Updated On: 20 January, 2026 04:14 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Set in a near future where human courts have been replaced by an AI-run justice system, Mercy unfolds almost entirely within a high-stakes trial. Rebecca Ferguson plays AI Judge Maddox

Still from Mercy
In an era increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, Mercy asks a provocative question: What happens when technology becomes judge, jury, and executioner? For Rebecca Ferguson, who plays an AI judge in the upcoming sci-fi thriller, the film feels unsettlingly close to reality.
Directed by Timur Bekmambetov, Mercy experiments not just with ideas but with form. Much of the film’s evidence is presented through phone footage, body cams, drone cameras, and surveillance feeds, reflecting a world where almost every moment is recorded and stored. The result is a thriller that feels deeply embedded in the digital reality audiences already inhabit.