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Mercury Rising

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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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Reviews for Mercury Rising

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Derek Adams

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 24 2006 03:18 AM

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1.5/4

Michael Dequina

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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Jon Popick

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 07 2009 03:15 AM

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1.5/4

Gary Brown

There's a lot of action but the thriller part of the movie never emerges.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 17 2007 07:40 AM

Houston Community Newspapers

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Andrew Sarris

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Robin Clifford

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Dragan Antulov

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 14 2004 07:37 PM

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3/5

Lori Hoffman

Surprisingly watchable

comment Comment | Feb., 05 2004 12:46 PM

Atlantic City Weekly

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1/5

Blake Davis

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

comment Comment | Jul., 14 2003 09:29 AM

KFOR Channel 4 News

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2/5

Fred Topel

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

comment Comment | Jul., 14 2003 01:36 AM

About.com

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1/5

Jon Niccum

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comment Comment | Jun., 07 2003 06:37 PM

Lawrence Journal-World

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3/4

Susan Tavernetti

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 20 2003 05:03 PM

Palo Alto Weekly

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3.5/5

John R. McEwen

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 08 2003 08:04 AM

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1/5

Rob Vaux

These people should really know better.

comment Comment | Dec., 30 2002 05:46 AM

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2/5

David Poland

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comment Comment | Dec., 16 2002 09:05 AM

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Margaret A. McGurk

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Cincinnati Enquirer

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Jeffrey Westhoff

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comment Comment | Aug., 22 2002 02:17 PM

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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Cory Cheney

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comment Comment | Aug., 08 2002 02:19 PM

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