Chris Pratt in 'Mercy' Amazon Content Services Although the clever murder mystery thriller Mercy must be filed under science fiction, director Timur Bekmambetov and writer Marco Van Belle set it in 2029, and considering the ever-changing world we find ourselves in right now I thought this AI-driven premise is entirely plausible. The plot revolves around the idea of a Mercy Chair, a court presided over by an AI-generated Judge Maddox (Rebecca Ferguson).