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Rating: 6.64/10 by 605 users

Repo Man (1984)

A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.

Directing:
  • Alex Cox
  • Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez
  • Brenda Weisman
  • Betsy Magruder
  • Rip Murray
Writing:
  • Alex Cox
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Mar 02, 1984

Rating: 6.64/10 by 605 users

Alternative Title:
El reclamador - AR
Repo Man - A Onda Punk - BR
La mort en prime - FR
I lampsi pou skotonei - GR
Paizontas me ton kindyno - GR
Segítő kezek - HU
Repo Man: Il Recuperatore - IT
Handlarz - PL
O Clandestino - PT
Zaplenjivač - RS
Zorlu Yaris - TR
Конфискатор - RU
レポマン - JP
Repo man (El recuperador) - ES

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Español
Runtime: 01 hour 32 minutes
Budget: $1,500,000
Revenue: $2,300,000

Plot Keyword: police, capitalism, dark comedy, punk rock, satire, surrealism, alien, radioactivity, economy, ufo, conspiracy, consumerism, los angeles, california, scientist, nonconformism, repossession, genre bending, 1980s, car trunk, cult film, anti-authoritarianism

Susan Barnes
Agent Rogersz
Fox Harris
J. Frank Parnell
Bruce White
Reverend Larry
Sue Kiel
Ms. Magruder
Helen Martin
Mrs. Parks
Con Covert
Harry Pace
Luis Contreras
Mr. Humphries' Security Guard
Alex Cox
Carwash Attendant
Charles Hopkins
Mr. Humphries
Varnum Honey
Motorcycle Cop
Dorothy Bartlett
English Dustbin Lady
Jimmy Buffett
Additional Blond Agent
Shep Wickham
Additional Blond Agent
Gregg Taylor
Additional Blond Agent
Jon Fondy
Additional Blond Agent
Keith Miley
Additional Blond Agent
Michael Bennett
Additional Blond Agent
Brad Jamieson
Additional Blond Agent
Janet Chan
Repo Wife #1
Logan Carter
Repo Wife #3
Laura Sorrenson
Repo Wife #4
George Sawaya
First Repo Victim
Connie Ponce
Repo Victim's Wife
Bob Ellis
Soda Jerk
Quentin Gutierrez
Tow Truck Driver
Richard Furukawa
Liquor Store Clerk #1
'Earthquake' Hesson
Liquor Store Clerk #2
Keith Morris
Nightclub Band Member (as The Circle Jerks)
Greg Hetson
Nightclub Band Member (as The Circle Jerks)
Chuck Biscuits
Nightclub Band Member (as The Circle Jerks)
Earl Liberty
Nightclub Band Member (as The Circle Jerks)
Clyde Grimes
Scooter Guys Member (as The Untouchables)
Chuck Askerneese
Scooter Guys Member (as The Untouchables)
Kevin Long
Scooter Guys Member (as The Untouchables)
Jerry Miller
Scooter Guys Member (as The Untouchables)
Rob Lampron
Scooter Guys Member (as The Untouchables)
Josh Harris
Scooter Guys Member (as The Untouchables)
Herman Askerneese
Scooter Guys Member (as The Untouchables)
Kim Williams
Laundry Person
Michele Person
Laundry Person
Jorge Martínez
Tennis Player
Melanie Schloss
Tennis Player
Nancy Richardson
Tennis Player

John Chard

It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes. Repo Man has become one of those films where even though it was savaged by many critics of the time (not Ebert, he loved it), was met with very poor box office as well, but now everyone seems to shout that they loved it back then, always have! It is the very definition of a "cult movie", a pic that went underground and found its audience, so much so it burst back above ground and today is still being discovered by an ever intrigued movie loving audience. Repo Man was one of a kind, a film that refused to be pigeon holed, a true original. Story for what it's worth has Emilio Estevez as L.A. punk Otto Maddox who gets bluffed into a repo man job. Taken under the wing of Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), Otto gets to become a fully fledged repo man, taking on all the perks and dangers that come with the territory. But when a mysterious 1964 Chevy Malibu arrives on the patch, all bets seem to be off because everyone is either after it or being disintegrated by it! The life of a repo man is always intense. OK! Where to start? Offbeat, eccentric, punk, funky, funny, smart? Repo Man is all those things, it dares to be bold and challenging, its satirical edges slicing away at film genres and American societies. Director Alex Cox (how wonderful that such an American film is directed by a British guy) fills out this scuzzy part of L.A. with hippies, freaks, punks, aliens, scientist nutters, UFO nutters, effeminate coppers and the repo men themselves, a bunch of grizzled souls hardened by life's travails, but always with a quip, a smile and a gunshot at the ready. The dialogue fizzes with cheeky derring-do, some lines even today still quotable and used in pubs and clubs across the continents. Robby Muller's cinematography has snap crackle and pop, as does the rocking soundtrack as Cox invites the likes of Iggy Pop, The Circle Jerks, Black Flag and The Plugz into his weird and wonderful world. Performances are bang on the dollar, Stanton the class act, Estevez superb, Tracey Walter proving what his fans already knew, that he's a legendary character actor. From an opening involving a pair of smoking boots, to the glowing sci-fi nirvana finale, Repo Man kicks ass. One viewing is never enough, and for sure there are those who have seen it once and hate it to the point of refusing to ever watch it again. That's a shame, because repeat viewings are essential, because the more you watch the more Cox's deliriously cheeky movie makes sense. 9/10


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