Bong Joon Ho the writer/director of Parasite dove into Edward Ashton’s science fiction novel, Mickey7, and brought it to the big screen. And it gives us a quirky, darkly comic, and smartly told film starring Robert Pattinson.

Pattinson is Mickey. He and his ‘buddy’, Timo (Steven Yuen), need to get off of Earth, They owe a ton of cash to a gangster. Timo is able to get a pilot gig, but Mickey volunteers to be an expendable.

In this case that means he will be killed off, a lot, whether to test for alien viruses, exposure to radiation, of falling down a cliff. He and thousands of travelers are on a ship headed by disgraced Trumpian politician (there are a lot of red ballcaps), Kenneth Marshall (Mark Ruffalo) and his sauce-obsessed wife, Ylfa (Toni Collette).

When they arrive at their new home, an ice-covered world, they make a new enemy. They call them Creepers, and Marshall is ready to declare war to claim his new world.

There’s lots of humorous moments throughout the film, especially when another Mickey is created when they think 17 is dead. Multiples are illegal, and raise a number of ethical questions, spiritual, emotional and physical, and while they don’t weigh down the film, they definitely conjure a number of things to discuss after the credits roll.

Mickey has some respite from endless death, he has an ongoing relationship with Nasha (Naomi Ackie), who is smart, strong, funny and sexy. And all of these things will be important as the film races to its climax which sees Marshall making enemies wherever he goes, and is about to plunge their new world into a state of war as he brutalizes Creepers.

It’s funny, entertaining, I love Bong Joon Ho’s storytelling style. I’ve been a fan of his since The Host, and Parasite is just exceptional. Mickey 17 ends up being unique, entertaining, and quirky.

It’s not a surprise that it didn’t do as well as the makers wanted. People complain about the lack of originality in film, but when it comes along, everyone just wants more of the same.

Still, now that it’s streaming, perhaps it will make the connection with the viewing public. I quite enjoyed this. I laughed, I thought about things, and I really enjoyed the visual effects. Pattinson is a great actor, and all his incarnations of Mickey are a little different – different perspectives of the same personality.

Check it out for something fun and unique.