Movie Review: Chris Pratt is on trial with an artificial intelligence judge‘Mercy’ is more hung up on tortured plot contrivances than coming to terms with the implications of AI in the legal systemBy Lindsey Bahr / APIt’s a bold filmmaking choice to have a countdown clock on the screen for most of your movie. Sadly in Mercy, it’s an ever-present reminder of just how much longer you must endure until you too are free of Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson and that chair. Chris Pratt in a scene from Mercy. Actors Kali Reis, left, Chris Pratt, right, and director Timur Bekmambetov on the set of Mercy. Photo: APOne of the most confounding choices is to have a real actor playing the AI judge.

Source: Taipei Times January 29, 2026 18:47 UTC