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• Comedy
• Sci-fi

• 2025
• Bong Joon-ho
• 136 mins
• 15

Summary

Sci-fi satire starring Robert Pattinson. Desperate to escape loan sharks on Earth, Mickey Barnes enlists as an "expendable", a job that sees him getting killed and reincarnated repeatedly while undertaking dangerous tasks for an interplanetary colony ship overseen by a demagogue politician. When the 17th Mickey survives a deadly mission and returns to discover Mickey 18 is already in existence, trouble starts to brew.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

James Mottram

Robert Pattinson is the hapless soul who gets to die another day in this slick sci-fi comedic parable from Parasite director Bong Joon-ho. Pattinson's Mickey Barnes escapes his troubles on Earth, signing up for a space colonisation mission led by Mark Ruffalo's Trump-like megalomaniac. A so-called "expendable", Mickey gives his life to keep others safe. If he perishes, the boffins on board simply "re-print" another iteration. But trouble brews when the 17th Mickey survives certain death and returns to the ship to find his follow-up clone. A wild mix of physical comedy - especially from Pattinson - social satire and absurdist humour, it's a visually engrossing ride into the future in much the same way as Bong's 2013 film Snowpiercer. Adapted from Edward Ashton's novel, it's packed with weirdness - from cute and creepy CG critters to comedian Tim Key in a pigeon costume to the most disturbing ménage à trois you'll ever see (with Naomi Ackie and two Pattinsons). Like a demented twist on Douglas Adams, it's another fearless work from the Korean film-maker.

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6.7/10

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Cast

rolenameMickey BarnesRobert PattinsonNashaNaomi AckieTimoSteven YeunYlfaToni ColletteKenneth MarshallMark RuffaloDorothyPatsy FerranArkadyCameron BrittonPrestonDaniel HenshallZekeStephen ParkKai KatzAnamaria Vartolomei

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rolenameDirectorBong Joon-ho

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Theatrical distributor

Warner Bros

Released on

2025-03-07

Languages

English | French

Guidance

Violence, swearing, sex scenes, drug abuse

Formats

Colour

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