Mercury Rising: Difference between revisions
Mercury Rising: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Mercury Rising: Difference between revisions
Edgar Halstrom ([[Richard Riehle]]), the militia leader, uses a stainless [[Ruger AC556]] during the opening bank standoff.
Edgar Halstrom ([[Richard Riehle]]), the militia leader, uses a stainless [[Ruger Mini-14]] during the opening bank standoff.
[[Image:RugerAC556 SS.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Stainless Steel Ruger AC556 Carbine with Full Stock - 5.56x45mm]]
[[File:Ruger Mini-14 stainless left side.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Ruger Mini-14 with stainless finish - 5.56x45mm NATO]]
[[Image:Merc 01.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Edgar Halstrom ([[Richard Riehle]]) aims the [[Ruger Mini-14|Ruger AC556]] at the hostages one-handed during the bank standoff.]]
[[File:Merc 01.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Edgar Halstrom aims the Mini-14 at the hostages one-handed during the bank standoff.]]
Mercury Rising is a 1998 thriller starring Bruce Willis as Art Jeffries, an FBI agent who must protect a young autistic boy from being eliminated by government operatives after the boy unintentionally cracks an unbreakable cypher. The film was directed by Harold Becker (Sea of Love) and also co-stars Alec Baldwin and Chi McBride.
The following weapons were used in the film Mercury Rising:
FBI Special Agent Art Jeffries (Bruce Willis) carries the Smith & Wesson SW9M (the 9mm subcompact version of the Smith & Wesson Sigma) as his sidearm throughout the film. Near the end of the film, Art (Bruce Willis) tells the FBI SWAT team leader (James MacDonald) "I got a 9mm down on the sidewalk", referring to his Sigma. This was previously listed as the 380 version of the Sigma Compact (Smith & Wesson SW380), however the rear serrations, silver barrel, and overall size of the firearm seen in the film, shows that Art carries the SW9M. The Heritage Auctions website also shows the screen used SW9M, used in the film.
A SIG-Sauer P226 is the sidearm carried by the majority of the FBI agents seen in the film. Art Jeffries (Bruce Willis) is seen with what appears to be a full-size P226 holstered during a conversation in an FBI office. Special Agent Tommy B. Jordan (Chi McBride) also is seen with the handgun. The SIG also is used by Shayes (Peter Stormare) in the confrontation on the train. A SIG is also pulled by Lt. Colonel Nicholas Kudrow (Alec Baldwin) on the rooftop at the end of the film. The same gun is later used by Art.
A Heckler & Koch P7M8 is used by Peter Burrell (Lindsey Lee Ginter) both with and without a suppressor and is left at the murder scene. When examining the crime scene later, Art asks if the father is so broke, how could he afford the $1500 handgun.
