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Repo Man (1984)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:36
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.9/10
Consensus: Repo Man is many things: an alien-invasion film, a punk-rock musical, a send-up of consumerism. One thing it isn't is boring.
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Otto (Emilio Estevez) is a Los Angeles punk, a loser with no direction and no role models. But he discovers a code of honor and higher purpose when he joins a select group of latter-day knights:... Otto (Emilio Estevez) is a Los Angeles punk, a loser with no direction and no role models. But he discovers a code of honor and higher purpose when he joins a select group of latter-day knights: the repo men. As a fledging apprentice, Otto slowly learns the ways of these high-caliber, overmedicated auto repossessors. And when a $20,000 bounty is placed on a mysterious missing car, Otto eludes the police, feds, religious cultists, and other repo men in a frantic search for this holy grail. Could one man's destiny lie in the back of a 1964 Chevy Malibu? Alex Cox's feature-film debut boasts a clever, satirical script that combines the larger-than-life edginess of urban L.A. with a bizarre array of science-fiction conspiracy theories. The film also features a strong soundtrack by an array of early 1980s punk and new wave bands and a terrific lead performance by Estevez. [More]
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Vonetta McGee, Olivia Barash
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Vonetta McGee, Olivia Barash, Tracey Walter, Sy Richardson, Susan Barnes, Fox Harris, Del Zamora, Eddie Velez, Zander Schloss, Jennifer Balgobin, Dick Rude, Miguel Sandoval, Richard Foronjy, Biff Yeager
Director: Alex Cox
Reviews for Repo Man
It's a movie about radioactive aliens in the trunk of a car about to be repossessed. If you got a problem with that, you got a problem with me!
It's very entertaining, and though it's rude in an R-rated way, it has the good taste never to promise more than it can deliver.
Punk rock sentiments amiably collide with science fiction scenario in this instant cult classic produced by former Monkee Mike Nesmith.
If it sometimes feels a bit like warmed-over John Waters, it's still a pretty audacious work. Any movie containing a Spanish version 'Secret Agent Man' gets bonus points.
An unforgettable B-picture, a bizarre, strangely fixating punk sci-fi satire that simply refused to die.
It’s got some eminently quotable dialogue, a weird and interesting assortment of characters, an odd, almost non-existent plotline, and most importantly, it makes a statement about life and the human condition.
Despite, or perhaps because of, being British, Cox [has] a great handle on America and L.A.; especially that great chase scene down those concrete water canals at some corner wasteland of the city.
Deadpan humor, throwaway visual jokes, and oblique political and social satire may have doomed this way-cool flick to the neverland of sci-fi cultdom.
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