Bizarre physique horror. Pointed commentary in regards to the haves and have nots of the world. Intense bursts of violence. Extraordinarily darkish comedy. They’ve all been logos of Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho’s films from Reminiscences of Homicide to The Host to Snowpiercer to his Oscar-winner Parasite, which opened in theaters in 2019, and every little thing in between.
5 years later, Bong lastly has his follow-up movie, and it undoubtedly appears to be like prefer it’s of a chunk with the remainder of his work. Mickey 17 stars Robert Pattinson (and likewise Robert Pattison) in a sci-fi satire a few dystopian future the place the one means to enhance your station in life is perhaps to conform to turn into an “expendable” — i.e. human cannon fodder doomed to die after which be resurrected as a clone solely to die once more within the service of humanity’s house colonization efforts.
The brand new trailer appears to be like actually bleak and actually humorous and actually Bong Joon-ho. Watch it beneath:
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The primary teaser for Mickey 17 was effective, however this one appears to be like even higher. The social satire appears far more pointed, the results look sharper, the gags are funnier, and Pattinson appears to be like like he’s having a variety of enjoyable doing the previous one-actor-playing-twins trope. This doesn’t appear like the kind of movie that deserves to be pushed across the schedule a number of occasions by its distributor. (The film was initially scheduled to open in March of 2024, then January of 2025, then April of 2025, and now March of 2025.)
Right here is Mickey 17’s official synopsis:
From the Academy Award-winning author/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his subsequent groundbreaking cinematic expertise, “Mickey 17.” The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has discovered himself within the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who calls for the final word dedication to the job… to die, for a dwelling.
Mickey 17 is now scheduled to open in theaters on March 7.
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