So, what the hell is going on inMickey 17?
Expendables are assigned to the most dangerous missions possible because they can always be re-created.
This predicament is inherently interesting for character study, and seems well-suited for cinema.
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The visionary director tells a haunting story of extreme motherhood.
Already, Mickey’s tone isdarkly funny.
In addition to the humor, this opener establishes the world-building elements of the novel.
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playing over explosions and Berto asking Mickey mockingly, “What’s it feel like to die?”
right before an alien monster attacks him.
In addition, Ashton himself has given his stamp of approval of Bong’s adaptation.
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I dont believe hes ever made a bad film."
Mickey 17is coming to theaters on January 31, 2025.
Adapted from the novel by Edward Ashton, Mickey 7 is a Sci-Fi film that follows Mickey 17 (Robert Pattinson) and his journey to the ice world Niflheim to colonize the planet. Mickey 17 is an “expendable” employee to be used and thrown away after completing their task - often a dangerous one - but when one iteration of Mickey dies, he is reborn in a new body with a large portion of his memories still intact. After six deaths, however, Mickey finally begins to understand the job and why it was always an unfilled position.