Director Tony Dean Smith returns to action in Mercy, a military thriller from Paramount Global Content Distribution, hitting theaters May 12 and out digitally May 19. The movie stars Academy Award-Winning actor Jon Voight, The Tudors’ Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Jessica Jones’ Leah Gibson.
The story centers on a former military doctor who ends up locked in a hospital taken over by the Iris mafia. She must put all her skills and years of training to the test to save her son, who was taken prisoner, all while fighting her own ghosts.
Here’s an exclusive look at the movie, which centers on Gibson’s character’s Michelle and the FBI working outside the hospital to help her rescue her son:
Mercy also stars Rhys-Meyers as Sean, Voight as Patrick Quinn, Sebastien Roberts as Ellis, Anthony Konechny as Ryan Quinn, Patrick Roccas as Johnno, Anthony Bolognese as Bobby, Bradley Stryker as Mick, Caitlin Stryker as Agent Cruz, Mark Masterton as Danny, Ryan Russell as Nurse Kevin, Bobby Stewart as Dr Terrence, and Marc-Anthony Massiah as Frank.
The film will be the 20th in the filmography of Smith, who has developed primarily as a director of television movies such as Disappearance in Yellowstone and The Secret Lives of College Freshmen. Mercy's script was written by Alex Wright, known for productions like Christmas in Rome.
Jon Voight and the Rest of Mercy’s Cast
At 84 years old, Jon Voight is an actor more than established in Hollywood, having participated in more than 40 films that include major franchises such as Fantastic Beasts, Transformers, National Treasure, Mission: Impossible, and Tomb Raider, among many others.
In 1979, Voight won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role as Luke Martin in Hal Ashby's Coming Home, in which he starred opposite Jane Fonda. The actor will soon be part of one of the most awaited films of the next few years, Megalopolis by Francis Ford Coppola.
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers also has a wide repertoire since he began his career in 1994. The actor has had the opportunity to play great roles such as Elvis Presley himself in Elvis from 2005, the year in which he also starred in one of the films that would mark his career, Woody Allen's Match Point.
Like his co-star, Rhys-Meyers has participated in the Mission: Impossible franchise in its third installment. But there is no doubt that his most remembered role is Henry VIII in the acclaimed series The Tudors. Most recently, the actor was a part of another huge TV hit, Vikings, where he played Heahmund for 17 episodes.
Leah Gibson began her career in 2007, and since then she has also had the opportunity to be part of big franchises like Watchmen, The Twilight Saga and Planet of the Apes, although her biggest successes were on television. On the small screen, Gibson was part of series such as Psych, Supernatural, The 100, Jessica Jones and Batwoman, where she played one of the series' great villains, The Whisper.
You can check out the trailer for Mercy below: