In Mickey 17, Robert Pattinson’s Mickey Barnes is cloned and recloned as a disposable human guinea pig, and though Bong Joon Ho’s latest isn’t an exact duplicate of his prior sci-fi work, it’s close enough in theme and tone to feel a bit stale.

Mickey 17” — "Parasite" director Bong Joon Ho’s sci-fi comedy starring Robert Pattinson — is off to a rough start at the domestic box office.

The box office is welcoming back Robert Pattinson — a lot of him. Pattinson stars in “Mickey 17,” an R-rated sci-fi movie from “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho, where he plays multiple clones of the same person who dies repeatedly.