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In 2003, ''[[Merc Force]]'' was released to Netflix. Made on a budget of approximately $3000 by James Panetta of [[Ikuzo Studios]] in [[Philadelphia (useful notes)|Philadelphia]], it didn't receive [http://www.heavy.com/movies/dvd-blu-ray/2010/04/the-worst-of-netflix-merc-force/ the] [http://www.deadregime.com/2009/03/awesomely-bad-merc-force.html most] [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441662/ stellar reviews]. Despite this, it continues to make respectable sales on Netflix and was successful enough to result in being reshot as television-length episodes as ''Mercs''.
 
The original film can be viewed for free online at [https://web.archive.org/web/20101130150341/http://www.eztakes.com/store/watch/Merc-Force-Watch-Movie.jsp EZTakes].
 
No relation to either the video game named ''[[Mercenaries]]'' or the video game sequel to ''Commando'' named ''MERCS''.
 
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=== This work exhibits the following tropes ===
* [[Air Vent Passageway]]: The maintenance ducts are used by Creed and Varisa to navigate the ship during the hijack attempt in ''Mercs''.
** Making them human accessible was intentional, as with shows such as [[Star Trek]], due to the difficulties of spaceship maintenance.