Mercury Rising
Mercury Rising is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by Harold Becker and written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal. It is based on the 1996 novel Simple Simon by Ryne Douglas Pearson. The film stars Bruce Willis as Art Jeffries, an FBI agent who protects Simon Lynch (Miko Hughes), a nine-year-old autistic boy targeted by government assassins after he deciphers a classified National Security Agency code. Alec Baldwin, Chi McBride, and Kim Dickens appear in supporting roles.
Plot
In South Dakota, FBI agent Art Jeffries goes undercover during a hostage situation involving a group of bank robbers led by anti-government extremist Edgar Halstrom. Despite his pleas for more negotiation time, the FBI storms the building, resulting in the deaths of the suspects and Edgar's reluctant son, James. Jeffries, enraged by the mishandling of the operation, assaults his superior and is reassigned to desk duty.
Cast
- Alec Baldwin
- Betsy Brantley
- Bodhi Elfman
- Bruce Willis
- Camryn Manheim
- Carrie Preston
- Chad Lindberg
- Chi McBride
- Hank Harris
- Jack Conley
- James MacDonald
- John Carroll Lynch
- John Doman
- Jude Ciccolella
- Kevin Conway
- Kim Dickens
- Lindsey Ginter
- Margaret Travolta
- Miko Hughes
- Peter Stormare
- Richard Riehle
- Robert Stanton
- Steve Rankin
More details
| author | Lawrence Konner Mark Rosenthal |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Chicago South Dakota |
| director | Harold Becker |
| editor | Peter Honess |
| events | autism |
| genre | action crime political thriller |
| keywords | assassination attempt autistic savant bank robber build crack fbi fbi agent federal bureau of investigation foster care foster parents fugitive hide hostage situation kill move murder–suicide national security agency nsa savant syndrome task force witness protection witness protection program |
| musicBy | John Barry |
| producer | Brian Grazer Karen Kehela |
| productionCompany | Imagine Entertainment |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | Chicago |
| theme | political thriller |