In 2003, Merc Force was released to Netflix. Made on a budget of approximately $3000 by James Panetta of Ikuzo Studios in Philadelphia, it didn't receive the most 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 EZTakes. No relation to either the video game named Mercenaries or the video game sequel to Commando named MERCS.