Mickey 17

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Director: Bong Joon-ho. 

Writer: Bong Joon-ho

Cast:     Robert Pattinson as Mickey Barnes
            Naomi Ackie as Nasha
            Mark Ruffalo as Kenneth Marshall
            Toni Collette as Ylfa
            Anamaria Vartolomei as Kai Katz
            Steven Yeun as Timo

Mickey Barnes dies, then he dies again, then he dies again, over and over in ways that are both grotesque and banal. And that’s one of the more entertaining parts of “Mickey 17,” Bong Joon Ho’s frustratingly uneven follow-up to his Oscar-winning thriller “Parasite.”

With his third English-language feature, the South Korean auteur explores some of the same themes of the previous two, “Okja” and “Snowpiercer”: gaping economic disparities, humanity’s destruction of the planet and the dangers of authoritarianism. These topics are sadly more relevant than ever given the right-wing ideology that’s swept across the globe in recent years, and he depicts them with his signature high style and brash satire.

Still, for fans of 2019’s “Parasite,” “Mickey 17” may feel like a disappointment. Perhaps anything would be. Long gone is the exquisite mastery of tone and tension he displayed in his historic Best Picture winner. Writer-director Bong’s latest is more of a free-wheeling affair: heavy-handed in the points he’s making yet scattered in his narrative. At one point during a climactic swirl of visual effects, I wondered to myself: What exactly is happening, and how did we get here?


And yet Robert Pattinson’s performance is so gonzo, so gleefully deranged, that he keeps you hanging on and hoping he’ll succeed in a variety of incarnations. Starring in a Bong Joon Ho film is another example of the inspired choices Pattinson has made post-”Twilight,” whether he’s working with indie greats like Claire Denis, Robert Eggers and David Cronenberg or bringing his angular emo presence to Matt Reeves’ darkly artful “The Batman.” You can see why he’d be drawn to this role: It allows him to get a little goofy while showing a ton of range.