Early on Will Smith's career, he had hair. When he finally shaved his head when his career finally took off. He works best as a government cop or agent. He is an FBI agent here in Mercury Rising.
Currently showing on Netflix, I had a chance to watch another great performance from Will Smith here. In the movie he is an undercover FBI agent who got burned in the process of saving one boy who he thought was worth saving. His actions of course were against his superior's better judgement and he got sidelined in the bureau.
Meanwhile Simon, an autistic boy, manages to crack a highly confidential new encryption developed by the government. He was able to do so as the people who developed it published an encrypted message in a puzzle magazine for the public. They wanted to find out if the encryption can withstand the geek factor. Never they could imagine that an autistic boy can break the code naturally, much to the dismay of the the NSA director. He sends assassins to kill Simon to protect the top secret encryption code.
Bruce Willis as the FBI agent is very good at what he does and foils each time the assassins try to kill Simon. This has been the story line since Simon's parents got killed and a twist comes in from time to time which made the movie bearable to watch.
A film made in the 1998 I could say this is one of Willis' great work. Although this one character won't shine among his other works, but his performance here is well worthy to note. We love the story line albeit predictable but his concern to protect the boy is the main premise which we love. Critics don't like this movie but we suggest otherwise.
If you are into movie marathons, we suggest that you include this movie in your list.
