Mickey 17

Film details

Film TitleMickey 17
Suitability
Genre
Length137mins
Year2025
CountryUnited Kingdom, United States of America
DirectorBong Joon Ho
ActorsRobert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Anamaria Vartolomei, Steven Yeun, Patsy Ferran, Steve Park, Tim Key, Holliday Grainger, Michael Monroe, Edward Davis, Cameron Britton, Ian Hanmore, Lloyd Hutchinson
LanguageEnglish
Showings

Mickey Barnes, an “expendable” employee, is sent on a human expedition to colonize the ice world Niflheim. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. With one regeneration, though, things go very wrong.

The film looks spectacular, courtesy of the ace cinematographer Darius Khondji (Se7en), and right until the closing scenes, including a throwaway analysis of post-revolutionary politics, it never stops asking interesting questions.

Mickey 17 may lack some of the political bite of his previous work, but it’s unquestionably tremendous fun: a big, strange spectacle that’s unlike most blockbuster cinema out there.