A moment in the life and work of Alan Salvador García López, a recently graduated vocation career nurse, originally from Zacapu, Michoacán, who on Sundays performs a ritual that transforms and transports him to his personal nirvana, which is ultimate fighting. Also, his perspective on life, his love for his family, and his path to self-esteem and maturity.
Seven years after George Miller's previous film, 'Mad Max: Fury Road', he dives back into the scene with an equally daring movie. Although not nearly as action-packed, his newest film 'Three Thousand Years Of Longing' challenges the typical format of a film, giving you a well-known plot in an unexpected way.
Another uneven "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" redux that says nothing novel about its subject matter.
“And I think to myself….what a wonderful world”. Louis Armstrong sang about this notion via his classic 1967 song, an ode to witnessing elements of our life that should be but some reminders of exactly what that concluding line of each verse indicates. Now we see our contemporary realities and, just being honest, it makes a sentiment like this seem SO overtly far away….perhaps even impossible….to accept or believe could be. It sounds harsh, but again, so much of what is occurring speaks not to beauty, but bedlam.
Even without the messaging, Mercy does not hold up as a movie. It's sloppily done and the mystery doesn’t tie together at the end.
