Review of Mercury Rising (1998) by Dexter Y — 16 Jun 2007

Not Bruce's best but not his worst either.

This review of Mercury Rising (1998) was written by Dexter Y on 16 Jun 2007.

Mercury Rising has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Stefan G (492) on 11 Feb 2013

My biggest beef with this movie is not only its blatant stereotypes of autistic kids, but also that it has no understanding of autism at all…

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By Mark H (1,764) on 19 Mar 2014

Flat-out trash. Even if their trying it ends up back in the garbage bin…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 03 Aug 2016

The nuttiest thing about Mercury Rising is that when Alec Baldwin, as the silky-voiced evil defense honcho, explains that he took his cutthroat…

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By Luca D (431) on 05 Aug 2014

Kind of the die hard version of rain man, it wasn't bad and had some really cool supporting performances…

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By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 07 Feb 2014

Not quite loud enough to be a seasonal blockbuster, Mercury Rising is instead more of a dull thud on the action film map, fodder for Willis…

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Left the theater early. The god damn kid won't stop screeching…

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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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I watched this off the back of being completely stunned at 'The Accountant' starring Ben Affleck…

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