Bong Joon-ho's next project is the sci-fi film Mickey 17, which looks completely different from his Oscar-winning movie, and that's great.

Set in a space-faring sci-fi future, Mickey 17 follows Mickey Barnes (Pattinson), a man working a dangerous job in which death isn't just a risk — it's a guarantee. However, every time he shuffles off this mortal coil he is swiftly shuffled back onto it, his company cloning him so he can continue his work as usual.

To appreciate Korean films at the beginning of the twenty-first century requires at least a passing understanding of the political, cultural and social obsessions that dominated south Korea over the last half of twentieth century and for the most part supported