Bruce Willis

Alec Baldwin

Miko Hughes

Chi McBride

Kim Dickens

Robert Stanton

Bodhi Elfman

Carrie Preston

Lindsey Ginter

Peter Stormare

Kevin Conway

John Carroll Lynch

Kelley Hazen

John Doman

Richard Riehle

Chad Lindberg

Hank Harris

Camryn Manheim

Jack Conley

Maricela Ochoa

Peter Fontana

Kirk B.R. Woller

James MacDonald

Gwen McGee

Ned Schmidtke

Betsy Brantley

Ashley Knutson

Margaret Travolta

Tiffany Fraser

Koko Taylor

Tom Gallop

Matt Levert

James Krag

Wadell Brown

Tim Grimm

John T. Scanlon

Lisa Summerour

Barbara Alexander

Annabel Armour

Brent Freeman

Gary Hand

Darryl Alan Reed

Steve Rankin

Mark Collins

Kim Robillard

Maureen Gallagher

Denise Woods

Jude Ciccolella

Thomas F. Duffy

Deborah Leydig

Shannon Parr

Pamela Gaye Walker

Robert Maffia

Spitfire Brown

Karen Kehela Sherwood

Harold Becker

Ryne Douglas Pearson

Brian Grazer

John Barry

Ric Kidney

Michael Seresin

Lawrence Konner

Joseph Singer

Peter Honess

Patrizia von Brandenstein

Maureen Peyrot

Paul Neesan

Mark Rosenthal

Thomas J. Mack

Nancy Klopper

Alan Hook

Maria Nay

Steve Saklad

James F. Truesdale

Betsy Heimann

Alan Broadbent

Kathryn Roberts

Beth Jochem Besterveld

Anthony Barracca

Daniel Canamar

Fred Apolito

Anne Berger

David B. Householter

Cliff Kohlweck

John P. Friday

Jacqui Popelka

Michael Owens

Gerald Quist

Carlos Medina Jr.

Sherman Labby

Marlene D. Williams

Michael Dronge

Elizabeth Marx

Rick Brown

Tony Boura

Brett De Carroll

David Elliott

Jeff B. Adams Jr.

Carter Burwell

Karen Snow

Carl Catanese

Leonard Engelman

Raymond Bulinski

Ron Ash

Kim H. Ornitz

Brandon Haug

John Hinkle

Joe Dunne

Mike Milliken

Robert Blasi

Thomas Saccio

José María Álvarez

Larry Donahue

Alan R. Disler

Peter Sorel

Jane Blank

John Marston

Ross L. Kulma

Kevin Maxwell

Lauren E. Polizzi

Jennifer Baron

Michael Crowley

Dan Bronson

Ray Gardner

Bronwyn Preston

Sam Bertone

John Richards

Gregg Landaker

Ritchie Copenhaver

Julie Creighton

Stephan R. Goldman

Michael J. Hogan

Don Orlando

Bradley Clouse

Terry Rodman

Richard Wicklund

Lisa Blok-Linson

Michael D. Menapace

Gary A. Theard

Tom Kennedy

James Ellis Deakins

Brian Best

Guy Clayton

A. Michael Lerner

Rick Canelli

Penny Lee Hallin

Doug Jones

Alphonse Blumenthal

Joanie Spates

Eddie J. Fernandez

Thomas J. O'Connell

Action

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Mercury Rising

Universal Pictures

Imagine Entertainment

United States of America

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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Mercury Rising - Trailer

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