Mercy Streets
A life of faith has just been threatened by a life of crime.
Mercy Streets quietly hit theaters nationwide (U.S.A.) in September/October of 2000. With a masterful filmmaking quality and powerful message of redemption and forgiveness, Christian moviegoers found themselves delighted at the quality and message in Mercy Streets (see our movie review to read viewer comments and our own review of the film.)
On this project, Signal Hill Pictures (producer of Lay It Down and The Moment After) teamed up with Providence Entertainment (producer of The Omega Code). The result is a crime drama that injects biblical teaching in a non-preachy way.
Lay It Down
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(From the producer)
“Mercy Streets is the story of estranged twin brothers, John (David White), a con man, and Jeremiah (David White), a preacher, who are forced to switch lives. Out of this simple switch come repressed feelings of guilt and hate that change their lives forever.
Recently released from prison, John is looking to make a new start. Plagued by his past and uncertain about his future, he attempts to raise the necessary capital for a business venture by agreeing to pull one last job, alongside his old mentor Rome (Eric Roberts). But John’s deliberate attempt to double cross Rome sends him on the run, so he cunningly steps into the calm suburban life of his twin brother Jeremiah and turns his seemingly perfect life upside down.
Jeremiah, a respected deacon reluctantly awaiting his confirmation as an ordained minister, is taken hostage by Rome and, haunted by the guilt of what he believes to be his brother’s death, is blackmailed into participating in a counterfeiting scam. However, Rome’s simple plan begins to go horribly wrong when Jeremiah escapes and comes face-to-face with the brother he thought was dead.
Unable to escape this predicament, the brothers turn to each other, only to harshly discover that they cannot turn away from the consequences of their actions or the love and forgiveness of God.”
“A story that combines gritty reality mixed with truthful emotions, genuine dialogue and a killer soundtrack.”
—Holly McClure, movie critic for Crosswalk
“The beginning of a new era for Christian film making.”
—Jon Gunn, Director/Writer/Editor of Mercy Streets
“Mercy Streets follows in the footsteps of storytellers like C.S. Lewis, Dorothy Sayers, Flannery O’Connor and John Grisham.”
—Chuck Colson
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 Mercy Streets DVD Region 1 (North America) DVD features:
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 US$2495 Home-use only. To make a public showing of this film, the producer requires that you own a license from Christian Video Licensing Intl. www.cvli.org/cvli/ |
 Mercy Streets VHS videocassette NTSC |
 US$2495 Home-use only. To make a public showing of this film, the producer requires that you own a license from Christian Video Licensing Intl. www.cvli.org/cvli/ |
