Mercury Rising (1998)

The movie has a great story line with no excessive action unlike modern movies!! A good watch and must see.

Mercury Rising (1998): Dir: Harold Becker / Cast: Bruce Willis, Miko Hughes, Alec Baldwin, Chi McBride, Kim Dickins: This is a cliché burdened action farce with a ridiculous title. Bruce Willis plays an F.B.I agent put in charge of protecting a nine year old autistic savant who cracks a top secret code in a puzzle book. This upsets National Security Agent Alec Baldwin who orders the termination of the boy, which has already happened to his parents. Directed by Harold Becker who made Sea of Love and The Boost. Here he must work around dreary writing and stupid clichés and nothing he throws at the board seems to stick with any form of originality. Willis is likable but is he is doing nothing differently since his success with Die Hard. So he is there basically to beat the living snot out of bad guys. Miko Hughes whines a lot going into spasms. Perhaps it is his reaction to the reality that appearing in this film will follow him around for the rest of his life. Baldwin as the villain is a joke. Anyone who plots to kill a child has head trauma to begin with but with Baldwin, this guy is suppose to be sophisticated. Chi McBride and Kim Dickins also pop up in one of the many flat supporting roles. There is nothing of interest that viewers haven't already seen before. It is a dull story that never rises but viewers have that option before the film ends to rise and leave. Score: 1 / 10

A Commendable Effort and a Risky One. Combining Slick Action, Suspense, and Thrills with a Highly Emotional and Heart Wrenching Story of an Autistic Child. Innocently and Immediately Put in Danger, the Kid is Hunted by the NSA and Bruce Willis Must Save the Day and Protect the Adorable and Sympathetic Little Fella.Used to Saving the Day, Willis Gives a Restrained and Effective Performance Tightroping Between Macho and Sensitive. It's Quite a Thing to Watch. As is the Acting of Miko Hughes as the Danger Ensues. He Captures it and the Audience is Rooting from the Get-Go.Simplistic and Almost Comic-Book Like in its Villains and Contrivances Concerning the Government and Super-Spy Stuff, the Film Nevertheless is a Joy Ride with Ups and Downs and More Heart than Any Movie of its Type has Ever had the Courage to Convey.A Sleeper that is Underrated, Underseen, and Under Appreciated for its Differentness. A Winner that is Highly Recommended. It is One of the Oddities that Can be of Equal Enjoyment for Men and Women. A Great Date Movie.

Art Jeffries (Bruce Willis) is the best FBI undercover agent. But a bad shootout leaves him an outcast. Then he gets the case of a missing autistic boy. The boy is an amazing puzzle solver, and was able to decipher a new NSA top secret code. Before anybody else knows the code has been cracked, Nick Kudrow (Alec Baldwin) wants the boy killed to protect all the secrets.The NSA part is over the top unbelievable. Sad to say, the autistic boy is a little bit annoying at times. Also it's hard to see how the cops can't figure out what happened at the hospital. The whole thing is a little thin. It's a passable thriller, but it's just too slow.