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Mercury Rising
1998
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. Read more
| Starring | Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride |
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| Director | Harold Becker |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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Critics' reviews (4)
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Prior to his box-office success with The Sixth Sense, Bruce Willis was paired with another young lead in this minor thriller — which is a tad more imaginative than most action fare. Willis stars as a renegade government operative who becomes protector of an autistic child (Miko Hughes) who has cracked the supposedly impenetrable Mercury security code; Alec Baldwin plays the crooked national security man who's determined to hunt them down. Director Harold Becker manages to impart a little depth to the relationship between Willis and Hughes — in between the chases and shoot-outs — but the psychological backdrop is too contrived.
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Autistic kid and washed-up FBI agent on the run from out-of-control government security outfit: such is the not very... read more on Time Out
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"...MERCURY RISING features what may be Bruce Willis' most compelling screen performance..."
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Cracking Good Movie
Action Man Bruce Willis strikes again in an unusually well-written action film about an autistic boy who accidentally cracks a national code that cost millions ... more
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Reasonable plot
The film had a reasonable plot and some good stunts, but more details of what the boy had done to be in danger, would have helped make it a better film.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Excellent old favourite
Whilst not a new film Mercury Rising is watchable over and over again. Willis is, as usual, superb! The plot does not seem to get tired.
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Reasonable plot
The film had a reasonable plot and some good stunts, but more details of what the boy had done to be in danger, would have helped make it a better film.
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3 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Talk about a daft plot. Employees of a US govt agency put their top secret code into a puzzle book to test it, small boy decodes it, cue baddies who spend the ... more
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Cracking Good Movie
Action Man Bruce Willis strikes again in an unusually well-written action film about an autistic boy who accidentally cracks a national code that cost millions ... more
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Reasonable plot
The film had a reasonable plot and some good stunts, but more details of what the boy had done to be in danger, would have helped make it a better film.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Excellent old favourite
Whilst not a new film Mercury Rising is watchable over and over again. Willis is, as usual, superb! The plot does not seem to get tired.
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3 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Talk about a daft plot. Employees of a US govt agency put their top secret code into a puzzle book to test it, small boy decodes it, cue baddies who spend the ... more
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
Not a Bruce classic
But a thoroughly enjoyable movie nonetheless. It doesn't have tons of fantastic and well thought out action sequences like Die Hard, but it still delivers ... more
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
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Had potential to be much better.
Plot is ridiculuos in places, particularly side line romance part which wasn't needed.
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
English OAP Review
Brilliant and touching. I had a mentally handicapped child but not as bright as Simon.
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good film
Bruce Willis playing the hero again but a good film all the same. Worth watching and a good plot.
Critics' reviews (4)
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Prior to his box-office success with The Sixth Sense, Bruce Willis was paired with another young lead in this minor thriller — which is a tad more imaginative than most action fare. Willis stars as a renegade government operative who becomes protector of an autistic child (Miko Hughes) who has cracked the supposedly impenetrable Mercury security code; Alec Baldwin plays the crooked national security man who's determined to hunt them down. Director Harold Becker manages to impart a little depth to the relationship between Willis and Hughes — in between the chases and shoot-outs — but the psychological backdrop is too contrived.
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Autistic kid and washed-up FBI agent on the run from out-of-control government security outfit: such is the not very... read more on Time Out
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"...MERCURY RISING features what may be Bruce Willis' most compelling screen performance..."
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A by-the-numbers action flick, through which Willis glowers ferociously.
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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....
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