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shutterspeed777 - wrote on 04/26/09
Does an autistic child really display some strand of genius that a complex code as Mercury could really be decoded? I don't think this is an Oscar material but definitely worth seeing. The 9-year old autistic boy SIMON had no idea that he would be cracking the most advanced encryption code that could put thousands of lives in grave danger. When his parents got killed in the process, ART (BRUCE WILLIS) came into the scene and took on the responsibility of protecting the now abandoned child. We see the clash of intentions, good as they were on its own context, but very dangerous when they collide. The FBI needs to cover their own, the NSA cannot allow the names of undercover agents to be exposed, and ART argues that a life of an innocent young boy should pay the price for systems failure by the government. Good movie.
