By Peter Bradshaw
Publication Date: 2026-01-21 17:00:00
IRussian author Marco van Belle delivers an entertaining script for this futuristic real-time thriller and satire set in LA in 2029, in a world (as they say) where AI is solely responsible for assessing the guilt or innocence of a criminal. You’ve heard of RoboCop. This is RoboJustice. Veteran Russian-Kazakh filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov directs, bringing his usual robust approach to the big action sequences, and Chris Pratt stars as the LAPD cop accused of murder. (Longtime Pratt fans will enjoy a cameo appearance from Pratt’s “Parks and Recreation” co-star Jay Jackson, effectively reprising his performance as gracious TV newscaster Perd Hapley.)
The film’s ostensible target is the insidious power of AI, although the film is part of today’s liberal opinion doublethink, in which we all solemnly agree that AI is very worrying, even though we have not the slightest intention of doing anything about it. Pratt plays Detective Chris Raven, a cop with a drinking problem…
