This week on Bad Dads Film Review, Sidey, Dan, Reegs and Cris keep Seven Week going with Mickey 17, Bong Joon Ho's 2025 sci-fi black comedy starring Robert Pattinson as Mickey Barnes, an expendable who is sent on deadly jobs, dies, and is printed back out with his memories intact. Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo complete the cast.
The episode opens with a few terms of endearment, a shout-out to the Discord crowd after last week's bowling theme, and a full report on a walking football win over St Clement's, who had an excellent goalkeeper, a referee who got it wrong twice, and a 4-1 scoreline in the end. After a catch-up on what everyone has been watching, including Tenzing, Day of the Jackal, MobLand and Shantaram, the dads run through the week's sevens, from Final Fantasy VII and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers to The Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven, with detours into Seven Psychopaths, Scott Pilgrim and 127 Hours along the way.
Then it is on to the film. The dads talk through the footballer-based names, the failed macaron business, the loan shark with a chainsaw, the colony expedition led by Mark Ruffalo's Trump-style politician, and the expendable job that has Mickey killed over and over again and 3D-printed back out while the scientists laugh. They compare it to Moon, grumble about the calorie-controlled slop, and follow the plot into the second half, where Mickey 17 survives the crevasse, Mickey 18 arrives alpha and aggressive, and the Creepers turn out to be the friendly ones.
The panel is sharply split. Dan thought it was a nice surprise, light-hearted sci-fi with great laughs, a great Pattinson and a deliciously selfish Timo. Reegs found it wildly uneven and very bloated, but laughed and liked Pattinson. Sidey did not hate it but had to pause it for the school run and was dismayed by how much was left. Cris called it a complete waste of time and spent the second half ordering bagels and avocado for the cafe on his phone.
The verdict is a split decision, with a strong 17 out of 17 from Dan and a shrug from almost everyone else.
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