When an autistic boy, Miko Hughes, finds a puzzle in a kids book he sees a message, calls a number, and ruins his life. Turns out it's an NSA super-code and the director, played by Alec Baldwin, sets out to kill everyone involved.

Mercury Rising is the latest action thriller vehicle for Bruce Willis, the alcoholic, kind hearted, FBI agent with conviction. The movie opens with a bank robbery ending in massive bloodshed and builds from there. The kid hides as his parents are murdered and it's Willis' job to protect him from nasty NSA agents who are more concerned about their precious code than they are about ending lives. A little bit French Connection, a little bit Die Hard, and a little bit Clear and Present Danger. If you can't trust the government who can you trust?