As much as I’ve been ranting about upcoming 2025 movies Going forward, I haven’t paid enough attention to one of the earliest titles to capture my heart and mind. As director Bong Joon-Ho’s Mickey 17 is finally hits theaters after suffering a terrible delay, I’m finally letting myself get excited about this one again. And there’s no time like the present to do so, because thanks to the first full trailer for this darkly comedic sci-fi adventure, I’m already feeling sorry for Robert Pattinsons “Expendable” hero.
Mickey 17 sounds like what would happen if you crossed some of those best sci-fi movies through the ages. More specifically, The moon, Wall-E and Snowpiercer are the titles I’d throw into my metaphorical blender, especially after this material given to us by Warner Bros. Brass thanks the explanation for this overarching plot is that since poor Mickey 1 (Robert Pattinson) signed up to be an Expendable for a long-thrown space colony, he’s basically given humans the right to use “human pressure” to create another him, until the job is done.
Living up to its reputation of using Dean Martin’s “Ain’t That A Kick In The Head” as its background score, this movie already looks like a lot of fun. Especially when Mickey 17 (Pattinson again) manages to survive a brush with near-certain death…much to the chagrin of Mickey 18 (guess who). So for those of you who were anxiously awaiting this movie, I hope you believe Mickey 17 years release date posture is again restored.
It also seems like our own Eric Eisenberg Mickey 17 Cinema-Con movie reaction was right on the money with the dark comedy vibes. My former Snowpiercer the comparison seems particularly apt thanks to the quick image of Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo playing what look like completely obscure colony administrators. Ruffalo’s comments about playing a ‘nasty dictator’ coming back to me now.
But let’s go back to Robert Pattinson’s titular Mickey 17 for a moment, because that seems like a huge indicator that the wait will really be worth it. Aside from the morbidly dark humor and Bong Joon-ho’s sharp commentary on the ever-present presence of modern life, Pattinson absolutely works as any Mickey you want.
Which is especially important when the bureaucratic adversaries trying to decide which Mickey dies look like this:
Here they come Snowpiercer vibrating again, right on schedule. Of course, no matter who you’re rooting for, there’s a good chance that Mickey you could end up behind will consumed by time Mickey 17 finishes.
Although this film plays with the subject of mortality as a breezy sci-fi adventure comedy, there will likely be some high stakes present. Robert Pattinson greets it all with varying disposition, and a voice reminiscent of his wild south draw from The devil all the time.
Mickey 17 will show us the bright side of death on January 31, 2025, only in theaters. And before you run off to the library to secure a copy of author Edward Ashton’s Mickey 7no, your eyes are not deceiving you. Apparently, Bong Joon-ho told the audience at this year’s CinemaCon that he killed Mickey 10 times more than the source material. Not to a kick in the head?
