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Repo Men
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Genre | Science Fiction & Fantasy, DVD Movie, Blu-ray Movie, Action & Adventure/Thrillers, Action & Adventure See more |
Format | Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
Contributor | Liev Schreiber, Miguel Sapochnik, Jude Law |
Language | English |
Runtime | 3 hours and 52 minutes |
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Remy (Jude Law) and Jake (Forest Whitaker) are best friends and The Union’s most dangerous repossession men, reclaiming top-dollar organs when recipients fall behind on their payments. But after an on-the-job accident forces Remy to be outfitted with a top-of-the-line heart replacement, he finds himself in debt and unable to pay. Now, the hunter becomes the hunted as Jake will stop at nothing to track him down to finish the job.
Bonus Content:
- Deleted Scenes
- The Union Commercials
- Inside the Visual Effects
- Feature Commentary with Director Miguel Sapochnik and Writers Eric Garcia & Garrett Lerner
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In the future, artificial internal organs will be widely available, but their high cost will lead to a thriving, if bloody, repossession business--at least that's the idea in Repo Men, whose title characters must carry scalpels, and not scruples. When clients default--and, at 19 percent interest rates, it happens all the time--it's up to Remy (Jude Law) and Jake (Forest Whitaker), the two most swashbuckling field operatives at the Union company, to reclaim the merchandise. The film's reviewers largely seemed to miss the wicked humor that underlies Repo Men's kooky futuristic world, as Remy's domestic situation is portrayed with typical backyard barbecues and typical nagging wife who wants hubby to ask his boss about that promotion, already. Everything's amusingly typical, that is, except for the fact that Remy regularly charges into people's apartments and grabs their kidneys. It would be nice to report that director Miguel Sapochnik was able to maintain the initial air of satire (RoboCop comes to mind at least as often as an obvious inspiration such as Brazil), but this movie begins to stumble in its middle section, as Remy himself becomes a subject for organ replacement. (His efforts at self-medicating procedures, especially a climactic surgery sequence, leave Patrick Swayze's similar efforts in Road House far behind.) Sudden shifts to a woman-in-peril scenario--with capable Alice Braga as the target of Union's organ hunters--make for an even more puzzling turn, and the jumbled rhythm of the second act suggests a certain amount of postproduction futzing around. The soundtrack is rife with Guy Ritchie-style song cues, some of which are fun, and Liev Schreiber has a good time smirking his way through his role as Remy's cold-hearted boss. The biggest problem here is that once the movie is over, a great many things don't make any logical sense, and a last-minute switcheroo only muddies the waters. Which are pretty bloody to begin with. --Robert Horton
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.25 x 0.5 inches; 0.8 ounces
- Item model number : MFR025195033046#VG
- Director : Miguel Sapochnik
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 3 hours and 52 minutes
- Release date : July 27, 2010
- Actors : Jude Law, Liev Schreiber
- Dubbed: : French, Spanish
- Subtitles: : English, French, Spanish
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B002ZG98SW
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #49,786 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #2,551 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV)
- #5,106 in Action & Adventure DVDs
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This is all a truly tragic fate, considering the moments of sheer brilliance present in this all too familiar cautionary tale set amidst an all too familiar dystopian future. In 2025, top-dog Remy (Jude Law) has the thankless task of brutally repossessing the artificial organs for which their owners have defaulted payments on. He does so with surgical precision until that one day, when a fateful slice would open Remy's own heart to the plight of humanity.
With a plot largely transplanted from Fahrenheit 451 into the world of Repo: The Genetic Opera, cauterized with a sprinkling of Blade Runner and more than a few stitches of Brazil, Repo Man may have become in itself a cautionary tale against a clockwork picture. Also starring Forest Whitaker and Alice Braga, Repo Men is an unapologetically gory affair, fast paced and frenetic, yet suffering from uneven heavy-handedness.
While newcomer Miguel Sapochnik excels at juggling the dramatic with the sterile action set pieces with the deft hands of an early Steven Spielberg or John Carpenter, the picture ultimately suffers in his inability to skillfully suture together those crucial visual clues, thus telegraphing the ending well in advance to anyone paying attention, though having a `borrowed' ending once again does not help matters much either.
Yet in spite of this, the picture remains an enjoyable, if not déjà vu invoking thrill ride. One cannot help but root for the protagonist and empathize with the surprisingly layered, if not clichéd, antagonists. Though it may lack the explosive intensity of a Michael Bay film for example, the intimate storytelling places attention not so much on the action, but rather on the situations, allowing audiences to better connect with this character driven piece than the more visually oriented science fiction action films.
As such, it should be unsurprising that the cast is mainly comprised of dramatic heavy-hitters that outperform the picture. It is a bold and unusual move, and certainly strange to see not one action marquee name among the cast, with the possible exception of Liev Schreiber. And projecting a more tortured soul than the genre would normally call for, Jude Law, who only recently joined the action scene with his debut in Sherlock Holmes, joins the cast in elevating Repo Men to a clockwork movie actually worth winding.
If only it had been more original, perhaps Repo Men would have become a classic in its own right. However, for a flawed experiment, it still remains one hell of an enjoyable ride.
Three out of five stars.
I popped it in and we sat to watch it while we had dinner.
oh boy- oh boy- oh boy!
