==
Having had several festival showings and been released in Germany, ''Mercenaries'' has received many reviews, most of which have been negative. Total Film gave a rating of one of five stars, particularly criticising the production values, "Gunshots sound like they were sampled off a videogame, muzzle flashes make the whole screen flash".<ref>((cite web|author=|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/mercenaries |title=Mercenaries &#124; GamesRadar |website=Totalfilm.com |date= |accessdate=2016-08-11))</ref> David Hughes from Empire gave a similar review, however was not as critical, with a two out of five star rating. He said that the film had sufficient "fire power" but lacked any "substantial plot".<ref>((cite web|author=David Hughes |url=http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/review.asp?FID=137498 |title=Mercenaries Review &#124; Movie - Empire |location=gb |website=Empireonline.com |date=2015-10-14 |accessdate=2016-08-11))</ref> Tom Huddleston from TimeOut singled out Rob James-Collier's performance, his accent specifically, saying he was "trying on a Texan accent so hysterically ripe he must have learned it from watching ‘Foghorn Leghorn’ cartoons". Overall he gave a one star rating out of five.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/92101/mercenaries.html |title=Mercenaries (2012), directed by Paris Leonti &#124; Film review |website=Timeout.com |date=2012-01-24 |accessdate=2016-08-11))</ref>

Not all reviews were so universally negative, some reviewers singled out particular actors performances such as Martin Daniel Mcdonagh from The Hollywood News who gave a two out of five star rating, praising Robert Fucilla's performance.<ref>((cite web|last=Daniel |first=Martin |url=http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2012/01/26/mercenaries-review/ |title=Mercenaries Review |website=Thehollywoodnews.com |date=2012-01-26 |accessdate=2016-08-11))</ref> Dan Collacott from the online site Close-upFilm, in contrast to the review in TimeOut, said that Rob James-Collier "is the most convincing mercenary of the bunch"<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.close-upfilm.com/2012/01/mercenaries-15-close-up-film-review/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130121041/http://www.close-upfilm.com/2012/01/mercenaries-15-close-up-film-review/|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 January 2012|title=Mercenaries (15) &#124; Close-Up Film Review|date=30 January 2012|accessdate=7 June 2020))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((IMDb title|1728979|Mercenaries))
* ((rotten-tomatoes|mercenaries_2011|title=Mercenaries))

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[[Category:British action films]]
[[Category:Films about hostage takings]]
[[Category:Films about coups d'état]]
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