Shot in 18 days on a budget of $52 000 this is guerrilla film making at its best. After a businessman's daughter is kidnapped those who took the child deliberately toy with him leading to his interaction with various types of people he would normally not have anything to do with. Seeing how the other half lives in overdrive. Includes footage of a pre Giuliani Times Square with all the various weird and wonderful characters that inhabited this domain. Well acted by the entire cast. The scenes with the taxi driver deserve an Academy Award for realism. The sleazy bartender/drug dealer is played by the director's father. The director optioned the script to other movie makers including those who filmed the similar Ransom but ended up doing it himself. Mercy was released first and I think it is the better of the two.
