Actor Chris Pratt introduced his film Mercy at Amazon MGM movies presented at the relevant , alongside announcements regarding 007, Masters of the Universe, and The Thomas Crown Affair. Unlike these reboots and adaptations, however, Mercy follows an original story about a detective in the high-tech future accused of murdering his wife.

The major hook for the movie is the film's Mercy program. The Chris Pratt's best movies, but there's a good chance that Mercy's success will be hampered by the fact that it already draws too many comparisons to a successful film from 2002.

Mercy's Story Holds A Lot Of Similarities To Minority Report

The General Premise Of Each Is Nearly Identical

One of the best-ranked Steven Spielberg films of the early 2000s was Minority Report, which follows a very similar premise as Mercy. Tom Cruise plays Precrime Chief John Anderton, whose job is to arrest murderers before they can carry out the deed. But when John is falsely accused by the Precrime program's all-seeing "precogs" of committing a future murder, he has to prove his innocence before the murder can be carried out.

That's not to say there aren't significant differences between Minority Report and Mercy as well. Although Pratt's character suggests he helped begin the Mercy program, Anderton only ed Precrime in response to a family trauma. Pratt also suggested at CinemaCon that he spends much of the movie in a single chair, whereas Minority Report involves numerous large settings and major action beats. Yet even if Mercy manages to beat Minority Report's ending in conjuring up a compelling twist, it'll be fighting an uphill battle to achieve success.

Chris Pratt's Mercy Will Have A Difficult Time Beating Minority Report

It's Still Hailed As One Of Tom Cruise's Best Movies

Mimicking the reception of Minority Report won't be easy for Mercy to accomplish. Colin Farrell's highest-grossing movies ever, falling behind only The Batman and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, both of which benefited from pre-existing franchise appeal.

Spielberg's sci-fi hit also received critical acclaim, earning 89% on Rotten Tomatoes while even becoming one of the more interesting movies that predicted the future thanks to the film's portrayal of targeted ments. And while some might make this same criticism of Tom Cruise, Chris Pratt often plays a similar character archetype, which sometimes leads to criticism. If Mercy doesn't work to at least address that criticism, the odds of it outranking Minority Report among critics are fairly slim.

There Are Many Movies Like Minority Report, But Few Are As Good As Spielberg's Film

Will Mercy Live Up To Its Interesting Premise?

Whether Mercy will be as good as Minority Report is impossible to say, but the fact is that there have been a lot of science fiction movies with similar themes that failed to live up to Steven Spielberg’s classic. Surveillance, privacy, and the moral and ethical questions that come with automation and AI have always been common topics in the sci-fi genre, yet there are not many films that delivered something as powerful and entertaining as Minority Report. There is a reason Spielberg’s film has aged so well even after 23 years.

From Source Code to Tenet, using sci-fi concepts like time travel to tackle current societal issues and fears can lead to great movies. However, we also have plenty of examples of sci-fi films with fascinating concepts but terrible execution. Hopefully, Mercy will live up to its interesting premise of an AI court in which Pratt’s character only has 90 minutes to prove that his guilt is not beyond reasonable doubt.

Mercy Sounds Like The Perfect Follow-Up To Chris Pratt's 2021 Time Travel Movie

Chris Pratt Is Becoming Synonymous With Sci-Fi

Chris Pratt is no stranger to sci-fi roles, and not just because of his role as Peter Quill aka Star-Lord in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In addition to five MCU movies and three Jurassic World films, all of which can be considered science fiction, Pratt has recently starred in The Tomorrow War. The Prime Video original film saw Pratt as a father who had to become a soldier to protect the world from a war that was being fought in the future. With a 52% score on Rotten Tomatoes, The Tomorrow War was a decent, action-packed film.

Between his Star-Lord days and his roles in movies such as engers, The Tomorrow War, and Mercy, Chris Pratt is making a name for himself in the sci-fi genre.

While nothing seems to suggest that Mercy will have elements of time travel, Pratt’s sci-fi movie does sound like a great follow-up to The Tomorrow War. Given what we know about Mercy, it is safe to say that the movie will not be as nearly as action-packed as The Tomorrow War. Still, Mercy is set to tackle questions about AI and its role in society’s most important institutions, whereas The Tomorrow War explores how knowledge can be weaponized.

Her is Chris Pratt's highest-rated sci-fi movie, with a 95% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes.

More recently, Pratt starred in The Electric State, the Russo Brothers’ adaptation of Simon Stålenhag’s book of the same name. While The Electric State was critically panned, it continued Pratt’s trend of science fiction roles. Between his Star-Lord days – which might not be over considering the end of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – and his roles in movies such as engers, The Tomorrow War​​​​​​, and Mercy, Chris Pratt is making a name for himself in the sci-fi genre.