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Repo Man | Year: 1984 Classification: Comedy Directed: - Alex Cox Actors/Actresses: - Emilio Estevez - Harry Dean Stanton Baffling, but interesting Repo Man is a twisted movie, which blends social satire, sci-fi, suburban angst and consumerism targets that were prominent in the 1980s, such as TV preachers, people who claimed to see UFOs, and angry punk rockers rebelling against the gamor of the decade. Emilio Estevez plays a nihilistic young male out of a job and practically robbed of a future when his parents, apparently hippies or born-again Christians, give all of his savings away to a TV preacher so they can 'send bibles to El Salvador,' according to the holy mission of this evangelist that appears in the movie often. He meets up w/ Bud, who offers him [money]to move his wife's car out of a 'bad area,' presumably a ghetto. After the chaotic scene, Otto (Estevez's character)knew something was up, and gets dragged into becoming a 'repo man,' a guy that repossesses cars when the owners do not pay their bills. The company, among other parties, such as eccentric UFO spotters, and the Rodriguez brothers, are after this one car driven by a lobotomized scientist which contains some alien device of some sort in its trunk that disintegrates those who come in cotact with it, such as a highway patroman and one of Otto's punk rock anarchist friends. The movie consists of nothing but chaos throughout the plot in which all the groups invovled try to get hold of this []Chavrolet Malibu, and the ending is rather surprisng, but very cheesy at the same time. The sci-fi effects in this movie are dated, and scream 80s (after all this movie was made in 1984), but its satirical edge and rather cryptic storyline make Repo Man an interesting, but occassionally bewildering film. THE classic cult film Finally! It's out on DVD - the cult film to end all cult films. Certainly the greatest film ever to star Emilio Estevez. It's a real tour de force, the story being a complex tale - part alien conspiracy (x-files eat your heart out), part road movie, part pure science fiction, and part screwball comedy. Basically a car containing an alien entity has been stolen, and all and sundry are after it, including some repo men, who are after the car as there's a $25000 bounty on it. Harry Dean Stanton is his usual brilliant self, but in truth, the whole supporting cast are brilliant. Special mention must go to director Alex Cox - he has never been able to match this modern masterpiece, and never will. He can be thanked for the little touches - the punk, dying in the store, blaming society, the store itself containing all manner of items marked food, drink etc..pure genius. Buy this film - it is the greatest B film of all time. What the f*ck do I know? One thing I do know is this film is a modern day masterpiece.Unlike anything made before it.A true work of art and absolutely essential to any great DVD collection.Better than Gone With The Wind.It will make you wanna go to L.A. but stay home and watch Repo Man instead.I really wish they'd release the made for TV version of it as well.Along with the high art of Richard Elfman's brilliant Forbidden Zone, Repo Man is in a class all by itself.SUPERB! Buy Repo Man at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Repo Man Search with the Priority Search Engine on Repo Man This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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