Mickey 17: identity in film

Poster redesigns for film Mickey 17 by Amelie Williams

Amelie Williams designs posters, exploring identity, survival, and existential themes through striking artwork

After watching Mickey 17, a sci-fi film by Bong Joon Ho starring Robert Pattinson, I was inspired to create posters that capture its intense action and deep philosophical themes. The story follows Mickey, a human sent to colonise a distant planet, repeatedly cloned after each death. Forced to question his identity and purpose, the film explores existential crisis, cloning ethics, and the human search for meaning.

My first poster presents a red sky with the text Become an Expendable stretching across the top, set against black-and-white army figures, with the text Never Stop fighting for your Country at the bottom, in strong red against the shadows. The identical figures highlight Mickey’s dehumanisation, reduced to a tool for survival. The stark contrast of red, blue, and black-and-white reflects his brutal world and internal struggle.

In my second poster, I feature a silvery-gold skull bordered by the bold text in steely blue – This Job Really Kills – with X’s marking out the eyes. The skull represents Mickey’s constant cycle of death and rebirth, with haunting imagery emphasising the film’s darker themes.

My third poster depicts hands pointing upward, with the foreground finger piercing through the L in One And Only, written in striking gold letters. This reflects Mickey’s fight to retain his humanity amid a system trying to erase him. The black-and-white hand against a deep blue background highlights his deep sense of alienation.

I aimed to capture the emotional depth of Mickey 17 through vivid colour contrasts – red, blue, black, white, gold – evoking survival, identity, and isolation. These visuals reflect the brutal, existential nature of Mickey’s journey and the cost of being reborn into an endless cycle of death and discovery.

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