Overview
- Early critiques describe the Amazon MGM thriller as visually slick but undercut by clunky writing, thin characterization and unclear AI rules, with fresh reviews landing today.
- Chris Pratt said he briefly pitched using an actual AI performer for the on-screen judge before the team opted for a human performance instead.
- Rebecca Ferguson portrays the AI judge, a choice director Timur Bekmambetov says was intended to ground the system’s logic in a nuanced human performance.
- Bekmambetov frames the movie as a cautionary prompt for cultural guidance of technology, warning an AI judge could be feasible very soon.
- Pratt calls AI an everyday tool he uses for practical tasks but says he is setting personal safeguards, echoing the film’s focus on responsible use.