Review of Mercury Rising (1998) by Kirsty P — 12 Jul 2007

A movie that shoulda been 20 minutes drags out to 112 and isnt good.

This review of Mercury Rising (1998) was written by Kirsty P on 12 Jul 2007.

Mercury Rising has generally received mixed reviews.

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IMO, Bruce+Bad Guy+Tall building.. they should just surrender ;-) Alec is always a deliciously wicked bad guy. ?Miko…

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This is about a 9 year old autistic boy that ends up being on some givenment hit list because he understood a government code hidden in a geeks…

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Why the rating is so low…

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By Directors D (42) on 09 Jun 2013

Great movie, adding Bruce Willis made it more interesting. It is a very action-packed movie and I would watch it again…

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Even with it's ridiculous, even for an action movie, premise, it still manages to be somewhat entertaining…

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By Jonny P (816) on 13 Dec 2013

Weird how negative are the reviews of this film. Perhaps a problem of confused expectations…

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