As a disposable clone worker, every time Mickey dies he returns fully imprinted. As the title announces, Mickey has been regenerated 17 times.

And Pattinson’s leagues better than Mark Ruffalo, who ridiculously plays a power-lusting politician who wants to establish “a planet of purity,” and Toni Collette as his aloof wife Ylfa, who’s stupidly obsessed with dinner sauces. The viewers’ sighs get louder with every entrance.

Bong Joon Ho's "Mickey 17" stars Robert Pattinson in what SFGATE's Drew Magary calls a violent and hilarious satire.

Bong Joon Ho has turned his funny-sad excavations of life under capitalism into unlikely blockbusters. With “Mickey 17,” he’s bending a whole new genre.

Having enjoyed an international mega-hit and swept the Oscars with the celebrated Parasite, Bong Joon Ho has returned with the hotly anticipated Mickey 17, a rip-roaring sci-fi black comedy. Paul Nolan meets the superstar director,

Hand-picked to star opposite Robert Pattinson in a sci-fi comedy by the South Korean director of Parasite, the 32-year-old film star is a face to watch.

The actor plays a repeatedly reconstituted “expendable” in this dark comedy set in a nascent ice planet colony, also starring Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Colette and Mark Ruffalo.

Starring Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo and Steven Yeun, Mickey 17 is a weird, wacky but ultimately satisfying dystopian romp.