Director Bong Joon-ho's adaptation of the sci-fi novel Mickey 7 features the protagonist, Mickey, dying ten times, a hallmark of Bong's creative style. Starring Robert Pattinson as Mickey, the film embodies themes of working-class struggle and corporate cruelty akin to his previous works like Snowpiercer. Bong's meticulous directing approach involves detailed pre-visualization, where scenes are shot individually for heightened intensity. Despite the unconventional filming method, Pattinson's portrayal retains engagement, while the film tackles serious themes beneath its fantastical surface.
If you've seen Bong's movies before, you could probably see this coming. In this film, as in his other sci-fi films like Snowpiercer and Okja, villains aren't just evil, they're mustache-twirling, tied-someone-to-the-train-tracks evil.
Bong has a notoriously obsessive directing style that begins with drawing a manhwa-like screenplay -each camera shot is sketched beforehand, then replicated on set, with the actors placed in the shot like props.
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