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Repo Man on DVD (1984)
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Despite poor reviews on its initial release, this darkly satirical swipe at American urban low life from director Alex Cox mutated into one of the greatest cult movies of the 1980s. Emilio Estevez, who's never been in a better movie since, plays a novice car repossession man in Los Angeles, learning the tricks of the trade from veteran Harry Dean Stanton, while coming into contact with aliens and drug pushers. The film is a winning blend of sci-fi, social commentary and film noir, with lots of quotable dialogue. Estevez's new-wave punk and his friends are portrayed as characters existing on the fringes of society (note the names taken from beers — Bud, Miller and Lite) and it's a world that's beautifully captured by Wim Wenders's regular cinematographer Robby Müller. This film marked out Cox as a director to watch in the future, but alas nothing he's made since has ever been equally worth watching. This deserves multiple viewings. Time Out When LA punk Otto (Estevez) loses both girl and job, he's hardly prepared for an adventure of mind-blowing proportions... Read more on www.timeout.com
Nightmarish film noir with nods to many predecessors and some elements of black fantasy. Members ReviewsReviews Voted Most HelpfulMost Recent Reviews |
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