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Mercenaries - review

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A team of "deniable" mercenaries attempt to rescue the US ambassador to Serbia after a military coup results in the assassination of the country's president. It is not a film that inspires much confidence in either its historical accuracy or cinematic guile. The chief culprit is Paris Leonti's screenplay, through which Billy Zane, Robert Fucilla and Kirsty Mitchell trudge. Obviously made without much money, the whole thing has a certain audacity but lacks real character or skill.

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