Mercury Rising

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Mercury Rising

R,

1998,

1h 52m,

Mystery & Thriller/

Action

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54 Reviews

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50,000+ Ratings

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"Mercury Rising" stars Bruce Willis as Art Jeffries, a renegade FBI agent who combats ruthless federal agents to protect Simon (Miko Hughes), a 9-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new unbreakable code. He can read MERCURY, the most advanced encryption code yet created, as easily as other kids read English. This ability renders the new billion-dollar secret code vulnerable, especially if enemies of the United States should learn of Simon's abilities and capture him.

Critics Consensus

Mercury Rising lays the action on thick, but can never find a dramatic pulse to keep viewers -- or Bruce Willis -- engaged with its maudlin story.

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Keith Phipps

AV Club

Apr 23, 2020

There's such a lack of vision behind Mercury Rising that the title could have it going in either direction and it would still end up in the same familiar place.

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Lisa Alspector

Chicago Reader

Apr 21, 2020

The actors' serious faces are out of place in this hopelessly silly action conspiracy.

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Mark Caro

Chicago Tribune

Apr 21, 2020

Baldwin's Kudrow is a one-dimensional, humorless variation on his corporate tyrant in Glengarry Glen Ross.

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Clarín Staff

Clarín

Apr 23, 2020

Offers the viewer a pleasant surprise. [Full review in Spanish]

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Margaret Pomeranz

At the Movies (Australia)

Apr 23, 2020

2/5

I must admit I was underwhelmed by Mercury Rising - in fact the temperature actually sank.

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Total Film Staff

Total Film

Apr 21, 2020

1/5

This should never have been made. Avoid it and pretend it wasn't.

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George S

Apr 19, 2019

While an impressive vehicle for the talents of young Miko Hughes, Mercury Rising amounts to little more than a humdrum thriller devoid of thrills and hindered further by a premise too logically flawed to entertain.

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Mar 16, 2019

Pretty good. Above average.

Leia M

Sep 11, 2018

Probably in my top 5 worst movies ever.

Harry S

Jul 1, 2018

This movie couldn't be less plausible. From beginning until the end this movie was mindless. Horrible script. All around stupid.

Rey S

Oct 7, 2017

I watched this off the back of being completely stunned at 'The Accountant' starring Ben Affleck. Reading the consensus the story immediately grabbed me despite it sounding like a generic 90's action flick with a ever so slight twist. Unfortunately this is exactly that, oonly not even a competently made one. As usual you can count on good ole' Bruce to carry the film and i was surprised by the levels of depth to his acting in Mercury Rising, but it isn't enough to rescue a basic script, a bland performance from Alec Baldwin, a score that just didn't match what i was seeing, and very little action. What action there was wasn't even very good, just peer round a corner and shoot then screw up your face as the bad guy runs away action. A very disappointing film, theres lots of films which are exactly the same; just better made.

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Rey L

Sep 24, 2017

A pretty dull and generic movie which made hardly no sense.

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Harold Becker

Director

Bruce Willis

Arthur 'Art' Jeffries

Alec Baldwin

Nicholas Kudrow

Miko Hughes

Simon Lynch

Chi McBride

Thomas 'Bizzi' Jordan

Kim Dickens

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Synopsis

"Mercury Rising" stars Bruce Willis as Art Jeffries, a renegade FBI agent who combats ruthless federal agents to protect Simon (Miko Hughes), a 9-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new unbreakable code. He can read MERCURY, the most advanced encryption code yet created, as easily as other kids read English. This ability renders the new billion-dollar secret code vulnerable, especially if enemies of the United States should learn of Simon's abilities and capture him.

Director: Harold Becker
Producer: Brian Grazer, Karen Kehela Sherwood
Screenwriter: Ryne Douglas Pearson, Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
Rating: R (Violence|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 3, 1998, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 18, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $32.9M
Runtime: 1h 52m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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