Mercenary (disambiguation)
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Mercenary is an adjective meaning "motivated by private gain".
It is also a noun: a mercenary is a person primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics, most often used to refer to a soldier who fights for hire.
Mercenary or mercenaries may also refer to:
Films and television
The Mercenaries, also known as Dark of the Sun, a 1968 film starring Rod Taylor
The Mercenary (film), a 1968 spaghetti western film
Mercenary (1996 film), a 1996 movie featuring Robert Pine
Mercenary (2008 film), a 2008 short film starring Billy Lush
Mercenaries (2011 film), a 2011 British film
Mercenaries (2014 film), an American action film
Mercenary (2016 film), a 2016 French film
The Mercenary, a 2019 American film starring Dominique Vandenberg
"The Mercenaries" (Mission: Impossible), a 1968 episode from Season 3 of Mission: Impossible
Games
Mercenary (board game), a board game about conquest set in medieval Europe published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1975
Mercenary (video game), a 1985 computer game by Novagen Software Ltd.
Mercenary III, a 1992 sequel
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, a 2005 Xbox and PlayStation 2 video game
Mercenaries (series)
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, a 2008 sequel to Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
Mercs Inc, a cancelled sequel to Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries, a 1996 computer game by Activision
MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries, a 2002 computer game by Cyberlore Studios and FASA Studio
Mercenaries_Saga_Chronicles, a 2018 collection of three previous Mercenaries Saga games
Traveller Book 4: Mercenary, a rulebook of the Traveller role-playing game series
Literature
El Mercenario (English: The Mercenary), a 1980–2003 graphic novel by Vicente Segrelles
The Mercenaries, a 1998 novel by Ed Greenwood
Music
Mercenary (band), a heavy metal band from Denmark
Mercenary (album), a 1998 album by the band Bolt Thrower
"Mercenary", a song by Brave Saint Saturn from the 2008 album Anti-Meridian
"Mercenary", a song by The Mission from the 1990 album Grains of Sand
"Mercenary", a song by Panic!
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