{"id":2258331,"date":"2026-01-30T17:27:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2258331"},"modified":"2026-01-30T17:27:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:27:44","slug":"lackluster-mercy-is-first-candidate-for-2026-razzie-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lackluster-mercy-is-first-candidate-for-2026-razzie-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Lackluster \u2018Mercy\u2019 is first candidate for 2026 Razzie Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Told through a series of screens and surveillance videos, \u201cMercy\u201d starts out with a cool concept that ends in a flurry of drivel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is the kind of film that has been executed in far smarter films, such as \u201cMissing\u201d and \u201cUnfriended,\u201d which are mysteries that keep the viewer guessing with the use of clever digital resources. The ancestor of this film is the far superior \u201cMinority Report,\u201d the Tom Cruise movie in which crime can be predicted before it happens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The story begins in a dystopian not-so-distant Los Angeles future of 2029, where defendants aretried i the Mercy Caital Court powered by artificial intelligence. Chris Pratt plays LAPD Detective Christ Raven, a proponent of the system. That is, until he wakes up with a terrific hangover in the defendant\u2019s seat and discovers he has about 90 minutes to prove himself innocent of his wife\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>\u2018Mercy\u2019 (IMDb)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The AI Judge Maddox (Rebecca Ferguson) walks Chris through the program while, panic-stricken, he begs for \u2026 well, mercy. If he can\u2019t move the Guilty Meter, an estimate of whether he is guilty, below 92 percent he jut may be executed right then and there, strapped into a chair he may not leave alive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I liked that the movie unfolds pretty much in real time. The audience takes the desperate ride with Chris as he tries \u2013 with the help of digital information \u2013 to recall what happened the night before. Also, Pratt \u2013 always an energetic presence \u2013 does what he can to maintain a serious tone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite his bets efforts, the interesting premise dwindles down into silly situations and laughable exchanges for a less-than-quality movie that\u2019s may not be the worst of the year, but certainly will be forgotten by the end of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">2 stars<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rated: PG-13 for foul language and violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Running time: One hour and 39 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Watch the trailer here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourquadcities.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WHBF - OurQuadCities.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WHBF &#8211; OurQuadCities.com. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Told through a series of screens and surveillance videos, \u201cMercy\u201d starts out with a cool concept that ends in a flurry of drivel. This is the kind of film that has been executed in far smarter films, such as \u201cMissing\u201d and \u201cUnfriended,\u201d which are mysteries that keep the viewer guessing with the use of clever [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2258332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[304727,360188,33293],"class_list":["post-2258331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-chris-pratt","tag-rebecca-ferguson","tag-tom-cruise"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Lackluster-\u2018Mercy-is-first-candidate-for-2026-Razzie-Awards.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2258331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2258333,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258331\/revisions\/2258333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2258332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2258331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2258331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2258331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}