{"id":182712,"date":"2026-01-29T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/movie-review-chris-pratt-is-on-trial-with-an-artificial-intelligence-judge\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:40:11","slug":"movie-review-chris-pratt-is-on-trial-with-an-artificial-intelligence-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/movie-review-chris-pratt-is-on-trial-with-an-artificial-intelligence-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: Chris Pratt is on trial with an artificial intelligence judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/feat\/archives\/2026\/01\/30\/2003851456\">Movie Review: Chris Pratt is on trial with an artificial intelligence judge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/feat\/archives\/2026\/01\/30\/2003851456\">https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/feat\/archives\/2026\/01\/30\/2003851456<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-29 11:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.taipeitimes.com\">www.taipeitimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The film &#8220;Mercy&#8221; presents a compelling near-future scenario where AI judges are used in the legal system to streamline and improve court proceedings, but it fails to adequately explore the deeper ethical implications of such technology.<\/li>\n<li>The central plot revolves around Chris Pratt&#8217;s character, a Los Angeles detective who must defend his innocence against an AI judge within a tight 90-minute time frame. The film uses a countdown clock, a choice intended to heighten tension but ultimately comes off as a monotonous reminder of the film\u2019s shortcomings.<\/li>\n<li>The story struggles with contrived plot devices, particularly surrounding Pratt&#8217;s character, who faces memory gaps and personal issues such as a drinking problem following a tragic on-the-job death.<\/li>\n<li>The film\u2019s choice to have an actress, Rebecca Ferguson, play the AI judge is criticized as unoriginal and uninspiring, detracting from the otherwise intriguing premise of an AI judicial system.<\/li>\n<li>The story remains ambiguous as to whether or not Pratt&#8217;s character is guilty, but it does not convincingly build tension or stakes, leaving the viewer disconnected from the narrative\u2019s outcome. <\/li>\n<li>The film largely confines characters to virtual spaces, relying heavily on screens to display events, contributing to an overall sense of disinterest and disengagement from the plot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Movie Review: Chris Pratt is on trial with an artificial intelligence judge https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/feat\/archives\/2026\/01\/30\/2003851456 Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.taipeitimes.com\/images\/2026\/01\/30\/P11-260130-319.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-182712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182714,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182712\/revisions\/182714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}