With President Donald Trump back in the White House, all kinds of media and art will feel like it’s commenting on him and his supporters. Some of it will be subtle; Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 is not.
The celebrated director of the scathing satire Parasite returns with a parable set in a future where Earth is a man-made global disaster. There, a failed politician, who has a penchant for pursing his lips when he makes proclamations, launches a spaceship, stocked with many of his devoted followers. They don red baseball caps embroidered with his motto and hope to create a “pure planet” in the stars.
It’s blunt. And honestly, the similarities to America under Trump might hurt any hope for escapism. But notably, Mickey 17 isn’t named for the narcissistic billionaire that is its villain. This heart-wrenching and inventive adventure is named for the average Joe who dumb-lucked himself onto a spaceship and into a massive change of fate.
Robert Pattinson brings Jackass appeal to Mickey 17.
Robert Pattinson is a human printing in “Mickey 17.”
Credit: Warner Bros.
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