Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi blockbuster is both the director’s simplest and most unwieldy feature yet.

Or at least, he falls and almost dies before making it out with the help of dozens of “creepers.” However, this unexpected survival leaves unintended consequences, as Mickey 18 has already arrived.

Mickey agrees to take the one job that literally no one else wants: he agrees to be an Expendable. Basically, he signs up to be cloned, and then killed over and over again on incredibly dangerous ...