Mercury Rising

1998
R
1h 51m

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Bruce Willis and Miko Hughes in Mercury Rising (1998)

Shadowy elements in the NSA target a nine-year old autistic savant for death when he is able to decipher a top secret code.Shadowy elements in the NSA target a nine-year old autistic savant for death when he is able to decipher a top secret code.Shadowy elements in the NSA target a nine-year old autistic savant for death when he is able to decipher a top secret code.

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6.1/10

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Trivia
Miko Hughes spent time with many autistic children at a special school to understand how to portray an autistic child. Bennett Leventhal, head of the child psychiatry department at the University of Chicago, spent six weeks before the shoot tutoring Hughes at a school for autistic children. Leventhal complimented Hughes at the movie's premiere, saying, "even I believed you."

Goofs
On the bank's security camera video tape of Art and Dean crossing the street, knee pads are visible beneath Dean's pants in preparation for his fall.

Quotes
Nick Kudrow: I asked you not to handle the wine, please!
Art Jeffries: You know, it's good to see you've got your priorities in order.
[takes a slug from another bottle]
Art Jeffries: That's better. You're not worried about murdering a nine year-old boy but you're worried about this fuckin' wine!
[he breaks another bottle and Kudrow winces]

Alternate versions
The German TV-Channel RTL cut all of the violence out of the movie, in order to broadcast it on an earlier time spot (8:15 PM).

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Newton Boys/Meet the Deedles/The Proposition/A Price Above Rubies/No Looking Back (1998)

Soundtracks
Evil (Is Going On)
Written by Willie Dixon
Performed by KoKo Taylor
Courtesy of Alligator Records

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8/10

" Your eyes see, but they do not observe, "

The novel 'Simple Simon' was written by Ryne Pearson and easily transferred to the silver screen, where it was directed expertly by Harold Becker. The movie tells the story of an autistic boy named Simon Lynch (Miko Hughes) who incredibly is able to decipher a top secret code created by the N.S.A. When the secret is uncovered, the top executive, Nick Kudrow (Alec Baldwin) believes his network of undercover agents and their identifies are in danger of being compromised and therefor orders a top assassin to execute Simon and his parents. The only defense for the boy is Art Jeffries (Bruce Willis) a burned-out F.B.I agent who despite his short-comings is a tough-as-nails individual who learns Simon is a very special child and soon bonds with him. Along the way and amid the encroaching danger Jeffries receives help from Stacey a coffee shop patron (Kim Dickens) and fellow FBI agent Tommy B. Jordan (Chi McBride) The film is a combination of intrigue, murder and suspense with excitement filling in all the gaps. Willis and Hughes give a heartwarming and endearing performance. Recommended. ****