Chris Pratt he fought dinosaurs, defended the galaxy and fought alien invaders, but inside Mercyits biggest threat might just be artificial intelligence.
The trailer for Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming sci-fi thriller just dropped at New York Comic Con, and it paints a crazy picture of a near-future world where artificial intelligence serves as judge, jury, and executioner.
In MercyPratt plays Detective Raven, an LAPD officer who helped design a new justice system that gives accused criminals just 90 minutes to prove their innocence. The twist is that Raven is now himself on trial for the murder of his wife, and the AI court he helped build is poised to convict him.
The film is directed by Timur Bekmambetovknown for his visually bold work on Wanted AND Night guardand even stars Rebecca Ferguson as the cold and calculating Judge AI, and Kali Reis as Raven’s loyal partner who helps him uncover the truth.
The trailer shows Raven trapped in a clean interrogation room, tied to a chair while Ferguson’s judge appears alone on a monitor, an eerie symbol of the faceless power of artificial intelligence.
Pratt revealed that the film’s production matched the intensity of its story. He explained: “The film, set in the near future, was shot as a stage play with 60-minute full takes.
“Ferguson’s judge is on a monitor, as you can see in the trailer, with me sitting in a chair. I was literally tied up while filming, creating ‘a natural claustrophobia.'”
Bekmambetov described the film’s real-time structure as both a creative and thematic choice, reflecting the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence of our world. “We live in a world today where AI is knocking on the door and we don’t have time to figure out what happened. AI could be our enemy, our friend, or our child. This ticking clock is metaphorical for the time we live in now.”
Producer Carlo Rovenalso said during the NYCC panel. “We received a proposal from a writer, Marco (van Belle), who wrote the script. When we first received the script, people were talking about artificial intelligence, but it wasn’t happening yet.
“When we started talking about the movie, all of a sudden, companies were dealing with artificial intelligence, and the future was definitely not far away. The fact that the movie is set in 2029, I think that every day, every week, every month that goes by, there’s something more that makes our movie feel real.”
Bekmambetov shot Mercy in downtown Los Angeles, including a high-octane truck chase sequence that took six days of filming. The director has pushed the boundaries by incorporating innovative technologies such as body cameras, drones and even robot dogs to capture crowd scenes and dynamic perspectives.
The film will arrive in theaters on January 26, 2026.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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