Chris Pratt's 2026 Sci-fi Flop Becomes A Global Streaming Sensation On Prime Video

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Prime Video has a gift to churn retired unspeakable sci-fi movies that go inexplicably celebrated connected streaming. It started erstwhile Ice Cube's bizarre remake of sci-fi classical "War of nan Worlds" became Prime Video's most-watched movie, and that inclination continues pinch "Mercy." As per FlixPatrol, the Chris Pratt-led flop is absolutely dominating nan streamer's charts aft a disastrous container agency tally successful January 2026.

This point was directed by Russian-Kazakh filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov, who speech from overseeing "Wanted," and "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" is 1 of nan main culprits progressive pinch nan Ice Cube "War of nan Worlds" scandal, having produced that misfire. "Mercy" didn't do overmuch to exonerate him. As /Film's Jeremy Mathai put it, not moreover an AI could make a movie arsenic dire arsenic Chris Pratt's "Mercy," and he surely wasn't nan only professional to return offense. The movie bears a lowly 25% professional people connected Rotten Tomatoes, and seems to person upset beautiful overmuch each professional who saw it, moreover nan ones that RT assessed arsenic having fixed nan movie a "Fresh" score. Kyle Logan's reappraisal for nan Chicago Reader, for instance, is listed arsenic a affirmative one. But Logan wrote that "Mercy" will "either beryllium a solid, by-the-numbers program...or a migraine-provoking nightmare."

Making matters worse, nan movie made conscionable $54.6 million connected a $60 cardinal budget, seemingly convicting Pratt's sci-fi thriller of being a complete and utter flop. But Amazon MGM appealed their lawsuit via Prime Video, wherever viewers person agreed to perceive it. Users wasted nary clip streaming "Mercy" arsenic soon arsenic it deed nan service, giving nan movie a reprieve and bringing america person to nan very dystopian early it depicts.

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To beryllium fair, nan premise of "Mercy" isn't nan worst thought successful nan world. Chris Pratt is Chris Raven (yes, really), a detective accused of murdering his woman and tasked pinch clearing his name. Unfortunately, Pratt's accused has only 90 minutes to do truthful and is strapped to a chair nan full time. This "trial" is besides presided complete by an A.I. judge played by Rebecca Ferguson, who isn't moreover wasted. Squandered mightiness beryllium a much apt explanation but moreover that doesn't sum up nan injustice of utilizing Ferguson solely successful a fixed changeable and giving her very small if thing to activity pinch script-wise. Meanwhile, Raven has to transportation retired his investigation connected a screen. Yes, for illustration "War of nan Worlds" and galore superior films for illustration "Searching" and nan familiar but thrilling sequel "Missing," this is different "screenlife" movie.

According to Timur Bekmambetov screenlife is nan early of cinema, but his 2 astir caller projects don't do overmuch to bolster that case. In fact, they person actively wounded it. The only grounds to nan contrary is nan Prime Video record, which shows some "War of nan Worlds" and "Mercy" arsenic having been embraced by viewers. Pratt's dismal flop debuted astatine number 1 successful nan United States aft hitting nan work connected March 22, 2026. It's since maintained that position, and shows nary signs of dropping. What's more, astatine nan clip of penning "Mercy" is number 1 successful 22 countries, which has propelled it to number 3 connected nan world Prime Video movie chart. That A.I. garbage early Joe Russo was truthful excited about? It's surely not acold off.