Mickey 17 (4K Ultra HD Steelbook + Blu-ray + Digital)

Workaholic Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) wants to make t hings up to his son, Jamie (Jake Lloyd), and wife, Liz (Rita Wilson). He promises to get Jamie the hottest toy of the season, Turbo-Man -- even though it's Christmas Eve and the toy is practically sold out. As Langston hunts down the elusive gift, he runs into mailman Myron (Sinbad), another father on the same quest. With the clock winding down, Langston's moral code is tested as he starts to learn the real meaning of Christmas.

This film had such an interesting premise and an opportunity to do something truly unique, but the writers opted, instead to use it in an attempt to forward a political agenda that has already been done to death.Mickey is a low-IQ person who placed his trust in someone undeserving and would up desperate to skip the planet. Penniless and at the back of a very long line, without reading it, he signs a contract that guarantees him a seat on a colony ship. The practice of "printing" humans, has been outlawed by the good and wise governments of Earth, but since they don't have jurisdiction in space, Mickey can be used as a disposable human and re-printed whenever he gets killed. Each time he is re-printed a number is affixed to the end of his name.While the premise of duplicating a human being is not novel in the world of cinema, this notion of "printing" puts it in a very contemporary frame of reference. The comedic effect of making the "printer" behave the same way a paper printer does was a genius choice. Unfortunately that's about where the creativity and genius peak for this film.The expedition is led and funded by a maniacal failed politician (played by Mark Ruffalo) and his even more insane and sauce-obsessed wife. Their portrayal of conservative Christians tries to be as offensive to both groups as possible but only succeeds in being embarrassingly clumsy. This, also, isn't really novel. Hollywood has been Christian and convservative-bashing since well before I was born, however this does hit a new low water mark. The only context in which the performance is even coherent is if the writers and the actors had absolutely no exposure to a conservative or Christian in the real world and based these characters and performances on only the most hyperbolic of hateful opinion of them.There were a number of interesting themes that could have been explored like the ethics of human cloning, the complexities of human identity, the practical ramifications of cloning, or fun "what-if" scenarios that take the concept to the extreme. There are the tiniest of hints of these things throughout the film but none of them garner more than a couple of lines of dialogue or a few seconds of screen time. Unfortunately the predominant focus of the narrative is a poorly crafted mockery of conservatism and Christianity draped in the clothing of a science fiction setting.This film could possibly have worked as a revenge fantasy against conservatism or Christianity, but there's too much straw sticking out of the edges of the strawman for even that to be satisfying.Give this one a miss.

Excellent film and is a very odd but original idea. R.Patts is awesome in it, and it's directed by Bong Joon Ho who is awesome also! Give this story a try! This steelbook looks amazing!