What’s happened? If sci-fi is your comfort genre, Prime Video just gave you something worth adding to your list. Mickey 17, the wild sci-fi movie from Bong Joon Ho (yes, the same director behind Parasite), just joined the list of underrated movies on Amazon Prime Video.
Why it’s worth your time: Mickey 17 stands out because it mixes dark sci-fi ideas with absurd humor while still giving you emotional depth. Robert Pattinson plays a character named Mickey Barnes, an “Expendable” who gets cloned over and over whenever he dies, and each new version wakes with buried memories intact.
When Mickey’s seventeenth clone survives a deadly mission, he returns to find a new clone, Mickey 18, already living his life. What follows is an identity crisis, an ethical mess, and existential dread leading to a wild ride.
Why it’s underrated: Critics gave it good marks for its bold concept and Pattinson’s performance. Despite that, Mickey 17 struggled at the box office. However, this mismatch between quality and commercial success makes it a classic “missed by many” gem. Now that it is on Prime Video, anyone who missed it in theaters finally gets another chance to catch it.
What to expect? If you’ve seen the movie Parasite, you know Bong Joon Ho doesn’t do simple. Mickey 17 carries the same vibe with sharp social commentary in a boldly weird sci-fi wrapper. Cloning becomes a metaphor; the human expendable becomes a pawn in a larger system.
With Pattinson’s performance shifting between paranoid vulnerability and sly confidence, the film pushes beyond the usual limits of sci-fi adventure. The movie hits you in layers with its eery visuals, absurd humor, and moral unease.
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