Review – Mercury Rising

Bruce Willis is a virus. He gets into films that might otherwise have had at least a chance at life, and he infects and destroys them. Without Willis, this would have been a trite little piece about an autistic kid who can decipher indecipherable codes, the sinister NSA poo-bah who orders the kid “hit,” and the tough, street-wise FBI agent who plays by his own rules as he tries to keep the kid alive. Cast Willis as the FBI guy, and suddenly the autistic kid who does little besides decode and scream a lot is only the second most irritating part of the movie. Wish I’d skipped it