Mickey 17 – How to Get Yourself Killed for Fun and Profit (scifi movie: trailer).

Bong Joon-ho is back, and he’s brought with him what can only be described as a gloriously twisted black scifi comedy that makes your regular existential crisis feel like a weekend at the spa. Yes, we’re talking about Mickey 17, the upcoming science fiction film based on Edward Ashton’s novel Mickey7. And if you thought life was tough, just try dying over and over again on a frozen hellhole of a planet while squabbling with your own clone.

Sign me up, right?

Meet Mickey Barnes: The Guy Who Just Can’t Stay Dead

Our hero, Mickey Barnes (played by Robert Pattinson, because of course), thought escaping Earth by becoming an “expendable” was a good idea. He’s that guy who signs up for the suicide missions because, hey, they’ll just grow a new version of him every time he dies. It’s the kind of job security that screams, “No need for a pension, mate!”

The fun starts when Mickey17 (the current version of him) doesn’t die during one particularly nasty mission. Instead, he survives—awkwardly bumping into Mickey18, his shiny new clone, which sets the stage for the world’s most uncomfortable “Who wore it better?” moment. Cue the existential dread, philosophical debates, and enough awkward silences to fill a sci-fi therapist’s waiting room.

Robert Pattinson: Brooding on Ice (Again)

Yes, Robert Pattinson is back in space, and after his stint in High Life, we can safely say he has the brooding astronaut thing down. Expect him to stare longingly into the icy abyss while contemplating life, death, and the meaning of infinite regeneration. The man’s been a vampire, a glittering vampire, and now a guy who’s effectively immortal but can’t seem to catch a break. It’s like if The Twilight Saga had a grimmer, darker reboot where instead of sparkling, you just… respawn.

And let’s not forget the rest of the cast: Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette (who we can only hope will bring the same level of ferocity as she did in Hereditary), and Mark Ruffalo, who is apparently still green but this time metaphorically, as the colonisation project leader. Toss in Steven Yeun (because everything is better with Steven Yeun) as the crew’s resident sass master, and you’ve got yourself a recipe for a sci-fi dinner party where someone’s always dying to leave.

Niflheim: The Ice Cube of Doom

Now, onto Niflheim, the ice planet where humanity has decided to set up shop. You’d think we’d have learned by now that colonising a planet that sounds like something straight out of Norse mythology is a bad idea. But no, let’s all freeze to death while Mickey and Mickey argue about who gets to die next. Honestly, someone needs to teach these guys how to play rock-paper-scissors.

Bong Joon-ho: The Master of Weirdly Funny Sadness

If anyone can pull off the absurdity of being your own competition on an ice-covered death trap, it’s Bong Joon-ho. The man has mastered the art of weaving together humour and horror like he’s knitting an emotional sweater that’s somehow too tight and too loose at the same time. Mickey 17 promises to be just as funny as it is bleak, because if you can’t laugh at your own impending demise (again), what can you laugh at?

Bong, who brought us Parasite (aka the movie that made you question your life choices and check under your stairs), is taking sci-fi in a direction that’s part existential dread, part black comedy, and 100% going to make you re-evaluate whether you really need that second clone.

“Mickey 17”: The Sci-Fi Film You Didn’t Know You Needed (But Totally Do)

So, why should you care about Mickey 17? Well, for one, it’s a film that reminds us all of the very important life lesson: no matter how many times you die, you’ll always have yourself to argue with. If that’s not the epitome of human existence, I don’t know what is.

With its January 2025 release date, you’ve got plenty of time to prepare for this blend of sci-fi, dark humour, and Pattinson’s patented moody stare. And while you’re at it, maybe figure out if you’d sign up to be an expendable. Because, let’s be honest, there’s nothing more 2025 than debating whether immortality is worth the inevitable existential meltdown.

In conclusion, Mickey 17 is shaping up to be the weirdest, funniest, and coldest exploration of what it means to be human—or rather, what it means to be the same human over and over again, dying for a job that probably doesn’t come with hazard pay.

Catch it in cinemas. Or not. Either way, there’ll be another you ready to watch it in case you miss it the first time.