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Mercury Rising [VHS] [1998]
 
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Mercury Rising [VHS] [1998]

VHS ~ Bruce Willis
4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Bruce Willis, Miko Hughes, Alec Baldwin, Chi McBride, Kim Dickens
  • Directors: Harold Becker
  • Writers: Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal, Ryne Douglas Pearson
  • Producers: Brian Grazer, Joseph Singer, Karen Kehela, Maureen Peyrot
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
  • Language English
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 4 Front Video
  • VHS Release Date: 5 Mar 2001
  • Run Time: 107 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004R76E
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,623 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Take off your thinking caps and toss 'em in a corner, 'cos 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 out manoeuvre 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. --Jeff Shannon

Synopsis
An FBI agent, Art Jeffries, is tasked with protecting a young boy who has managed to crack an 'unbreakable' code. The National Security Agency has assigned a hit squad to assassinate him.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I think you'll like this!, 24 Jun 2000
By cwanderson316@aol.com (Burley In Wharfedale,West Yorks,England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mercury Rising [DVD] [1998] (DVD)
This is another classic Willis action moivie, straight from the mould of Die Hard. The three leads are all superb in their role's in this edge of your seat thriller. This is a must buy DVD to add to your collection. BRUCE IS THE KING.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not That Simple!, 27 Oct 2008
By J. Flaton (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mercury Rising [DVD] [1998] (DVD)
The trials and tribulations of a washed out FBI agent trying to save a young autistic boy's life, who has accidentally decrypted a top NSA encryption code.

Cast and crew deliver a competent thriller in which which Bruce Willis can save the day in his own way and still be likable if not a bit over the top. The plot (from Ryne Douglas Pearson's thriller "Simple Simon" has been simplified into something quite simple indeed (to the verge of unbelievability), but the real surprise is the 12-year old actor Miko Hughes who - even more than in the book - succeeds in bringing alive the trials of an autistic boy; he even spent time within a real school for autistic children, that also became part of the movie. The chemistry between the boy and the brute (so to speak) is real, and probably the best part of the movie.

A year later Bruce Willis would benefit of his experience with boy actors when appearing in M. Night Shyamalan's superior movie "The Sixth Sense" opposite Haley Joel Osment.
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