After lower than a month in theaters, Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson’s $53 million sci-fi flop, Mercy, is now out there for American residence launch.
The sci-fi thriller was launched in theaters this previous January 23 and flopped on the field workplace by grossing solely $53 million worldwide, failing to make again its $60 million funds, along with being completely lambasted by critics.
Now, lower than a month later, Mercy is offered to look at at residence on platforms like Prime Video and Fandango, the place it’s out there to lease for $19.99 or purchase for $24.99. For many who choose to attend for it to be on streaming, Mercy ought to ultimately be out there for streaming on Prime Video, since it’s from Amazon MGM Studios.
Directed by Timur Bekmambetov (2025’s Warfare of the Worlds), with a script written by Marco van Belle, Mercy stars Chris Pratt as a detective within the close to future who’s accused of murdering his spouse and has 90 minutes to show his innocence to a sophisticated AI choose (performed by Rebecca Ferguson) that he as soon as championed earlier than it determines his personal destiny.
Aside from Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson in lead roles, the forged additionally consists of Emmy nominee Kali Reis (True Detective: Night time Nation), Annabelle Wallis (Peaky Blinders), two-time Emmy nominee Chris Sullivan (This Is Us), Kylie Rogers (Yellowstone), Kenneth Choi (Sons of Anarchy), Rafi Gavron, Jeff Pierre, and Tom Rezvan.
Mercy obtained dangerous critiques from critics, leading to a horrible 24% Rotten Tomatoes rating, who think about it a dull tackle an ungainly techno-thriller setup that confines its two leads and drags on till you are prepared to surrender. In ScreenRant‘s Mercy evaluate, Gregory Nussen gave the movie 4 out of 10 stars and wrote:
Chris Pratt’s sci-fi dystopia is a harebrained, confounding slice of swiss cheese… [director] Timur Bekmambetov finally ends up endorsing the very factor he purports to critique… There may be loads of thrilling, tactile motion and the 3D is satisfyingly justified, however its neoconservative outlook on these burgeoning sociopolitical questions is bland, absurd, and exceedingly foolish.
Nonetheless, basic audiences have loved Mercy way more than critics, indicated by its 83% Rotten Tomatoes rating from that group, who think about it a high-concept whodunit for followers of tense popcorn-style leisure that’s ideally skilled in 3D.
This optimistic reception from audiences signifies that Mercy may fare a lot better within the residence media market than it did on the field workplace.
- Launch Date
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January 19, 2026
- Runtime
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100 minutes
- Director
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Timur Bekmambetov
- Writers
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Marco van Belle
- Producers
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Charles Roven, Majd Nassif, Robert Amidon, Timur Bekmambetov