So it was a bit of a shock at the beginning when it turned out to be something more. Hey, I was on a bit of a spending spree for DVD movies looking to stack up some entertainment for our evenings and snagged this one.
How many of you reading this that have seen the movie are laughing your butts off right now? more than a few I'd say....
Lucky for us, we rolled with it and at the end decided we liked it.
If you're a Scifi fan and you don't mind some gore and appreciate a little moral quandary in your entertainment, my guess is you'll like it.
We've gotten to the point where we WANT something different, something out of the ordinary. Just one thing....this is NOT about two guys going after cars that haven't been paid for. It's not Tokyo Shock which we like on occasion....
but we definitely were surprised.
I saw it had a wide variety of ratings and thought...ok it'll probably be something different. It is NOT a trip to Mamby Pamby Land or for those for whom the color yellow makes them sad. There's even one scene you'll probably back up and play a couple times while you laugh with tears rolling down your face.
"Don't Taze Me Bro!!!"
Everyone else has covered just about everything else in their reviews.
It was good entertainment for an evening as an inexpensive used movie.
'nuff said.
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Die Story :
Im Jahre 2025 ist es nicht mehr schwer an Organe heran zu kommen denn die gibt es wie Sand am Meer, wer also ein Organ braucht aufgrund irgendeiner Krankheit oder einem Unfall, der geht einfach zu einer speziellen Firma und kann sich dort alle erdenklichen Organe kaufen oder auf Raten finanzieren, die Sache hat nur einen Haken, kommt der Organ Empfänger seinen Zahlungen nicht nach, werden die so genannten Repos auf die Leute angesetzt um denen die Organe bei lebendigem Leib wieder heraus zu nehmen.
Der beste Repo Men und Organeintreiber ist Remy (Jude Law) der seinen Job hervorragend macht und auch die meisten überfälligen Organe wieder an Land zieht, bis zu dem Tag an dem in seinem Job etwas schief geht und er ein paar Tage später im Krankenhaus aufwacht und feststellen muss dass sein altes Herz durch ein Spenderorgan ersetzt werden musste und somit vom Jäger zum gejagten wird...
Die Action :
"Repo Men" ist schnell, rasant und voller guter Kämpfe und brachialen Schießereien, der Film hat spitzen Schauspieler zu bieten die allesamt Ihre Rolle mehr als nur glaubwürdig rüber bringen, ich habe mich zu keiner einzigsten Sekunde gelangweilt oder gar schlecht unterhalten gefühlt, ganz im Gegenteil, "Repo Men" gehört jetzt zu meinen absoluten Lieblingsfilmen und mir ist es wirklich ein Rätsel aus welchen Gründen der Film so viele schlechte Rezensionen bekommen hat, kann ich nicht nachvollziehen.
Das Thema :
Die Rezension habe ich am 20.01.13 geschrieben wenn ich bedenke was für Schlagzeilen momentan die Zeitungen beherrschen wie "Arzt vor Gericht wegen verkauften Organen" oder "Organ Skandal nimmt kein Ende" oder "Wie viele Leute mussten sterben weil Organe teuer weiter verkauft wurden ?".
Ich sage ja nicht das ausgerechnet "Repo Men" ein ernstes Thema behandelt und dennoch hinterlässt der Film Spuren, spätestens nachdem bitteren Finale mit dem ich in hundert Jahren nicht gerechnet hätte, lässt einem der Film nachdenken, ich zumindest kam während dem Abspann zu einer bitteren Erkenntnis.
Wirklich FSK 16 ?! :
Also langsam aber sicher kenne ich mich mit der FSK nicht mehr aus, da geben sie Filme ab 18 frei die dennoch um 10 Minuten verstümmelt sind und "Repo Men" bekommt eine Altersfreigabe ab 16...die Leute die den Film geprüft haben müssen betrunken gewesen sein denn "Repo Men" ist stellenweise schon arg brutal, man sieht wie Leute bei lebendigem Leib aufgeschnitten werden und die Leih-Organe wieder heraus genommen werden, abgesehen davon haben es die letzten 20 Minuten schon wirklich in sich, ich bin ja absolut GEGEN Kürzungen und so etwas sollte auch verboten werden denn ich will mich weder von einer FSK noch von sonst jemandem bevormunden lassen aber "Repo Men" hätte in meinen Augen eine FSK 18 Freigabe erhalten aber okay, wenn die meinen.
Die Blu Ray :
Die kann sich wirklich sehen lassen, sei es nun das wirklich gestochen scharfe und vor allem schöne Bild oder aber der wirklich sehr gut abgemischte 5.1 Sound, in beiden Belangen kann man der Scheibe nichts nach sagen, einzig und alleine die Extras fallen sehr, sehr mager aus.
Fazit :
Ich kann mich nur nochmals wiederholen, für mich ist "Repo Men" einer der besten Filme und steht auf meiner Liste ganz weit oben, aus welchem Grund sich bei diesem Film die Meinungen so spalten, ist mir ein Rätsel, ich kann an dieser Stelle vielleicht nur folgenden, hilfreichen Tipp geben ; Für interessierte an dem Film die ihn noch nicht kennen, mal ausnahmsweise nicht an den Kundenrezensionen orientieren sondern sich sein eigenes Bild machen indem man sich den Film einfach mal ausleiht, ich persönlich kann dennoch einen klaren Kauftipp aussprechen geschweige denn sollte man sich diesen Film nicht entgehen lassen !.