Overview: From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of Parasite, Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, Mickey 17.

The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job ... to die, for a living.

Blu-ray Verdict: In truth, Mickey 17 takes you on a marvelous journey of meaningful mayhem with dark, self-deprecating humor as its fuel. Bong Joon Ho’s thorough investigation of identity, duality, and the relationship between ego and power stick with you far after the film’s credits roll.

I mean, we all have fragmented personalities. Various versions of ourselves. Some of these characters are consistently active and in rotation while others lay dormant, hidden deep beneath. Unless you’re a complete sociopath, you have an empathic, emotional piece of your personality fostered in feelings of both love and fear. However, it’s constantly at war with the carelessness, confidence, and bravery we all paradoxically have the potential for.

Classically personified by symbolic imagery of an angel on one shoulder and a devious demon on the other, the moral and spiritual duality of man is a tale old as time. Yet, Joon Ho and Robert Pattison’s lovable, highly animated Mickey Barnes breathe new life into the classic concept.

The film’s as unrealistic and ridiculous as it is refreshing and surprisingly relatable. Pattison’s seemingly endless range and raw acting ability are on full display, perhaps more than ever. Not to mention, his natural charm in the role makes for a hell of a good time for audience members willing to give their selves up to the cynicism and obvious outrageousness of it all.

Joon Ho swings for the fences with his first fully English feature, while Pattison’s performance puts to rest any allegations left he can only play characters in the vein of Twilight’s eerie Edward. On the other end, Mark Ruffalo’s characterization of the relentlessly greedy and hilariously obnoxious Kenneth Marshall feels as fragmented and frantically scattered (in both its execution and inspiration) as Mickey’s rich spirit and diverse personality traits throughout the course of the insanely inhumane scientific investigation he so desperately (and naively) agrees to take part in during the film’s effective exposition.

Despite this singular flaw, the picture is perfect from top to bottom, nothing new for the work of the Oscar-winning director. We all have our own Mickey 17’s and 18’s within. Now, much like moral Mickey, I’ll find myself asking ... What would eighteen do?

DIGITAL, 4K, BLU-RAY & DVD ELEMENTS:
Behind the Lens: Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 (11:32)
Mickey 17: A World Reimagined (9:44)
The Faces of Niflheim (8:00)

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The film arrives for purchase and rental Digitally at home on April 8th, 2025. “Mickey 17” will also be available to purchase on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD on May 13th, 2025.

Written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, “Mickey 17” stars Robert Pattinson (“The Batman,” “Tenet”), Naomi Ackie (“Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker”), Steven Yeun (“Nope”), with Academy Award nominees Toni Collette (“Hereditary”), and Mark Ruffalo (“Poor Things”).

The film is produced by Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner (Oscar winners for “Moonlight” and “12 Years a Slave”), Bong Joon Ho and Dooho Choi (“Okja,” “Snowpiercer”). It is based on the novel Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton. The executive producers are Brad Pitt, Jesse Ehrman, Peter Dodd and Marianne Jenkins.