Mercy

Mercy

Year: 2016

Runtime: 90 min

Language: English

Director: Chris Sparling

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A former military doctor working as a nurse finds herself in a dangerous situation when the Irish mafia seizes control of her hospital. To save her son, who is being held hostage, she must rely on her training and resourcefulness. Facing a desperate fight for survival, she discovers she can only depend on herself to protect her family and reclaim her workplace.

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Timeline – Mercy (2016)

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1

Grace's decline and the drug bag

Grace lies dying on a hospital bed set up on the second floor of her farmhouse. The doctor pleads to administer drugs to ease her suffering and hands a bag to George containing the instructions and the drug. George reluctantly takes the bag, signaling a pivotal choice about Grace's fate.

Day Grace's farmhouse - second floor hospital room
2

Inheritance plans surface

George tells his two sons Ronnie and TJ that he has arranged to inherit Grace's fortune when she dies. He explains that the money will eventually be his children's, setting the stage for future conflict. The notion of control over Grace's wealth creates tension among the family.

Evening Grace's farmhouse
3

TJ discovers the drug bag

TJ finds the medical bag in the trash and questions its contents. George reminds him to behave and not talk about the money around his stepbrothers.

Evening Grace's farmhouse - trash bin area
4

Family gathers as Grace weakens

As Grace nears the end of her life, the family comes together, though the atmosphere is strained. Brad brings his new girlfriend Melissa to support Grace, which unsettles many in the room.

Evening Grace's bedside room
5

Masked intruders invade and declare mercy

Masked men breach the home and attack the occupants. They retreat to Grace's room and outside spell Mercy by lighting a fire on the front lawn, signaling their ominous presence.

Night Grace's farmhouse - front lawn and Grace's room
6

Travis seeks his phone

Travis tries to go out and fetch his phone from his room, moving toward danger. He encounters a masked man and a struggle ensues as he tries to escape on a motorbike.

Night Grace's farmhouse - interior and exterior
7

Travis is shot

During the confrontation, another masked man shoots Travis from behind, ending his involvement in the night’s chaos.

Night Outside the farmhouse
8

Ronnie's upstairs alarm

Ronnie wakes to use the bathroom only to discover a missing staircase handle and a broken curtain hook. A masked man bursts from cover and attacks him, and he bangs his head on the tub in the struggle.

Night Grace's farmhouse - upstairs
9

George's earlier attempt to destroy the drug

The film rewinds to an earlier moment where George tries to burn the drug but a masked man grabs it instead. The tension over the drug intensifies as the night unfolds.

Earlier Grace's farmhouse
10

The fatal stair scuffle

Later that night, a masked man attempts to administer the drug to Grace but finds George sleeping in a chair. A scuffle ensues and they tumble down the stairs, ending with George's head striking the bottom and killing him.

Night Grace's room and stairs
11

TJ uncovers Grace's church ties

TJ wakes up and discovers a videotape labeled Grace's Church along with a box of news clippings. The footage hints at Grace's church and hints that her ex-husband's death may be connected to their community.

Earlier TJ's room
12

TJ is abducted from the house

A masked man appears and takes TJ out of the house, removing him from the immediate danger but leaving his fate unresolved.

Night Grace's farmhouse
13

Brad and Melissa face the intruders

Brad wakes Travis to warn of intruders and they go to investigate. Melissa screams as the group is overwhelmed, and Brad finally decides to act in defense of Grace.

Night Grace's farmhouse - Grace's room
14

The drug reveal and church reveal

Brad administers the drug to Grace, insisting he must do it now. The film reveals that the so-called drug is a medicine, not a means to end her life, and the intruders are Grace's church members.

Night Grace's room
15

Grace is taken by the church; implied mercy with a cost

Grace is carried out by the church members, and she eyes Brad as she is removed from the room. An unshown scene implies the doctor shot Brad, suggesting deadly consequences for the family’s choices.

Night Grace's farmhouse - hallway/outdoors

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