Dog’s Movie House- “Mickey 17” Entertaining Follow-Up Whose Satire Is A Bit On The Nose!
Howdy Folks! It’s The Kendog here with a look at celebrated South Korean director Bong Joon Ho’s (“Parasite”) latest magnum opus, a science fiction film loaded with satire titled “Mickey 17.” The film tells the tale of Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) a man fleeing a sadistic loan shark who volunteers for a space flight to a planet called Neflheim as an “Expendable.” An Expendable is a person who, with a little help from technology, can be brought back to life, or reprinted, after dying, over and over again. This makes Mickey cheap labor as he literally cannot die permanently. By the time they get to Neflheim Mickey is now at number seventeen. When he survives a near-death experience on the planet, he straggles home to find that Mickey 18 has been printed to replace him, creating the potential disaster of “Multiples” that will result in both Mickey’s being killed. . .permanently!
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The Horsemen Are Back In “Now You See Me 2!”
The original “Now You See Me” was a diverting bit of fluff featuring a fine cast of actors having a good time with the ridiculousness onscreen. More importantly, the film was about the ins and outs of magic and illusions. Now since “Now You See Me” made a global killing at the box office, here comes the inevitable sequel and, unfortunately it’s as inevitably mediocre as one would expect. Continue reading
