If you loved The King, try The Mercy

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by James Marsh, and they both carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The King, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Mercy is

Coldplay meets All Is Lost. A family man mortgages everything to race solo around the world but loses his way somewhere in the South Atlantic. The film rides the credulity gap between heroic dream and obvious hubris.

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