Bruce Willis
Arthur 'Art' Jeffries
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Mercury Rising is a 1998 American action thriller film starring Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin. Directed by Harold Becker, the film is based on Ryne Douglas Pearson's 1996 novel originally published as Simple Simon, which was the working title of the film.
Apr 3, 1998 · Mercury Rising: Directed by Harold Becker. With Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride. Shadowy elements in the NSA target a nine-year old autistic savant for death when he is able to decipher a top secret code.
- (78K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Harold Becker
- 1998-04-03
Jan 9, 2012 · Simon is a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code. This skill renders the new billion-dollar secret code vulnerable, especially if enemies of the...
- 2 min
- 764.2K
- Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
A thriller about an FBI agent who protects a nine-year old autistic savant from assassins after he deciphers a top secret code. The code, called Mercury, is created by the NSA to keep its secrets hidden, but the boy's ability to break it becomes a liability for the agency.
"Mercury Rising" stars Bruce Willis as Art Jeffries, a renegade FBI agent who combats ruthless federal agents to protect Simon (Miko Hughes), a 9-year-old autistic...
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- Harold Becker
- R
- Bruce Willis
Apr 3, 1998 · Ebert criticizes the plot, dialogue and logic of the movie starring Bruce Willis as an FBI agent who protects an autistic boy with a secret code. He praises the performances of Willis, Kim Dickens and Miko Hughes, but calls the film "dumb" and "silly".
An autistic 9 year-old mathematical genius cracks a government intelligence group's new security code, so the agency decides to eliminate him - and it's up to a loose cannon FBI agent to save him. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
