We saw Mickey 17 today. Bong Joon Ho's latest offering is a satire about a four-and-a-half-year space journey and technology to "reprint" human beings from recycled biomatter after they have died and upload their consciousness, in order to make them "expendable." The title refers to the main character, Mickey, who is on his 17th iteration after intentionally being exposed to radiation, nerve gas, hostile environments, viruses, vaccine trials, and other accidents by a corrupt organization, all in the name of colonizing a new planet and establishing a society based on their questionable values.
It's not a bad movie, and I wouldn't be surprised if we hear more about it as award season approaches. Like so many satires, the villains are cartoonish and one-dimensional, with a nod to current political figures, but the other characters are both comical and sympathetic, and by the end of the movie, they are well-developed and believable.
Rob Pattinson plays the title character, Mickey, and he delivers an engaging and thought-provoking performance as an expendable. He has had some relevant experience, though. After playing Edward Cullen in the Twilight saga and Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the guy should have the themes of mortality, immortality, and humanity on lock.
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