A trailer has landed for Rebecca Ferguson and Chris Pratt’s latest sci-fi/crime/thriller, Mercy.
Also starring Kenneth Choi, Noah Fearnley, and Annabelle Wallis, director Timur Bekmambetov’s film has Ferguson as the AI that must decide whether Pratt’s detective character murdered his wife.
I admit it, this trailer is better than the last, and I may still be unsure about how good this will be, but I’m leaning towards giving it a try because of how it’s shot. Ultimately, I want to see if this End of Watch (2012)/ Minority Report (2002) mash-up will work.
What are your thoughts on Mercy after this second trailer?
Rafi Gavron, Chris Sullivan, Kali Reis, Kylie Rogers, Jeff Pierre, Philicia Saunders, Renata Ribeiro and Jamie McBride also star.
New sci-fi/crime/thriller Mercy has Chris Pratt playing a detective whose fate is to be determined by the AI (Rebecca Ferguson) he championed, after he’s accused of murdering his wife.
Annabelle Wallis, Kenneth Choi and Noah Fearnley are among the key cast, while Timur Bekmambetov directs.
I want this to be great, of course. But I don’t yet have the feeling it will be.
Still, I remain curious and will no doubt be very happy and pleasantly surprised if the quality of this film exceeds that of Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report (2002), which I need to rewatch forthwith.
I suspect that what may be most impressive is what the film shows us about the level to which the American public is under surveillance. Additionally, wouldn’t it be quite the twist if Pratt’s character is actually guilty?
What are your thoughts, dear reader?
Kylie Rogers, Chris Sullivan, Kali Reis, Rafi Gavron, Jeff Pierre, Philicia Saunders, Renata Ribeiro and Jamie McBride also star.
Jeremy Renner, Ed Helms, Jake Johnson and Jon Hamm are the stars of Tag, a Jeff Tomsic-directed comedy about agroup of former classmates who organise an elaborate, annual game of tag that takes them all over the country.
Is it fair that I compare every movie about three or more adult male friends having a great time together and being a certain kind of outrageous to The Hangover (2009)? I’m sure it isn’t, but I really can’t help myself.
After watching this trailer, the subject matter of Tag seems a tad juvenile to have me especially intrigued, but what a pleasant surprise it would be if I ended up really liking this film.
I love a great comedy, and I want that to be the case here, so, give Tag a chance, I must.
Annabelle Wallis, Rashida Jones, Isla Fisher, Leslie Bibb and Hannibal Buress also star.
Starring Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Russell Crowe and Annabelle Wallis; there are parts of director Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy, a story about an ancient Egyptian princess, one awakened from her crypt and determined to wreak havoc, that I enjoyed. An example would be Russell Crowe’s ‘second character’ who proved a lot of fun to watch even though he appears but very briefly.
Another highlight is courtesy of Sofia Boutella, an actress who was introduced to many audiences as Gazelle in Matthew Vaughn’s rather good Kingsman – The Secret Service (2014).I adored Gazelle even though she was a ‘baddie.’ And because of that experience, I was surethat Boutella would bring something special, particularly physicality-wise to the character of The Mummy (Princess Ahmanet).
Princess Ahmanet stood out so much for me that all other performances and characters mostly paled in comparison. Perhaps her character was just the most interesting overall. What I know for sure is that I found myself genuinely scared of the idea that I might personally encounter the princess as I went about my day-to-day. Something to do with the costume design and special effects, I’m sure. That and Boutella’s performance, of course. There’s also the fact that a lot of the film is set in London, England, my beloved city.
I admit that there are points during The Mummy when I thought, ‘This is interesting. Now, I’m excited about the other movies coming from Universal’s ‘Dark Universe’. It’s just unfortunate that by the end of the film, I was singing an entirely different tune altogether. The story, writing and execution turned out to feel too basic for me, especially for a Tom Cruise movie.
On a more positive note, I’m now even more curious about Egypt’s real history and I may just delve into that as a result. I may even…
Who am I kidding? I’m busy, and far too into film to make time for more history books.
Exposed to the elements, battling the physical and psychological toll of being stranded in the desert, Mine is the story of a soldier who must find a way to survive the very real dangers before him.
Writen/directed by Fabio Guaglione and Fabio Resinaro, Mine stars Armie Hammer, Annabelle Wallis and Tom Cullen.
Most of us can very easily sit quite still, but to stand in one place, unable to move one of your legs? That’s something else entirely. How on earth will Hammer’s character do it? That’s the question that has me wanting to watch this.
Clint Dyer, Geoff Bell and Juliet Aubrey also star.
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