Mickey 17
2025
****
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo, Holliday Grainger, Patsy Ferran, Cameron Britton, Daniel Henshall, Steve Park, Anamaria Vartolomei
In a futuristic world, Mickey Barnes signs up as an Expendable, a disposable guinea pig for dangerous work who can be reprinted after his death. Things come to a head on ice planet Niflheim, when version 18 is generated before version 17 is confirmed dead. Bong Joon-ho's third English-language film is based on Edward Ashton's 2022 novel. This darkly comical science fiction epic is goofy, funny, violent, gripping, and thought-provoking, but a bit too long. Robert Pattinson is strong in his dual role and Mark Ruffalo gives an enjoyably over-the-top performance as the colony's self-obsessed leader.
