Repo Men

I don’t get this movie. People have accused me of being fairly intelligent with an unusual taste in film but after watching this I am at a loss of words. What exactly was the fucking point of this?

Repo Men takes place in a future where organ replacement has become a monopolized industry involving synthetic, universal/interchangeable parts. Salesman pitch you on the value of the life saving service and repo men stand at the ready should you not be able to make the financial commitment. Basically, the Live Organ Donation sketch from Monty Python’s Meaning of Life? They found a way to stretch it out to 2 hours and strip the humour from it all. They kept the gore though.

It’s kind of science fiction, sort of a super super dark comedy. I guess. Elements of horror. Some action. Basically the only genres this film doesn’t adopt are westerns and porn. Jude Law and Forest Whitaker star, Liev Schriber plays the corporate sleazeball. There are other people and other stuff happens but honestly, I couldn’t force myself to give a shit. It’s gross. And weird. And what the fuck is wrong with Forest Whitaker? No, I’m not talking about his eye, I’m talking about how sweaty he is. He always looks like he just walked through a lawn sprinkler.

There’s a plot twist, but there was that whole me not giving a shit thing and that did nothing to change it. Watching this movie I thought about Equilibrium, V for Vendetta, Children of Men, the Fifth Element, and I, Robot. I enjoyed all of those movies more than this. Go ahead and watch this movie and if you get the point of it, that’s just super. Drop me a line and let me know what it was.

I rate Repo Men 3 out of 10 (for having the balls to actually show Jude Law and Forest Whitaker watching the Monty Python Live Organ Donation sketch)