Repo Man Movie Review. Fine, stylish debut from alex cox with some great turns from the two. Alex cox directed the film starring harry dean stanton, emilio estevez, and tracey walter.
It possesses a darkness of humour, a blackness of tone that is only equalled by heathers or time bandits from the 80s.but neither of those films, despite their brilliance and humour, feature the downright weird, distorted view of life that repo man has. Also, an early gig for cinematographer, robby mueller who shot saint jack, to live and die in l.a., barfly and most(if not all) of jim jarmusch's films. Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased.
I hate ‘em.” every store in the movie stocks its shelves with generic food products, creating a backdrop for a world without real choice.
Using the repo man profession as an entry into this wacky science fiction comedy, repo man is interesting in how little it actually focuses on science fiction. No, it's not covered by insurance, but the sales guy says, you owe it to yourself and your family. It doesn't pretend that punk will save us (indeed, the opposite: Most of the people in the movie, though, live at an angle to the mainstream.
