Actor Chris Pratt introduced his upcoming filmMercyatCinemaCon, but the footage revealed felt curiously similar to a much older Tom Cruise vehicle. Director Timur Bekmambetov’s new sci-fi mystery was one of a fewAmazon MGM moviespresented at the relevant panel, alongside announcements regarding 007,Masters of the Universe, andThe Thomas Crown Affair. Unlike these reboots and adaptations, however,Mercyfollows an original story about a detective in the high-tech future accused of murdering his wife.
The major hook for the movie is the film’s Mercy program. TheCinemaCon trailer for Chris Pratt’sMercyestablishes that reasonable doubt is measured by percentages.Pratt’s character only has to prove that his guilt is less than 92% plausible to be acquitted, but he only has an hour and a half to do so. It’s far too early to tell if this will be one ofChris Pratt’s best movies, but there’s a good chance thatMercy’s success will be hampered by the fact that it already draws too many comparisons to a successful film from 2002.
Mercy’s Story Holds A Lot Of Similarities To Minority Report
The General Premise Of Each Is Nearly Identical
One of thebest-ranked Steven Spielberg films of the early 2000swasMinority Report, which follows a very similar premise asMercy. Tom Cruise plays Precrime Chief John Anderton, whose job is to arrest murderers before they can carry out the deed. But whenJohn is falsely accused by the Precrime program’s all-seeing “precogs” of committing a future murder, he has to prove his innocence before the murder can be carried out.
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That’s not to say there aren’t significant differences betweenMinority ReportandMercyas well. Although Pratt’s character suggests he helped begin the Mercy program, Anderton only joined Precrime in response to a family trauma.Pratt also suggested at CinemaCon that he spends much of the movie in a single chair, whereasMinority Reportinvolves numerous large settings and major action beats. Yet even ifMercymanages to beatMinority Report’s endingin conjuring up a compelling twist, it’ll be fighting an uphill battle to achieve success.
Chris Pratt’s Mercy Will Have A Difficult Time Beating Minority Report
It’s Still Hailed As One Of Tom Cruise’s Best Movies
Mimicking the reception ofMinority Reportwon’t be easy forMercyto accomplish.Minority Report’s differences from the Philip K. Dick novellait’s based on might have dissuaded some diehard sci-fi fans from seeing it, butthe movie still grossed more than $358 million at the box office against a $102 million budget. That’s enough to make it one of costarColin Farrell’s highest-grossing moviesever, falling behind onlyThe BatmanandFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, both of which benefited from pre-existing franchise appeal.
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There Are Many Movies Like Minority Report, But Few Are As Good As Spielberg’s Film
Will Mercy Live Up To Its Interesting Premise?
WhetherMercywill be as good asMinority Reportis impossible to say, but the fact is that there have been a lot of science fiction movies with similar themes that failed to live up to Steven Spielberg’s classic. Surveillance, privacy, and the moral and ethical questions that come with automation and AI have always been common topics in the sci-fi genre, yetthere are not many films that delivered something as powerful and entertaining asMinority Report.There is a reason Spielberg’s film has aged so well even after 23 years.
FromSource CodetoTenet, using sci-fi concepts like time travel to tackle current societal issues and fears can lead to great movies. However, we also have plenty of examples ofsci-fi films with fascinating concepts but terrible execution. Hopefully,Mercywill live up to its interesting premise of an AI court in which Pratt’s character only has 90 minutes to prove that his guilt is not beyond reasonable doubt.
Mercy Sounds Like The Perfect Follow-Up To Chris Pratt’s 2021 Time Travel Movie
Chris Pratt Is Becoming Synonymous With Sci-Fi
Chris Pratt is no stranger to sci-fi roles, and not just because of his role as Peter Quill aka Star-Lord in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In addition to five MCU movies andthreeJurassic Worldfilms, all of which can be considered science fiction, Pratt has recently starred inThe Tomorrow War. The Prime Video original film saw Pratt as a father who had to become a soldier to protect the world from a war that was being fought in the future. With a 52% score on Rotten Tomatoes,The Tomorrow Warwas a decent, action-packed film.
Between his Star-Lord days and his roles in movies such asPassengers,The Tomorrow War,and Mercy,Chris Pratt is making a name for himself in the sci-fi genre.
While nothing seems to suggest thatMercywill have elements of time travel,Pratt’s upcoming sci-fi movie does sound like a great follow-up toThe Tomorrow War.Given what we know aboutMercy, it is safe to say that the movie will not be as nearly as action-packed asThe Tomorrow War. Still,Mercyis set to tackle questions about AI and its role in society’s most important institutions, whereasThe Tomorrow Warexplores how knowledge can be weaponized.
Heris Chris Pratt’s highest-rated sci-fi movie, with a 95% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes.
More recently, Pratt starred inThe Electric State, the Russo Brothers’ adaptation of Simon Stålenhag’s book of the same name. WhileThe Electric Statewas critically panned, it continued Pratt’s trend of science fiction roles. Between his Star-Lord days – which might not be over considering the end ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3– and his roles in movies such asPassengers,The Tomorrow War, andMercy, Chris Pratt is making a name for himself in the sci-fi genre.
Mercy
Cast
Mercy is a sci-fi thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov. Chris Pratt stars as a detective who is accused of a crime and must clear his name in a world where crimes are more commonplace than ever.
