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Mercury Rising (1998) |
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A dramatic
opening when for a second we might believe that |
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Willis plays
a baddie but he turns out to be really an |
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undercover
cop, Art, who's a bit of a non-conformist. |
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Then we meet
Simon who is very good at puzzles and codes. |
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And he
solves a puzzle which results in his ringing a number |
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which puts
him through to a top secret project. The |
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puzzle/code
had been put there in a puzzle book to suss out |
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the geek
factor. But so much has been invested in this |
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'unbreakable' code the man at the top of the agency decides
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to eliminate
the kid. The parents are killed but the kid escapes and Art is
given the job of protecting him. But he admits that he's no idea
how to handle Simon (9 years old). |
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In one scene
the boy is in hospital under guard and the guard |
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is called
away which is discovered by Art (remember how the |
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guards are
called off in The Godfather). |
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And there's
a big conspiracy which means he can't contact |
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the
authorities so it Art against the world. |
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There's a
car chase, a fight on a train, and a chase through |
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Plus he has
an all-purpose black friend who is also a cop and |
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still can
use police connections. |
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Alex Baldwin
calls the boy, Simon, "one of nature's mistakes". |
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Lots of
borrowings from other films like "3 Days of the |
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Condor". Of
course by the end of the film Art bonds with Simon. |
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Notes
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