Mickey 17
Mickey 17
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Adapted from the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, this stars Robert Pattinson as an "expendable" - a disposable crew member on a space mission, selected for dangerous tasks because his body can be reprinted if he dies, with his memories largely intact. With one regeneration, though, things go very wrong.
Alex | Pop Culture Brain reviewedMarch 7, 2025
Bong Joon-ho dared to ask what if Idiocracy meets Avatar
And well, mission accomplished
I saw Mickey 17 so here’s the good and the bad without spoilers
Parasite, in my opinion, is a masterpiece
So I was anticipating and also dreading what director Bong Joon-ho would do next
Turns out I had nothing to worry about, because his follow up Mickey 17
Is another banger but for completely different reasons
This sci fi dark comedy throws back to a lot his previous work
Echoing Okja and Snowpiercer in equal measure
But it’s a lot more like the former in tone — because this movie is capital H Hilarious
I was laughing out loud throughout. It was easily the most fun I’ve had at the movies so far this year
And that was no easy task, because the tone director Bong and the cast accomplish here is really tricky
It has to remain tense and exciting to pull of the science fiction adventure stuff
But also has to be broad and wacky enough to be land the comedy
And at any moment things could have gone off the rails by being too over the top
But they never did
All the performances were on the exact same page about what this movie was
It all felt of a piece and that requires clear vision from the director and a sense of continuity among the actors
The whole cast is worth mentioning, but Robert Pattinson was genius in multiple roles
Mark Ruffalo was bonkers and hysterical - not far from his Poor Things performance
While Steve Yeun has a brilliant monologue late in the film
Likewise, Bong Joon-ho uses some clever unconventional editing techniques to hook you in
The production design was thoughtful, intriguing, and expansive
And like so many of Bong’s previous movies, the satire was on point
That said the overall theme is one we've seen many times before
The movie’s climax kind of devolves into a more typical sci fi adventure
Which felt a little less special and unique compared to the rest of the movie
And the sound design in the climax was rough, I lost a lot of dialogue
But in general Mickey 17 is a blast and another achievement for Bong Joon-ho