Mickey 17: A Satirical Sci-Fi Exploration of Humanity’s Flaws

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Mickey 17: A Satirical Sci-Fi Exploration of Humanity’s Flaws

The Most Human Story Director Bong Joon Ho is known for his unpredictability. While his films can range in tone and style, ranging from Memories Of M

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The Most Human Story

Director Bong Joon Ho is known for his unpredictability. While his films can range in tone and style, ranging from Memories Of Murder, a gritty serial-killer thriller, to The Host, a family-friendly monster film, one thread that usually runs through his work is a scathing critique of capitalism. <emParasiteMickey 17 takes these themes in a thrilling sci-fi direction, as Earth sends human expendables known as Mickeys to an alien world, one of whom (Robert Pattinson, in multiple interpretations) starts to question this system of living.

When asked what inspired him for this latest film, the director notes that he didn’t find any answers – just the desire to critique the status quo. [1]
"Honestly I didn’t really know whether I should do a Hollywood-style superhero movie or even a Chinese-style kongfu comedy, so everything is based on intuition without any intention of success as a product or making 100% sure to what extent they could do whatever they liked or take risk that doesn’t even get back to Bong Jhon Ho’s studio as ‘Mickey 17′

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