Repo men

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Based on the novel The repossession mambo by Eric Garcia.
Videodisc release of the 2010 motion picture.
Special features: deleted scenes; The Union commercials; inside the visual effects; commentary with director Miguel Sapochnik and writers Eric Garcia and Garrett Lerner.
2 versions: Unrated (120 min.) and Theatrical (112 min.).
Jude Law, Liev Schreiber, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga, Carice Van Houten.
Humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called The Union. The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don't pay your bill, The Union sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property, with no concern for your comfort or survival.
DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio).
Contents: Repossession mambo.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

good submitted by codyson159 on July 8, 2011, 1:47pm amazing movie! so much action!

Good Movie submitted by jarroyo on July 14, 2011, 12:17pm This was a good movie. Very interesting topic. Good acting.

Violent and empty submitted by emjane on August 10, 2012, 11:56am Repo Men is disgustingly violent, and though its premise had some potential, it was poorly executed.

In the future world portrayed in Repo Men, scientists have discovered how to create artificial organs so that those who need replacements do not need to wait for a donor. However, these organs are incredibly expensive, and most who need them are forced to participate in installment payment plans with high interest rates. If these people are unable to keep up with their payments, the company who sold the organs returns to repossess them. This is where Remy (Jude Law) the protagonist comes in. Originally working as one of these repo men, Remy is forced to accept a synthetic heart when some of his repo equipment backfires. He is unable to keep up with his payments, and soon finds himself hiding from the repo men. He flees with Beth (Alice Braga) a woman who herself has several organs up for repossession.

Though the violent story was certainly not to my liking, what bothered me the most was how little I cared for the characters. The romance between Beth and Remy seems to come out of nowhere, and it is never really clear why Remy cares so much about her.

Additionally, though Repo Men’s concept seems like one that should have a deeper message, it doesn’t succeed in conveying one more sophisticated than “the United States is capitalistic.” I wanted more.

One thing I did like about the movie, though, was its heavy use of vocal jazz standards in the soundtrack. The sharp contrast between the violent futuristic world and the familiar, romantic tunes of the past worked for me.

repo men submitted by a2sue on July 25, 2013, 9:43pm when i first checked this out i thought it was a sequel or something to repo man!