Mercury Rising (1998)
Someone knows too much.
Director: Harold Becker · Writers: Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.
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Director
Harold Becker
Cast
Bruce Willis
Art Jeffries 
Alec Baldwin
Nicholas Kudrow 
Miko Hughes
Simon Lynch 
Chi McBride
Tommy B. Jordan 
Kim Dickens
Stacey 
Robert Stanton
Dean Crandell 
Bodhi Elfman
Leo Pedranski 
Carrie Preston
Emily Lang 
Lindsey Ginter
Peter Burrell 
Peter Stormare
Shayes 
Kevin Conway
Lomax 
John Carroll Lynch
Martin Lynch User Reviews (2)
I'd have to admit that at the start - however politically incorrect it is to say - I though that the mix of Bruce Willis as an independently minded FBI agent and Miko Hughes ("Simon") as a boy genius with very loud, and annoying, autism was going to be a difficult film to sit through. Luckily, the initial in-your-face character establishment settles down and the somewhat preposterous plot takes over quite quickly. The US Government runs a competition to see whether anyone can decipher it's supposedly unbreakable "Mercury" code and young Mr. Hughes is genuinely convincing as the young lad who can break it just by looking at the thing. When he calls in to claim his prize, all hell breaks loose and soon he and Willis are dodging the NSA and the FBI as they try to get to the bottom of this rather far-fetched, but entertaining conspiracy. This is of those films that reminds you why Willis bec…
Two of my favorite actors and once again shows that if you have a great story you don't need special effects! This was an amazing movie, emotional and what movie making is all about. Great job!
