Repo Men
Repo Men is not a sequel to the 1984 movie starring Harry Dean Stanton and Emilio Estevez and really owes more to 2008’s Repo! The Genetic Opera but is actually an adaptation of Eric Garcia’s novel "The Repossession Mambo". Set in the not too distant future medical science has made it possible to drastically extend life through artificial organs. Cornering that market is The Union Company headed by Frank (Liev Schreiber) who is twice as slimy as the machinery he’s flogging. Since everyone’s parts eventually wear his products aren’t much of a hard sell but many customers don’t pay attention to the fine print in their financing contract especially the part about repossession for non payment. Payments are steep which keeps the repo men working at a rapid yet grizzly pace. Two of the best are Remy (Jude Law) and Jake (Forest Whitaker) inseparable friends since school (although Remy sounds like an English prep school grad and Jake talks like a kid from the projects. Just one of the many silly inconsistencies in this film). Remy’s wife is not fond of his occupation however and has thrown down the gauntlet about a career change to which he reluctantly agrees. However an equipment glitch on one last assignment puts him on the other side of a fine print contract and when his new lower salary leaves his account in arrears Remy ends up having to dodge his old colleagues, including Jake. You might enjoy this film if all you want is some squirmy action and are able to ignore its many lapses in logic but many will probably wish they could repo their price of admission.