Stars: Armand Assante, Angela Featherstone, Dina Meyer, David Lipper, Tony Calabretta

Director: Anthony Hickox

Summary: Frank Carbone has been a gangster all his life and the Mob are out to get him. After an assassination attempt he agrees to testify and becomes involved in the Witness Protection Programme. Even with a new look, a fake I.D. and a new home it's not long before the Mob closes in...

Longtime gangster Frank Carbone (Armand Assante) changes his tune when the mob puts a hit out on him and he enters the witness protection program. Moving from Chicago to Little Rock, Arkansas, he suddenly finds himself to be a big fish in a small pond. Despite his new surroundings, Frank has trouble saying goodbye to gunfights and blackmail.

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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 Risingor 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 Risingis 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

Aspect Ratio:	4:3
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Trailer
Year:	2002
Release Date:	July 14, 2003
Runtime:	90 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C C D 9782
Label:	D E J Productions
Keywords:	Action, General, Adventure, Protection, Federal
Genre:	Action/Adventure