My Expectations : 6/10
My Rating : 7/10

The most recent movie I watched is Mickey 17. I had read the reviews, so walked in with low expectations.

Robert Pattinson plays Mickey Barnes, a dumb loser who cannot do anything right. He joins a space colonisation mission organised by a cult leader Kenneth Marshall (Mark Ruffalo), in a bid to escape debt collectors. In the mission, he has the role of an expendable, which means he is assigned increasingly dangerous and fatal tasks. When he dies (mostly in very painful ways), his body is 3D printed and his memories restored from backup.

Each of his clones, till Mickey 17 are identical to the previous Mickey incarnation. However, when they print Mickey 18, assuming Mickey 17 is dead (he’s not, just left for dead), the consciousness of the 18th iteration diverges. Unlike the Mickeys before him, Mickey 18 is assertive and strong-willed. When they both come across each other, hijinks ensue.

Mark Ruffalo’s character as a genocidal cult leader is a bit over the top and hard to digest. Naomi Ackie as Nasha Barridge, Mickey’s girlfriend was my favourite character from the movie. The remaining characters are all forgettable.

Overall, even though the premise of the movie is interesting, the story does not feel coherent with random things happening; a far departure from Bong Joon Ho‘s most well-known work, Parasite. Most characters are not very well fleshed out and often do contradictory things. Pattinson’s acting is not notable.

However, there are still fun moments in the movie, like when Nasha tries to to initiate a threesome with both the Mickeys. Marshall’s wife’s obsession with creating the perfect “sauce” based on increasingly bizarre ingredients is also noteworthy.

Overall, I can’t recommend this to anyone except Sci-Fi fans.