Mercy (2026)

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Title: Mercy (2026)

Tagline: Prove your innocence to an AI judge or face execution.

Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Thriller

Director: Timur Bekmambetov

Cast: Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis, Annabelle Wallis, Chris Sullivan, Kylie Rogers, Jeff Pierre, Rafi Gavron, Kenneth Choi, Jamie McBride, Ross Gosla, Mark Daneri, Haydn Dalton, Michael C. Mahon, Noah Fearnley, Konstantin Podprugin, Cully Pratt, Philicia Saunders, Jay Jackson, Mahmoud Mahmoud, Anja Akstin, Katario Dupreè Young, Evgenia Sinitsin, Richard Cetrone, Renata Ribeiro, Mike Tarnofsky, John Bubniak, Tom Rezvan, Kory Ison, Veronica Rosa Ray, George Cambio

Release: 2026-01-19

Runtime: 100

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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Its not a movie worth seeing in the theatre. Hell - I didnt even know anything about the movie until I looked at the streaming websites. But its not full of social justice warrior, lgbtHDTV shit etc. Its just a basic futuristic CSI movie.

An AI judge with all the resources that the one in this movie has at their disposal, though? I dont know how I feel about it. Ive definitely been in court where there is favortism and the exact opposite of which. Not only for tenants and their evictions. But as we've seen with racial dynamics doing a complete 180 and black people getting a slap on the wrist while a white guy in the same crime gets a stiffer fine or penalty. .. If it could eliminate that, then.. maybe. But I still believe in a human jury making the ultimate judgement of guilt in major crimes, though.

Human and AI lawyers I have mixed feelings on as well. Part of me wants to say I dont want my case decided between the two competing AI's before I even step in the court room. But Ive seen MORE THAN MY SHARE of absolute shit head lawyers that were unprepared, lacked any actual understanding of their job and more.
 
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Daidraco said:
Its not a movie worth seeing in the theatre. Hell - I didnt even know anything about the movie until I looked at the streaming websites. But its not full of social justice warrior, lgbtHDTV shit etc. Its just a basic futuristic CSI movie.

An AI judge with all the resources that the one in this movie has at their disposal, though? I dont know how I feel about it. Ive definitely been in court where there is favortism and the exact opposite of which. Not only for tenants and their evictions. But as we've seen with racial dynamics doing a complete 180 and black people getting a slap on the wrist while a white guy in the same crime gets a stiffer fine or penalty. .. If it could eliminate that, then.. maybe. But I still believe in a human jury making the ultimate judgement of guilt in major crimes, though.

Human and AI lawyers I have mixed feelings on as well. Part of me wants to say I dont want my case decided between the two competing AI's before I even step in the court room. But Ive seen MORE THAN MY SHARE of absolute shit head lawyers that were unprepared, lacked any actual understanding of their job and more.
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was any of that about the movie? if so...was it any good
 
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To make things clear, it's one of those "high concept" movie. The trial lasts 90 minutes and we follow it in real time, so, what you get visually are Pratt tied to a chair, Fergusson on a screen, a bunch of UI renders for file management and then archive or live footage from smart phones, drones, body cams, security cameras, TV news, etc. This double layer of mediatization (we watch a film about a guy watching films) is not that great for the performances and the film making. Timur "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" Bekmambetov still tries to keep the pace high and have action sequences (mainly chases on foot or vehicles) that are filmed in a somewhat original way because of the formal constraint that the plot creates. Talking about the plot, you need a pretty high suspension of disbelieve to buy the absurd premise. The writer also has preciously nothing to say about AI. Political satire it is not. It's just a plot device to create the high concept and also a buzz word that probably fast tracked to production a script that did not really deserve it. The twists and turns of the investigation are nothing exceptional so yeah... Not great, but maybe worth seeing in theater if you want to support mid range productions of original IP.

I saw it in 2D, but there were screenings in 4DX, making the UI thing pop out a little more I guess, but who cares? Not me.
 
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