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Mercury Rising (1998)

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Reviews Counted:34

Fresh:6

Rotten:28

Average Rating:4.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: FBI agent Art Jeffries (Bruce Willis), wrongfully disgraced after taking the fall for a botched undercover job, defends a ten-year-old autistic boy from a national security agent (Alec Baldwin) who... FBI agent Art Jeffries (Bruce Willis), wrongfully disgraced after taking the fall for a botched undercover job, defends a ten-year-old autistic boy from a national security agent (Alec Baldwin) who orders the boy assassinated after he innocently cracks the purportedly uncrackable "Mercury" code. [More]

Starring: Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride

Starring: Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride, Kim Dickens, Robert Stanton, Bodhi Elfman, Carrie Preston, Lindsey Lee Ginter, John Carroll Lynch, Mark Collins, Maureen Gallagher, Kevin Conway, Kelley Hazen, John Doman, Richard Riehle, Peter Stormare, Koko Taylor

Director: Harold Becker

Director: Harold Becker
Producer: Brian Grazer, Karen Kehela
Story: Ryne Douglas Pearson
Screenwriter: Laurence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
Composer: John Barry

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At one point, this was titled Mercury Falling, and that is a far more apt name for this ice cold thriller.

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Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
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Jon Popick
Jon Popick
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There's a lot of action but the thriller part of the movie never emerges.

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07/17/07
Gary Brown
Gary Brown
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05/14/04
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
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Surprisingly watchable

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02/05/04
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

Bruce Willis, an autistic kid and lots of explosions. You do the math.

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07/14/03
Blake Davis
Blake Davis
KFOR Channel 4 News

Below average thriller. Not much action, not much character between Willis and the boy, but Baldwin is a good villain.

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07/14/03
Fred Topel
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Palo Alto Weekly

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John R. McEwen
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These people should really know better.

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