Mercy

The film is amusing, occasionally clever, and perfectly serviceable as a distraction, but it never quite becomes the reinvention of the action film it seems to think it is.

Whatever the A.I. judge’s verdict, this human one says to wait for streaming.

The work of everyone involved — from the sleepy performances to the crew doing an okay but never exemplary job — suggests a first draft, a sense of wanting to get the thing out and move on. At every minute of “Mercy,” you can practically hear the filmmakers saying: “Eh, it’s January. Good enough."

For all that flash and bash, it does feel as if we spend a lot of time staring at Chris Pratt looking worried and a Rebecca Ferguson increasingly bored of sounding increasingly boring. Too much dialogue plays like a conversation with an automated phone service only marginally more animated than the one that fails to direct you to customer services.

It’s rare that a work of science fiction offers a grim vision of the future, then asks us to learn to love it.

None of this is visually compelling, and “Mercy” plays like it was written as an AI system’s prompt response.

Seriously, audiences do not need another constant reminder that their lives are slipping away. Just watching Mercy will have them reconsidering their priorities.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Mercy took a while to win me over. Its opening is overloaded with screens, percentages and technological jargon, making the whole setup feel cold and mechanical. Once the investigation really gets moving, however, it becomes a much more effective thriller. Chris Pratt does a solid job conveying the pressure of being trapped inside a system that seems to know everything about him, while Rebecca Ferguson's deliberately detached performance fits the role perfectly. The film raises interesting questions about surveillance, privacy, digital evidence and whether data should ever be treated as absolute truth, although it rarely explores them as deeply as it could. It works better as tense entertainment than as serious AI commentary. Uneven and occasionally too eager for spectacle, but much more engaging once it finds its rhythm.

Ain’t as bad as I thought it’d be. Still watchable, and always a real treat seein Rebecca Ferguson, she sure is easy on the eyes.

My favorite part was when Chris Pratt casually says that every day he regrets not using police brutality. Seen through a mystery pre-screening via AMC Screen Unseen.

太捞了。 难受的是被绑在椅子上100分钟不能动的克里斯帕拉特吗？不是，真正难受的是被绑在电影院椅子上的观众。 得亏是在电脑上看的，都不敢想我要是花50去IMAX看个这得多难受。 Amazon MGM现在真就是只会拍网大了，我看下个月的《洛杉矶劫案》和《挽救计划》也得先看评分再决定要不要去影院了。