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Mickey 17 (2025)

Viewed at my local Odeon last night, this is a continuation of Director Bong Joon Ho's obsession with the haves and the have nots. Outside of this recurring theme there is a neat sci-fi premise of what it's like to be constantly reborn just minutes after you have died and what if you didn't die but were reborn anyway?

A good showcase for the talents of Robert Pattinson in a dual role which is essentially the same character but with different character traits - a sort of futuristic riff on the Jekyll & Hyde theme. Ruffalo is good entertainment value as the villain but his performance is perhaps too-knowing a take on the orange berk in the White House.

The style of the movie is irreverent which got me thinking that it wouldn't have been out of place as a 2000AD comic strip. It has that wacky satirical vibe.

If I had a complaint, I'd say the climax was too drawn out and 'Hollywood', but there is a nice creepy coda to bring it back into focus which is a great scene for Toni Collette playing Ruffalo's deranged wife.

This was a good Friday night at the flix - recommended.