Manthast Absolutely amazing

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Python Hyena 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

LeonLouisRicci 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.

David Love There are two great acting performances in this film. Bruce Willis plays Art Jeffries, an FBI agent with attitude. Miko Hughes plays Simon Lynch, an autistic savant with a gift for codebreaking. Both are believable but Miko Hughes is astonishing – one of the best ever screen performances by a child. The scenes between the pair of them are really touching and you can believe that Willis really likes kids. Perhaps he does.The US government's pursuit of Lynch in this film may at first appear overly far-fetched and scaremongering. Then you remember the US attitude towards the British savant, Gary McKinnon, who was accused of perpetrating the biggest military computer hack of all time by hacking into 97 US military and NASA computers in 2002. Well, they didn't kill his mum and dad, and hunt him like an animal. But after 10 years of attempted extradition, and speculation of a 70-year jail term, maybe this story is just an exaggeration of reality, and not quite as ridiculous as some commentators have suggested.It's not really a downside but if you come to this film expecting a shoot-em-up action movie, you may be disappointed. It's much more than that and consequently slower – it's a touching drama with action scenes, and so we can forgive, just about, the pace through the middle of the film. The writing is actually very good and Pearson, Konner and Rosenthal all deserve credit.I did find the score a bit distracting. Sort of 'too big' and too 'James Bond' for the film. Scenes without music were better. Though the music being played at the club Jeffries visits was really good and I would have liked to have heard more of Koko Taylor (now no longer with us) belting out some blues.I was finding it difficult to see where this film was going. When Wills is with a kid, like in 16 blocks or Die Hard 4, you expect a visible end point, and there wasn't one. There was a sense of going around in circles. Until the last 5 minutes. Ultimately that cost it a couple of stars and the score lost another one. So seven out of ten for this.

deatman9 This movie is nothing special but it surely worth more then a measly 5.6. The acting is good and the idea is new and original so I don't know why everyone hated it so much. It had a good story line and some decent action scenes so I was pleasantly surprised by this one.This movie is about a FBI agent who is sent to protect an autistic boy who is a target of assassins after accidentally cracking a top secret government code.I don't know why everybody hated this movie so much I actually thought it was pretty good. It was nothing special but in my eyes it was worth a watch no doubt.