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Rating: 6.271/10 by 1505 users

Mercury Rising (1998)

Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.

Directing:
  • Harold Becker
  • Thomas J. Mack
  • James Ellis Deakins
  • C.C. Barnes
  • David Kelley
Writing:
  • Ryne Douglas Pearson
  • Lawrence Konner
  • Mark Rosenthal
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Apr 03, 1998

Rating: 6.271/10 by 1505 users

Alternative Title:
Al rojo vivo - ES
Mercury Falling - US
Simon Says - US
Simon - US
Simple Simon - US
Alguien sabe demasiado - AR
Код Меркурий - BG
Nome de Código: Mercúrio - PT
水银蒸发令 - CN
マーキュリー・ライジング:1998 - JP
终极密码战 - CN

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 51 minutes
Budget: $60,000,000
Revenue: $93,100,000

Plot Keyword: assassin, undercover agent, loss of loved one, fbi, autism, bangkok, thailand, national security agency (nsa), child in peril, conspiracy, asperger's syndrome
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Bruce Willis
Art Jeffries
Alec Baldwin
Nicholas Kudrow
Miko Hughes
Simon Lynch
Chi McBride
Tommy B. Jordan
Robert Stanton
Dean Crandell
Bodhi Elfman
Leo Pedranski
Lindsey Ginter
Peter Burrell
Kelley Hazen
Jenny Lynch
John Doman
Supervisor Hartley
Richard Riehle
Edgar Halstrom
Jack Conley
Detective Nichols
Peter Fontana
Pasquale, Bus Driver
James MacDonald
SWAT Team Leader Francis
Gwen McGee
Security Woman
Betsy Brantley
Special Ed Teacher #2
Margaret Travolta
Autism Expert Nurse
Matt Levert
Tommy Jordan Jr.
James Krag
Rookie Agent Roger
Wadell Brown
Bank Security Guard
Tim Grimm
Ted - Security Guard
John T. Scanlon
South Dakota Helicopter Pilot
Brent Freeman
Marine Guard
Gary Hand
Kudrow's Assistant
Darryl Alan Reed
Ambulance Driver
Steve Rankin
WGEX Helicopter Pilot
Mark Collins
Train Conductor
Maureen Gallagher
Flea Market Lady
Denise Woods
Nurse in Elevator
Jude Ciccolella
FBI Agent Blackwell (uncredited)
Thomas F. Duffy
Audey (uncredited)
Deborah Leydig
(uncredited)
Shannon Parr
Leslie Turpel (uncredited)
Pamela Gaye Walker
Susan (uncredited)
Robert Maffia
FBI Agent Leeb (uncredited)
Spitfire Brown
Security Guard (uncredited)

CinemaSerf

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 became a star in the first place; he was never the greatest actor to take to the big screen, but he has bags of charisma and here he uses it to full effect. He and his charge bond well - given the youngster has precious little salient dialogue; and it is action-packed enough to pass the two hours in a satisfactory way. I am never sure why Alec Baldwin is cast at all - he is really a terribly wooden actor, though here he is given a run for his money by the equally stolid Chi McBride as Willis' FBI chum. It's nowhere near as bad as some people seem to think...


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