Repo Men is a new science fiction thriller set in the future. People are now able to buy mechanical organs to replace failed ones and if you can't afford up front than you're put on a payment plan. But if you fail to make payments after three months the company will come and reposses those organs under their own terms. Remy is one of these repo men, along with his friend Jake, who have been working together for years. Than one day one of Remy's job goes wrong and he winds up with a new heart from the company, causing him to question all of his past work.
Some people may find that this film looks familiar because concept wise it resembles Repo! The Genetic Opera which came out in 2009. But concept is where the similarities of these two films stop so I cannot condone the anger that Repo! fans feel towards the apparent rip off of this film. I am afterall, one of those Repo! fans. Repo Men however, has a different plot and completely different characters. It also feels very different. Repo! is a rock opera so it feels more like an art form and is therefore more fun. Repo Men is a gritty and intense thriller that is not always easy to watch.
Repo Men dives into the world of the morally and ethically gray and lives in a place where men should fear. This film brings us directly into the concept of repossesion in a horrific way. It is at times intense and quite bloody. Repossesion does require cutting people open after all. But it doesn't paint repossession in a good light, rather it points in the favor of human life and the main chararacters own redemption from what he used to do.
Repo Men is a finely crafted film. It isn't a film that everybody could sit through, in fact it's difficult to watch at times. I've seen a lot in films to the point where many would say I have been desensitized and near the end of the film I was cringing in my seat. But it keeps you on edge, wanting to know what is going to happen.
Most importantly is the message of finding ourselves. Remy points out at one point in the film that your job is who you are. You have to change jobs to change yourself. I think to some extent this is true.
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