Howlin Wolf
The biggest problem for me is that very few people would agree to this, because very few people could afford it... You can't make the payments? You're dead. You don't get a new organ? You're dead. Either way, you're dead! Now how would you rather die? Naturally, or hunted down and carved open? I think most people would choose the former. The people who could afford it would never need to see the repo men... but the people who are too poor would never take such a risk, to begin with!This could have been a really good movie if they had just made the price tantalisingly out of range, tempting people to make the gamble... Instead, they had to ruin a decent idea by over- exaggerating EVERYTHING to the point where it's too laughable to make a decent dilemma.It's entertaining in a ridiculous way - but thought provoking sci- fi, this is not!
juneebuggy
I liked this movie especially once I figured out the twist ending -which in turn explained why it went so off the rails in the second half. Interesting premise though, kinda BladeRunner-ish and great leads in Jude Law and Forest Whitaker -I haven't yet been able figure out how they were supposed to have grown up together though when they have different accents? Anyways, super gory in parts, great action scenes, with occasional weirdness, dark humour thrown in that is eventually explained by the "Neural Net." The final knife-fight/showdown is just awesome in a very Over-the-top (Kill Bill) kind of way. 5/10/14
DesertDogMedia
Title: Repo MenCondensed Storyline: In the world of organ repossessions a repo man gets into an accident where he needs to have his heart replaced, but he struggles to make the payments, this is when he goes on the run and becomes what he used to hunt.Notable Acting: The actors in this movie are casted great, I do enjoy the chemistry between Jude Law's character and Forest Whitaker's character, this is the most important part of a buddy cop movie I was feeling kind of meh about Alice Braga's character, but that is mainly because I would like to see a film where two characters of the opposite sex do not hook up together. I understand that she was there to show him the life of those who live in fear of repo, but I would have preferred that they didn't get together. Noticeable Camera work: The camera work is a mixture between faced paced work for when the action comes along but then slows down to a more relaxed way of viewing when it is time for conversations and such. The angles leave a bit to be desired though, they aren't all too creative. But they get the point across and you see what you need to see.Overall Feel: Chases are I will compare this movie to 'Repo The Genetic Opera' a lot as they are very similar movies. Fans of 'Repo The Genetic Opera' have mixed feelings about this movie as 'Repomen' basically took the entire storyline of 'Repo The Genetic Opera' and made it their own. Repoman does the job that family doesn't like, problems arise and he turns against the company his works for before dying in the end. But I feel that this movie does enough things differently in this movie to justify it, the more works more on the buddy cop theme than anything else, and the repo is just plot mover. They also take their character to different levels, because in this movie the main Repoman becomes what he is paid to hunt and gets hunted for it, whereas in 'Repo The Genetic Opera' the main Repoman gets hunted because he will not kill the friend of his dead wife. This movie uses bio-mechanical organs which is a nice adaption and would seem more feasible in their future time. This is the only movie which has sex, surgery, computer hacking scene. That is creative to say the very least. The twist that happens at the end of the movie is very nicely executed and my use of language gives you the hint, but it wasn't expected on my part. But I found it a great ending to say the least. The movie is quite bouncy in the fact that is switches from funny face to serious face a lot and generally back and forth a lot, not that I have a problem with it. I enjoyed this movie, but I still prefer 'Repo The Genetic Opera' as I enjoyed it's whole cast of characters along with its original organ repo idea.
susana-c-fernandes
After watching this movie I had the feeling that the original cut must have been like 1 hour longer. Only this could explain the complete lack of depth in character development. But unfortunately, not even this can explain the total mess the plot turned out to be. Ridiculous storyline to say the least, poor and absurd lines, a "love story" presented as "deep" but that was actually born out of nowhere, and a ridiculous gore/sex/love scene near the end with a soundtrack that only contributes for the whole "what the f*** did I just watch" feeling. The initial idea might have been good, but it was horribly put on screen. And no, not even the final twist made it any better. What a waste of time.