Chris Pratt & Rebecca Ferguson in A.I. Judge Thriller ‘Mercy’ Trailer
by Alex Billington
October 9, 2025
Source: YouTube
“Your guilt must fall below the 92% threshold or you will be executed in precisely 90 minutes.” Lionsgate has revealed the official trailer for a sci-fi movie called Mercy, one of many upcoming artificial intelligence thrillers being made by Hollywood. This one is about an “A.I. Judge”, very similar in many ways to Minority Report but with a different spin on our tech future. Mercy (not to be confused with Just Mercy from a few years ago) is directed by sci-fi / Screenlife filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov, his latest feature directed for Hollywood since making Profile in 2018. 90 minutes to prove your innocence or face execution. Chris Pratt & Rebecca Ferguson star in this cautionary tech tale. In the near future, a detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He now has 90 minutes to prove his innocence to the advanced A.I. Judge he once championed, before it determines his fate. Starring Chris Pratt, with Rebecca Ferguson as A.I. Judge Maddox, Kali Reis, Annabelle Wallis, Chris Sullivan, and Kylie Rogers. Yep it looks like a January movie! Opens in IMAX and 3D at the end of January 2026 if anyone wants to find out if he’s guilty or not?
Here’s the first official trailer (+ poster) for Timur Bekmambetov’s sci-fi movie Mercy, from YouTube:
“The future of criminal justice is Artificial Intelligence.” In the near future, a detective (Chris Pratt) stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He has 90 minutes to prove his innocence to the advanced Artificial Intelligence Judge (Rebecca Ferguson) he once championed, before it determines his fate once and for all and sends him to execution. Mercy is directed by visionary Kazakh-Russian producer / filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov, director of The Arena, Night Watch & Day Watch, Wanted, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Ben-Hur, Yolki 5, Profile, V2 Escape from Hell, plus a producer on movies including “Screenlife” films like Searching, Profile, LifeHack, War of the Worlds. The screenplay is by Marco van Belle. Produced by Charles Roven, Robert Amidon, Timur Bekmambetov, & Majd Nassif. Lionsgate debuts Bekmambetov’s Mercy movie in theaters nationwide (including in 3D) starting on January 23rd, 2026 next year. Guilty?