MERCY: Comic Con Crowd Gets a First Look at Chris Pratt’s New Futuristic Action Film [NYCC 2025]
New York Comic Con, Day 1, Mercy panel recap.
Before the panel for the new science-fiction action film Mercy started, the crowd was greeted by an enthusiastic Chris Pratt, who introduced a trailer for the film. It had the feeling of a reverse Minority Report, where Detective Chris Raven (Chris Pratt) has been accused of killing his wife and has 90 minutes to prove his innocence and defend himself against an A.I. judge (Rebecca Ferguson) or face the death penalty.
After the trailer, the panel consisting of leading actors Chris Pratt and Kali Reis (True Detective: Night Country), director Timur Bekmambetov, and producer Charles Roven took the stage. Coincidentally enough, the film also acts as a reunion for Pratt and Bekmambetov, who directed Wanted in 2008, which featured Pratt in a small, early role as an obnoxious coworker.
He’s wrangled dinosaurs and traveled through deep space, but this is the first film to see Chris Pratt in a detective role. A more serious look from the actor that he seemed thoroughly excited to explore while discussing the film. It was still a demanding role physically, something he’s known not to shy away from. Throughout much of Mercy, Pratt is strapped down to an electric chair, and he talked about shooting fifty, sixty, and even seventy-minute takes. But Ferguson kept the mood light onset cracking jokes as soon as the cameras stopped rolling.
Roven, who has produced many blockbuster films, including Oppenheimer, Wonder Woman, and The Dark Knight, spoke glowingly about the project and the 3D aspect. In the film, Pratt’s character must wade through loads of texts, security camera footage, and other evidence to find a different killer before he’s executed. It’s clear that much of the heavy lifting falls on the shoulders of the often-invisible postproduction workers who, to their credit, essentially build entire films from behind their computer screens.
It’s a technology-forward film, taking place in Los Angeles in 2029. Kali Res rides something called a “quadcopter” in the film that seemed to work its way into any answer that she would give. A motorcycle mechanic and rider herself, she jumped at the opportunity to test out the futuristic machinery.
Rebecca Ferguson was not present, but she did prerecord a video to introduce the cast. She seems perfect in her role. In that similar way she always does.
The film does carry a PG-13 rating, but so does Spielberg’s Minority Report. And it looks more interested in exploring technology on both a thematic and visual level than explicit violence on screen. Chris Pratt’s the lead after all.
The movie premieres January 23, 2026.
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