Mercy 2026 Movie Review: Pandering to the Second Screen OTT Crowd

In all honesty, I quite enjoyed this Spirit Airlines version of Minority Report, minus all the tension, drama, or even plot complexity. Chris Pratt phones it in, along with the rest of the cast, in this completely forgettable yet enjoyable movie that barely falls into the sci-fi genre.

Let's check out what to look for in the Mercy 2026 movie.

Why the Mercy 2026 Movie is Important

User attention is dwindling, and movie makers are competing for audience attention across various media, even with a captive audience such as the one in the theater. There are many names for this kind of distracted viewership, and one of them is second-screen content, where the content is designed to be a casual watch.

Hopefully, this won't become the norm, but the frequency of such movies most surely increases in the coming few years. Micro dramas/series are an example of this, especially since the trailer explains most of the plot by itself.

Chris Pratt uses his Jurassic World acting faces in this movie that he once talked about on Conan. Thankfully, he reserves this type of acting for movies that don't demand the full emotional range of an actor to meet the role requirement.

The cast does a great job with the script, screenplay, and execution, which is highly limited by audience consideration for a casual viewing product.

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The Barebones plot of the Mercy 2026 Movie

The Plot is simple: a cop in the future comes up with an AI court that gives out judgments in 90 minutes based on facts it can pull from the cloud on the behest of the defendant. Shortly after, he is charged with murdering his wife. Yes, it is almost the exact plot of Minority Report, minus a few tech details.

The movie paints a familiar picture of the surveillance state we live in, across the world, regardless of whether the country is first or third world. Also, the room in which the accused is held would make for an amazing screening room for a 4DX or 45DX movie.

The official trailer basically reveals the entire plot and lays it bare with every single plot element being shown, in sequence, leaving no twist untwisted.

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What's praiseworthy about Mercy 2026?

The CGI cinematography is not bad, and the plot is simple enough to process while you're executing your morning constitutional. Annabelle Wallis as Nicole Raven, the fallen spouse, and Rebecca Ferguson as the AI Judge Maddox look amazing and at the peak of fitness.

Also, Chris Sullivan delivers a great performance in this simple cluster mess of a money bonfire that Sony Pictures and Amazon MGM Studios have lit to keep both their companies warm in the Hollywood winter of crappy movies.

The CGI and related visuals are pretty good and would make for a great pitch deck for some AR/VR business, especially the contact cloud and the AR/VR TV scenes.

Apart from these cosmetic surface-level positives, there's not much that holds this movie up in the face of critics' scrutiny.

The voyeuristic CCTV video and imaging are done well, even though it is pretty much standard for such content.

Why You Should Watch Mercy 2026?

This movie is a perfect case study in how to make a movie for the generation whose attention spans are the shortest so far, while competing with other screens simultaneously in the form of a smartphone, tablet, or just a smartwatch.

Watch this movie and forget it. That's how this movie was designed.