Someone knows too much.
Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Aug 20236/10
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
Read the whole review on TMDB - daniel_carron TMDB · Jan 20268/10
Two of my favorite actors and once again shows that if you have a great story you don't need special effects! This was an amazing movie, emotional and what movie making is all about. Great job!
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Cast
- Bruce WillisArt Jeffries
- Alec BaldwinNicholas Kudrow
- Miko HughesSimon Lynch
- Chi McBrideTommy B. Jordan
- Kim DickensStacey
- Robert StantonDean Crandell
- Bodhi ElfmanLeo Pedranski
- Carrie PrestonEmily Lang
- Lindsey GinterPeter Burrell
- Peter StormareShayes
Crew
- Harold BeckerDirector
- Lawrence KonnerScreenplay
- Mark RosenthalScreenplay
- Ryne Douglas PearsonNovel
- Michael SeresinDirector of Photography
- John BarryOriginal Music Composer
- Peter HonessEditor
- Brian GrazerProducer
- Karen Kehela SherwoodProducer
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