Plot: To escape the wrath of a loan shark, Mickey signs up for a mission that will take him to outer space to colonize a new planet. He takes on the worst job possible, and he becomes an Expandable. These are people who are given the worst jobs and might die, but when they do, they are reprinted to continue their work.
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April 20, 2025
Bong Joon Ho's latest has a fun premise, it doesn't take itself too seriously, and doesn't squander its finale, but the whole "multiples" narrative in the middle dragged down the film. I didn't really care for Pattinson and Ruffalo, the rest of the cast fared better. Overall, the film's a little uneven.
It's not quite goofy enough to be a true comedy, it's not edgy enough to be a real satire, the sci-fi is a bit too fantasy-inspired, and the fantasy elements are a little plain. But it's a relatively original big-budget sci-fi flick, and there aren't too many of those around. It was an amusing enough film, I just hoped for more.