US EditionChris Pratt Wants To Play The Punisher
- On January 23, 2026, Chris Pratt stars in Mercy as Detective Chris Raven, who has 90 minutes to prove his innocence before Judge Maddox, an AI judge.
- Set in 2029, the movie unfolds in real time in Los Angeles using screenlife and surveillance-style footage, with director Timur Bekmambetov applying a surveillance-heavy visual style.
- Rebecca Ferguson portrays Judge Maddox, an AI inching toward human understanding, while producers include Charles Roven, Robert Amidon, Majd Nassif, and Timur Bekmambetov with three credited editors.
- Ticket presales are reportedly extremely low and critics' reviews are unavailable, creating box-office uncertainty, while Pratt argued AI is an 'amazing tool' that cannot replace the human soul or craft.
- Industry figures condemned Tilly Norwood, AI-generated performer, while SAG-AFTRA warned producers last year against using synthetic performers without meeting contractual obligations.
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Chris Pratt on his first film memories, becoming a movie star and why his new film Mercy isn’t out to change perspectives on AI
January can be a funny time for film releases, with awards fare carried over from the previous year sitting side-by-side on the release calendar with more low-key genre films looking to offer a dose of escapism without aiming for especially lofty heights.Mercy – the new sci-fi film starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson – is just about the textbook example of the latter category. Set in near-future LA, it sees Pratt playing a detective who ha…
The star of the "Jurassic World" saga is a policeman of the future accused of murdering his wife.There are no longer judges or jurors, but a judge created by Artificial Intelligence (Rebecca Ferguson).
Schlocky sci-fi flick offers no ‘Mercy’ for viewer
The schlocky dystopian action thriller “Mercy” touts itself as having been “filmed for IMAX,” but that’s not such a selling point when almost the entire film is a dim close-up of Chris Pratt strapped to a chair. This real-time AI mystery is a mashup of “Judge Dredd” and “Searching,” in which a Los Angeles detective (Pratt) has to prove himself innocent of murder during a 90-minute trial conducted by an artificially intelligent system called Merc…
In the thriller "Mercy", AI has taken over the role of the courts. Chris Pratt plays a law guard who suddenly sits on the dock himself. What the actor thinks about the technology, he told t-online in the interview.
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