Repo Men

Repo Man

Released: March 19th, 2010

Starring:
Jude Law
Forest Whitaker

Directed: Miguel Sapochnik









Plot Summary:

In the future 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. Former soldier Remy is one of the best organ repo men in the business. But when he suffers a cardiac failure on the job, he awakens to find himself fitted with the company's top-of-the-line heart-replacement... as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his heart's no longer in the job. When he can't make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy's former partner Jake, to track him down. (imdb.com)

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I was definitely looking forward for this movie to come out. Even though they're were long email arguments between myself and the marketing representative of Universal Studios about the official release date, I am glad that they decided to release it March 19th rather than April 2nd. I believe they only have one sheets (movie posters) that say April 2nd but that is something completely different.

The movie itself was one of those movies that are not necessarily good but is fun to watch. The movie was more plot driven than most movies that come out today. Most movies that come out are more focus on box office success they are willing to pay extra for special affects rather than a strong plot (i.e. Avatar) But with Repo Men, the plot is strong and they actually stay consistent with it.

My biggest pet peeve when in comes to movies, is when they don't stay consistent to the plot. The definition of plot is:

1- Also called storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.
2- a list, timetable, or scheme dealing with any of the various arrangements for the production of a play, motion picture, etc.: According to the property plot, there should be a lamp stage left. (dictionary.com)

The whole purpose is to create a storyline and when you change the plot just for box office success, it cheapens the overall product. (i.e. Disturbia)

Repo Men successfully, in my opinion, kept a constant plot and interacted with the audience, with is a BIG PLUS!

The biggest tool a screenwriter or a director can use in making a movie is to interact with audience within the movie, but in a subtle fashion.

The most successful example of this within the movie is when Remy counts and explains each time in his life when he gets knocked unconscious. By the 2nd and 3rd time you find yourself counting along with Remy.

The only real issue I have with this movie is the lack of character development. There are many instances where people seem to act out of character.

SPOILER: (highlight the phrase inside of the quotation marks to reveal the spoiler)
"Remy goes into cardiac arrest in the first place because of a faulty machine but later on in the movie, you find out that Jake rigged the machine so Remy would gets hurt and not go into sales."

This is really strange because Jake is supposed to be Remy's best friend and by behaving in this manner is kind of obsessive over Remy. Before this scene there isn't any sign of this type of behavior.

One final part of this movie that I absolutely loved was the fact that the end is such a twist, that it reveals things earlier on in the movie that you did not see before.

SPOILER: (highlight the phrase inside of the quotation marks to reveal the spoiler)
"Like when Remy get's knocked out for the last time, after that he no longer narrates the story. You don't really realize this until you find out that Remy is in fact brain dead, so he can't even think for himself anymore."

Rate this movie:

Must see if you love wonderfully terrible movies, Jude Law, and lots and lots of blood.