No Mercy

If you want a textbook example of generic 1980s police film, you should probably consider watching *No Mercy*, 1986 action thriller directed by Richard Pearce. The plot begins in Chicago where two undercover policemen – Eddie Jillette (played by Richard Gere) and Joe Collins (played by Gary Basaraba) – arrest petty drug dealer Angles Ryan (played by Ray Sharkey) who, in exchange for leniency, informs them about some…