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Mercury Rising (DVD, 2003)
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Title: Mercury Rising
Leading Role: Alec Baldwin,Bodhi Elfman,Bruce Willis,Carrie Preston,Chi McBride,John Carroll Lynch,John Doman,Kelley Hazen,Kevin Conway,Kim Dickens,Koko Taylor,Lindsey Lee Ginter,Mark Collins,Maureen Gallagher,Miko Hughes,Peter Stormare,Richard Riehle,Robert Stanton
Director: Harold Becker
EAN: 5050582049978
Release Year: 2003
Rating: UK:15
Product ID: EPID3951382
Description: FBI agent Art Jeffries, wrongfully disgraced after taking the fall for a botched undercover job, defends a ten-year-old autistic boy from a national security agent who orders the boy assassinated after he innocently cracks the purportedl...
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11 of 15 people found this review helpful.
Take off your thinking caps and toss 'em in a corner, 'cuz you won't need 'em when you're watching this deliriously dumb thriller from 1997. Bruce Willis stars as a demoted FBI agent who comes to the aid of an autistic boy whose mind holds a potentially deadly secret. It seems that by gazing on a puzzle magazine and making order out of a hidden system of numbers, the 9-year-old autistic boy (Miko Hughes) has accidentally deciphered a sophisticated top-secret government code. This makes him the prime target of the ruthless bureaucrat (Alec Baldwin, in one of his silliest roles), and Willis comes to the rescue.
This formulaic thriller sets up this plot with a lot of entertaining urgency, but you can't give any thought to Mercury Rising or the whole movie collapses under the weight of its own illogic and nonsense. The redeeming values are the performances of Willis, young Hughes, and newcomer Kim Dickens as a woman who agrees (perhaps too easily, it seems) to aid Willis in his plot to outmaneuver the bad guys. Mercury Rising is not a waste of time compared to other formulaic thrillers, but its entertainment value depends on how much you enjoy being smarter than the movie.
This formulaic thriller sets up this plot with a lot of entertaining urgency, but you can't give any thought to Mercury Rising or the whole movie collapses under the weight of its own illogic and nonsense. The redeeming values are the performances of Willis, young Hughes, and newcomer Kim Dickens as a woman who agrees (perhaps too easily, it seems) to aid Willis in his plot to outmaneuver the bad guys. Mercury Rising is not a waste of time compared to other formulaic thrillers, but its entertainment value depends on how much you enjoy being smarter than the movie.
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AutismI bought this film for a teacher who doesn't understand what Autism is, but teaches two!!!! The casting for this film and the story line are fantastic and can be watched time and time again.......
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Mercury Rising DVDReview created: 18/10/09
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) This film is a great film. It portrays an autistic boy who has broken a government code and his life is endangered by it. Portrays the autism quite well.
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mercury risingReview created: 09/02/09(updated 19/02/09)
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) missed this film on tv so when a friend told me about it just had to buy it, excellent film and enjoyed it so much will watch and watch till i make it faulty lol
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Superb action film from Bruce WillisReview created: 11/12/08
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Mercury Rising has Bruce Willis in his usual role as a cop.
He attends the home of a child, whose parents have been brutally killed.
They were killed because their child, who is autistic, cracked a secret Government code placed in a childs quiz book to test it out.
Bruce then has to go on his own, against the establishment, to open the conspiracy.
Good action fare.
He attends the home of a child, whose parents have been brutally killed.
They were killed because their child, who is autistic, cracked a secret Government code placed in a childs quiz book to test it out.
Bruce then has to go on his own, against the establishment, to open the conspiracy.
Good action fare.
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Mercury Rising DVD 2003Review created: 05/02/08
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Really liked this DVD.
Shows hard men can often have a heart and good can overcome evil.
The filming was good,shots that made you take in the most important pieces.
Actors seemed right for their parts and carried them off well.
Tense with action but heart warming scenes as well.
Shows hard men can often have a heart and good can overcome evil.
The filming was good,shots that made you take in the most important pieces.
Actors seemed right for their parts and carried them off well.
Tense with action but heart warming scenes as well.
Review ID: 10000000005426220
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