cv753_11812.txt

bruce_NP
willis_NP
needs_VBZ
to_IN
stay_NN
away_RB
from_IN
straightforward_JJ
action_NN
pictures_NNS
._.
mercury_NP
rising_VBG
adds_VBZ
to_IN
a_DT
growing_JJ
list_NN
(_(
including_IN
such_DT
stinkers_NNS
as_IN
the_DT
jackal_NN
,_,
last_OD
man_NN
standing_NN
,_,
striking_JJ
distance_NN
and_CC
the_DT
last_OD
boy_NN
scout_NN
)_)
of_IN
stale_JJ
actioners_NNS
he_PP
has_HVZ
headlined_VBN
._.
and_CC
though_CS
mercury_NP
rising_JJ
tries_NNS
to_IN
spice_NN
things_NNS
up_RP
by_IN
throwing_VBG
an_DT
autistic_JJ
kid_NN
in_IN
the_DT
mix_NN
,_,
it_PP
is_BEZ
every_DT
bit_NN
as_IN
stale_JJ
._.
art_NN
jeffries_NNS
(_(
bruce_NP
willis_NP
)_)
is_BEZ
your_PP$
typical_JJ
tormented_JJ
fbi_NP
agent_NN
._.
you_PP
know_VB
the_DT
type_NN
,_,
haunted_VBN
by_IN
his_PP$
job_NN
,_,
yet_RB
so_RB
good_JJ
at_IN
what_WDT
he_PP
does_DOZ
that_DT
even_JJ
physically_RB
assaulting_VBG
another_DT
agent_NN
merely_RB
gets_VBZ
him_PP
a_DT
slap_NN
on_IN
the_DT
wrist_NN
._.
enter_VB
simon_NP
(_(
miko_???
hughes_NP
)_)
,_,
an_DT
autistic_JJ
boy_NN
,_,
who_WP
,_,
like_IN
rain_NN
man_NN
and_CC
all_PDT
other_JJ
autistic_JJ
people_NN
,_,
is_BEZ
a_DT
savant_JJ
._.
he_PP
can_MD
merely_RB
gaze_NN
at_IN
a_DT
super-encrypted_VBN
message_NN
,_,
and_CC
,_,
while_CS
little_DT
computer_NN
beeps_VBZ
go_VB
off_IN
in_IN
his_PP$
head_NN
,_,
he_PP
can_MD
understand_VB
what_WDT
it_PP
says_VBZ
._.
naturally_RB
,_,
this_DT
talent_NN
has_HVZ
brought_VBN
him_PP
to_IN
the_DT
attention_NN
of_IN
the_DT
federal_JJ
government_NN
._.
lt_NN
._.
col_NN
._.
nicholas_NP
kudrow_NP
(_(
alec_NP
baldwin_NP
)_)
,_,
an_DT
nsa_???
official_JJ
bubbling_VBG
over_IN
with_IN
evil_JJ
,_,
has_HVZ
spent_VBN
countless_JJ
time_NN
and_CC
money_NN
implementing_VBG
the_DT
newest_JJS
"_"
unbreakable_JJ
"_"
code_NN
,_,
mercury_NP
._.
however_RB
,_,
when_CS
two_CD
of_IN
his_PP$
underlings_NNS
(_(
robert_NP
stanton_NP
and_CC
bodhi_NP
pine_NN
elfman_NN
)_)
publish_VB
a_DT
mercury-encrypted_JJ
message_NN
in_IN
a_DT
puzzle_NN
magazine_NN
as_IN
a_DT
final_JJ
test_NN
of_IN
its_PP$
effectiveness_NN
,_,
simon_NP
cracks_NNS
the_DT
code_NN
._.
naturally_RB
,_,
this_DT
infuriates_NNS
kudrow_RB
,_,
who_WP
sends_VBZ
a_DT
terminator-like_JJ
hitman_NN
(_(
l_NN
._.
l_NN
._.
ginter_NN
)_)
to_IN
eliminate_VB
the_DT
security_NN
hazard_NN
._.
and_CC
that_CS
's_NNS
where_CS
art_NN
jeffries_NNS
comes_VBZ
in_IN
._.
for_IN
some_DT
reason_NN
that_CS
's_BEZ
never_RB
explained_VBN
in_IN
the_DT
film_NN
,_,
the_DT
fbi_NP
is_BEZ
called_VBN
in_IN
to_IN
help_NN
,_,
and_CC
through_IN
a_DT
series_NN
of_IN
intricate_JJ
machinations_NNS
,_,
art_NN
becomes_VBZ
the_DT
sole_JJ
protector_NN
of_IN
the_DT
young_JJ
autistic_JJ
boy_NN
._.
in_IN
a_DT
few_DT
unrealistic_JJ
sequences_NNS
,_,
he_PP
enlists_VBZ
the_DT
aid_NN
of_IN
a_DT
stranger_NN
,_,
stacey_NP
(_(
kim_???
dickens_NP
)_)
,_,
to_IN
help_NN
out_RP
,_,
but_CC
she_PP
is_BEZ
given_VBN
very_RB
little_JJ
to_IN
do_DO
overall_JJ
._.
the_DT
central_JJ
concept_NN
behind_IN
mercury_NP
rising_VBG
is_BEZ
ludicrous_JJ
._.
why_WRB
bother_VB
trying_JJ
to_IN
kill_NN
the_DT
kid_NN
._.
._.
