I’ll be honest, after seeing the trailer, I did not want to watch this movie. But, Peetimes won’t make themselves, so off to work I go. The reason I didn’t want to see it is it appeared to be another AI-gone-wrong trope that just fear mongers everything bad about AI. For the first fifteen minutes of the movie, give or take, that’s about what it looked like.
But then, it gets interesting. I’ll be honest, I was deeply engaged at the end of the movie and not displeased about how it ended.
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Honestly, it’s not a movie that needs to be seen in a theater. It feels like a straight-to-streaming movie. But there’s nothing wrong with catching it on the big screen if you want to go out for a movie.
Acting
This isn’t a movie that’s going to be remembered for it’s acting, but Chris Pratt is a good choice for his role. This lands right in his wheelhouse. The role of the AI-Judge, played by Rebecca Ferguson, actually requires a little more nuance, and I think Rebecca adds a nice touch. I’d compare their roles to that of a painter. Chris Pratt is a house painter. A job that requires skill and know-how that any competent person can excel at. Rebecca Ferguson is a fine-art painter who can paint a house if you need her to, but also includes some deft touches that require a more talented touch.
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Plot
Once the detective part of the movie gets going, it goes faster and faster, leading to a thrilling climax. What makes or breaks many movies in this detective genre is whether the clues fit together and guide the characters through the plot to its climax. We’ve all seen movies where it feels like the writers want to say something at the end of the movie, and so midway through the investigation, there’s a waving of the hands, that you’re not supposed to notice, where the characters make some leap of judgment that doesn’t feel deserved. As far as I can tell, Mercy avoids this mistake. But there are a few coincidences that feel a little too coincidental. I won’t get into them because it’s a spoiler, but it’s not egregiously obvious, and so it doesn’t ruin the movie.
Grade: C
There are no extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of Mercy.
| Rated: | () Drug Content | Bloody Images | Some Strong Language | Teen Smoking | Violence |
| Genres: | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| USA release date: | 2026-01-19 |
| Movie length: | |
| Starring: | |
| Director: | Timur Bekmambetov |
| Writer(s): | Marco van Belle |
| Language: | en |
| Country: | US |
Plot
In the near future, a detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He has ninety minutes to prove his innocence to the advanced AI Judge he once championed, before it determines his fate.
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I was not disappointed with this movie. I really enjoyed it, better than I thought and I think about the best movie I have seen so far this year. Sure in the beginning it is a little slow, but I like how the time in the movie pretty much matches real time. So it’s not a long movie, and once it gets going, you ate on the edge of your seat trying to help figure out how to help. And the tech in the movie seems very real. I would say it does need to be seen in the theater especially the chase, because it just would not play as good as it does on a big screen
Wow, best movie you’ve seen so far this year?
Oh, it’s January. ‘Nuff said. 🙂
Seriously, you’re right. This has trope-trash written all over it, but the creators manage to pull it off.
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