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Repo Man (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Jennifer Balgobin, Olivia Barash, Susan Barnes, Emilio Estevez, Tom Finnegan Average Rating: Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Letterboxed, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, THX, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Starz / Anchor Bay Number of Items: 1 Release Date: August 22, 2000 Running Time: 93 minutes Theatrical Release Date: March 02, 1984
Amazon.com essential video: A volatile, toxic potion of satire and nihilism, road movie and science fiction, violence and comedy, the unclassifiable sensibility of Alex Cox's Repo Man is the model and inspiration for a potent strain of post-punk American comedy that includes not only Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), but also early Coen brothers (Raising Arizona, in particular), Men in Black, and even (in a weird way) The X-Files. Otto, a baby-face punk played by Emilio Estevez, becomes an apprentice to Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), a coke-snorting, veteran repo-man-of-honor prowling the streets of a Los Angeles wasteland populated by hoods, wackos, burnouts, conspiracy theorists, and aliens of every stripe. It may seem chaotic at first glance, but there's a "latticework of coincidence" (as Tracey Walter puts it) underlying everything. Repo Man is a key American movie of the 1980s--just as Taxi Driver, Nashville, and Chinatown are key American movies of the '70s. With a scorching soundtrack that features Iggy Pop, Fear, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Suicidal Tendencies. --Jim Emerson
Just a bunch of white suburban punks ... ... but I love them. This isn't a masterpiece of a movie but I get lost in it every so often. There are lines that stick with me like, "Hey kid, I think I left a book of matches here. Do you think you could find them for me?" or "Look at them, ordinary citizens." or "Pick up the trash." "What?" "Pick up the trash. You knocked it over, now you pick it up."
I don't care that there are missing scenes. There are so many memorable scenes I just enjoy watching it over and over again. This is one movie I'll take with me to the nursing home. My favorite move of all time.
Boring, gave me a major headache This has got to be one of the dumbest, most deliriously boring flicks ever made. Heck, watching it gave me a massive headache. I'm known for liking really cheesy movies, but this one is just plain stinky.
Repo Man: Alex Cox's Quest For The Holy Grail. Directed by, Alex Cox (Walker; Straight to Hell; Death and the Compass; Three Businessmen)), Repo Man is a 1980s cult classic starring Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton. Set in mid-80s Los Angeles, the darkly humorous, offbeat film tells the story of Otto Maddox (Estevez), a loser and recently-unemployed supermarket clerk who unexpectedly finds employment with "repo man" Bud (Stanton), after discovering that his girlfriend is having sex with his best friend and his parents have donated his college savings to a televangelist. Much of the surreal film involves a crazy road-trip quest through cosmic unconsciousness in search for a 1964 Chevrolet Malibu from New Mexico, which contains a Top Secret mystery in its trunk. Cox portrays the repo men as modern-day knights in a quest for The Holy Grail. After discovering "the life of a repo man is always intense," Otto loses interest in his former punk rock lifestyle. Harry Dean Stanton carries the film to its entertaining heights. Repo Man features a killer soundtrack including songs by Iggy Pop, Black Flag, Suicidal Tendencies, and The Circle Jerks. Repo Man offers an excellent jumping off point into the rare genius of Alex Cox.
G. Merritt
Classic I loved this movie when it first came out, back in my own post-punk college days. I recently watched it again, after not having seen it for many years, and I'm pleased that it has actually aged quite well. It's still really, really funny. The soundtrack is still excellent. The social commentary still works. The performances are still hysterical. The special effects are still bad. Seriously, it's a classic.
The One That Got Away I titled this review, "The One That Got Away" because this movie as it is now being presented is not the exact same movie I fashioned my temporarilly pointless life after in the 80's. I remember a scene (which is now missing) where Otto was in the market holding a can which read "MEAT". He asked a store clerk (female), "what kind of meat is this?" and she replies, "what difference does it make?", classic! But gone.
In the special features section they have a bunch of deleted scenes...why were they deleted in the first place? Reviewing these deleted scenes out of context only peeved me further. I can't give the movie a bad rating because I love it so much, it's one of my favorites. I'm only upset at the choices (cuts) made on this DVD. I will buy the original on VHS and see if that will do the trick. Until then enjoy!
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