At one point, this was titled Mercury Falling, and that is a far more apt name for this ice cold thriller.
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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There's a lot of action but the thriller part of the movie never emerges.
Below average thriller. Not much action, not much character between Willis and the boy, but Baldwin is a good villain.
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