Of course Bong Joon Ho is an environmentalist. He recycles his own ideas."Mickey 17," a sloppy but enjoyable sci-fi comedy set in the year 2054, mashes together the monsterphobia of "The Host," the animal-rights activism of "Okja,

Writer/director Bong Joon-Ho struck gold with his 2019 film Parasite, which won four Oscars, including Best Picture. That satire, one of the first in a recent spate of “eat the rich” stories, was the culmination of a career that the South Korean filmmaker has spent commenting on various social issues.