Mercury (2018) on Netflix
NR20181h 46mHorrorSci-FiThriller
Five deaf friends who attended Hope Special School meet for a high-school reunion. Michael proposes to Meera, and on the night drive home they hit a man and hide the body.
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- Netflix3.2/5
- IMDb6.1/101,179 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes67%
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Plot summary
Mercury poisoning in a hill town in South India left more than a hundred newborns disabled, and Hope Special School was opened for them. Five of its former pupils, deaf since the contamination, gather at a farm for a reunion. Michael intends to propose to Meera. Police break up their loud music and drinking and take away an iPod and a bottle, then hand the iPod back with a warning. The friends drive out late that night with Meera at the wheel. The others play with the headlights, and a man is struck down on the road. Afraid, they carry the body into the disused Corporate Earth Factory and pile leaves and logs over it.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Mercury (2018)
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- Mercury was inspired by the 2001 Kodaikanal mercury poisoning, in which hundreds of workers were allegedly exposed to toxic mercury vapours at the now-defunct Hindustan Lever factory in Tamil Nadu, and the incident gave the film its title.
- The makers shot Mercury in secret, and the film starring Prabhu Deva was officially announced only in June 2017, after filming had already ended.
- Mercury became the first Tamil film to reach cinemas after a 48-day strike by the Tamil Film Producers Council, opening across Tamil Nadu on 20 April 2018.
- Cinematographer Tirru chose not to keep the camera steady so audiences would not suffer "visual fatigue", letting the camera float everywhere from the characters' point of view or a third person's.
- Mercury was leaked on pirate sites even though it had no scheduled release in Tamil Nadu, and Prabhu Deva and the cast urged fans not to watch the pirated versions.