._.
i_NN
mean_VB
,_,
who_WP
would_MD
know_VB
?_?
it_PP
's_BEZ
not_XNOT
like_IN
the_DT
kid_NN
(_(
or_CC
anyone_PN
else_RB
for_IN
that_DT
matter_NN
)_)
knew_VBD
he_PP
was_BEDZ
cracking_VBG
a_DT
government_NN
super-cypher_NN
._.
and_CC
even_RB
if_CS
he_PP
is_BEZ
eliminated_VBN
,_,
what_WDT
does_DOZ
that_DT
help_VB
?_?
he_PP
's_BEZ
already_RB
proven_JJ
that_CS
mercury_NP
can_MD
be_BE
broken_VBN
._.
there_EX
's_BEZ
always_RB
the_DT
chance_NN
that_CS
someone_PN
else_RB
would_MD
crack_VB
it_PP
._.
._.
._.
but_NP
i_PP
guess_VB
without_IN
a_DT
kid_NN
in_IN
jeopardy_NN
,_,
there_EX
's_BEZ
not_XNOT
much_DT
of_IN
a_DT
movie_NN
here_RB
._.
for_IN
all_PDT
its_PP$
faults_NNS
,_,
the_DT
film_NN
actually_RB
starts_VBZ
relatively_RB
well_RB
(_(
once_RB
you_PP
pass_VB
the_DT
painfully_RB
familiar_JJ
teaser_NN
)_)
._.
the_DT
film_NN
flirts_NNS
with_IN
developing_JJ
real_JJ
characters_NNS
,_,
and_CC
a_DT
semblance_NN
of_IN
a_DT
plot_NN
._.
._.
._.
then_JJ
mr_NN
._.
terminator_NN
the_DT
hitman_NN
appears_VBZ
and_CC
everything_PN
begins_VBZ
going_VBG
downhill_RB
._.
._.
._.
quickly_RB
._.
miko_???
hughes_NP
does_DOZ
a_DT
decent_JJ
job_NN
,_,
for_IN
his_PP$
age_NN
,_,
at_IN
creating_VBG
a_DT
touching_JJ
performance_NN
._.
however_RB
,_,
don't_DO
go_VB
to_IN
this_DT
film_NN
looking_VBG
for_IN
any_DT
new_JJ
insights_NNS
into_IN
autism_NN
(_(
not_XNOT
that_DT
many_DT
people_NN
will_MD
)_(
._.
instead_RB
he_PP
merely_RB
becomes_VBZ
the_DT
latest_JJS
unique_JJ
partner_NN
in_IN
a_DT
routine_NN
buddy-cop_???
movie_NN
(_(
think_VB
cop_NN
and_CC
a_DT
half_NN
._.
._.
._.
with_IN
a_DT
twist_NN
!_!
)_)
willis_NP
and_CC
baldwin_NP
are_BER
just_RB
overplaying_VBG
to_IN
type_NN
._.
rather_RB
than_CS
creating_VBG
a_DT
nuanced_JJ
character_NN
,_,
baldwin_NP
simply_RB
oozes_VBZ
sliminess_NN
._.
and_CC
for_IN
willis_NP
'_"
part_NN
,_,
he_PP
simply_RB
recycles_NNS
the_DT
stock_NN
role_NN
of_IN
the_DT
loner_NN
cop_NN
/_SYM
fbi_NP
agent_NN
(_(
which_WDT
he_PP
has_HVZ
honed_VBN
in_IN
the_DT
die_VB
hard_JJ
series_NN
)_)
._.
as_CS
almost_RB
an_DT
afterthought_NN
,_,
about_IN
halfway_RB
through_IN
,_,
the_DT
film_NN
carelessly_RB
gives_VBZ
him_PP
a_DT
character_NN
trait_NN
(_(
an_DT
addiction_NN
)_)
,_,
and_CC
then_RB
drops_VBZ
it_PP
in_IN
the_DT
next_OD
scene_NN
._.
but_CC
the_DT
biggest_JJS
problem_NN
with_IN
mercury_NP
rising_VBG
is_BEZ
the_DT
screenplay_NN
._.
this_DT
film_NN
wasn't_BEDZ
well_RB
thought_VBN
out_RP
at_IN
all_PDT
._.
the_DT
film_NN
goes_VBZ
to_IN
extraordinary_JJ
lengths_NNS
to_IN
pad_NN
in_IN
as_IN
many_DT
convenient_JJ
coincidences_NNS
as_IN
possible_JJ
._.
the_DT
carbon_NN
paper_NN
scene_NN
alone_RB
is_BEZ
unworthy_JJ
of_IN
the_DT
most_DT
gullible_JJ
audience_NN
member_NN
._.
at_IN
first_OD
the_DT
bad_JJ
scenes_NNS
just_RB
trickle_NN
in_IN
,_,
but_CC
by_IN
the_DT
gruesomely_JJ
bad_JJ
finale_NN
they're_???
a_NN
veritable_JJ
flood_NN
._.
the_DT
film_NN
's_POS
few_DT
decent_JJ
moments_NNS
come_VB
in_IN
the_DT
form_NN
of_IN
bad_JJ
jokes_NNS
(_(
mainly_RB
from_IN
the_DT
geeks_NNS
who_WP
developed_VBD
the_DT
supercode_JJ
)_)
._.
but_CC
they're_???
not_XNOT
nearly_RB
enough_RB
to_IN
make_NN
the_DT
film_NN
worthwhile_JJ
._.
mercury_NP
rising_VBG
is_BEZ
a_DT
thriller_NN
that_CS
you're_???
more_DT
likely_JJ
to_IN
groan_NN
at_IN
than_CS
cheer_NN
._.