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Summary: A Classic Cult Film!!!
Review: Repo Man is THE classic cult movie. It's a real original! A wacky and complex masterpiece that defies description. Emilio Estevez, in his one and only good role, is the title character, a teenage punk who lives with his hippie parents in L.A. The always brilliant Harry Dean Stanton is the veteran repo man who takes Estevez under his wing and shows him the ropes of the trade. To reveal more would be wrong, one of the many pleasures of this movie is the wild surprises and twists that the film springs on us. Let's just say the film mixes a punk attitude with bizarro science fiction, hysterical comedy, satire, a GREAT soundtrack and much more. With this film and the brilliant Sid & Nancy (another film you should see if you have'nt)Alex Cox announced himself as a great director. Unfortunately, he seemed to want to self destruct a promising career with the release of two deeply flawed but nonetheless interesting films Walker and Straight to Hell. This is a man who needs to direct again? Where is he now??
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Summary: A 5 Star Film, but a bit disappointing.
Review: The model for a generation of "white suburban punks" REPO MAN stands out an absolute classic piece of filmmaking, and one of my all-time favourite films. For those of you that can share my fondness for the film and the memories it evokes, you might also share my disappointment that the Special Edition - DVD does NOT include the deleted scenes found in the "Directors Cut" of the film. Thankfully, I still have a VHS copy of the REPO MAN "Directors Cut" that I taped when it was shown on A&E about 6 years ago. Still, it saddens me that the Special Edition - DVD does not contain J. Frank Parnell's hysterical description of the qualities of vending machine food or the details of the "project" in which he was involved. Also, I must say that Amazon.com, to some extent, misleads the consumer into thinking that this is in fact the "Driector's Cut" of the film. You'll see Amazon's misinformation if you've read through the quotes & trivia section for REPO MAN. In that section there is a description of a scene where - "Bud gives an irate car owner a business card and tells him to call his boss "I.G. Farbin", a reference to Farben, the German company that produced poison gas during World War II." This scene only exisits in the Directors cut and is NOT included in the Special Edition - DVD. That minor disappointment aside, REPO MAN is a brilliant piece of satirical comedy and well worth the purchase price. 5 STARS -
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Summary: Even my parents love to watch this incredible novie!
Review: As a white suburban punk myself in 1984, the appeal of the soundtrack was what first led me to this, my favorite movie of all time. I don't know why, but even as I was alienating my parents by being so punk as a teen, my dad LOVED this movie and we have watched it together many times....I have heard my mom quote from it! Very weird, and I suspect we all love it for different reasons... For me, I love the characters, the music and the "hidden" stuff - after 50+ viewings, .............. I am still finding cool cultural references and visual treats in the background. I even recorded the soundtrack straight from the VHS tape as as teen and listened to it over and over as if I were watching the movie...! I used to be able to talk along with all the dialogue... Yeah, I was a little obsessed with it, but hey - if there was ever a movie to be obessed with.... Now as a 30 something guy with a host of great memories of the 80's, Repo Man stands out as one of the most memorable.... ..........Oh, yeah, I have always had a green christmas tree air fresheners in every one of my cars because of this movie...."You'll see, there's one in every car...." -=M=-
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Summary: Surprisingly made well comedy.
Review: I`ve have seen the film a couple of weeks back and i was very surprise how the movie did go. Emilio Estevez gives one of his appealing performances as Otto, a punk kid gets himself to troubles with his friends and he deserves something better with he got. One day he meets a middle age man named Bud(Played by Harry Dean Stanton) hired Otto, to joint him, repressing cars as a life of a Repo Man. Otto does need the money, to start his own future. He meets all sort of people until a young woman, she tells him an extra terrestrail life on the planet earth and she said the alien lifeform could show them the way of life. Repressing cars business is search for a `64 chevy malibu, that worth about $20,000. Every Repo Man in the business are searching for it. But the `64 chevy malibu content something beyond the wildest dreams and worth a lot more than $20,000 they offer. The film was instant cult fave to the audiences and critics, who`s have remember the film. The movie has a good story mixing comedy, sci-fi elements and social society life is cleverly well done. The picture doesn`t always succeed at time and never know why the Alien(actually we never seen how the alien lifeform looks) is here on earth. The last 20 minutes and the ending is a bit uneven and they could have done it better but with Engaging performances by Estevez and Stanton and Direction by Alex Cox(he also written the picture) helps and holds the film well. DVD version is digitally remastered by THX for superior sound and picture quality. The movie is disowned by Universal Pictures, Anchor Bay Entertainment brought the rights of the picture. DVD is quite special four different commentary tracks(Just like Fight Club) from the director, exective producer, casting director and actors from the film. Die hard fans of the movie, there also a limited edition, with CD soundtrack, a comic book and a little of more supplements extras to any Repo Man fans, they need to own. Grade:A-.
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Summary: The Best Movie I Have Ever Seen
Review: It's hard to describe the charm of "Repo Man"; it's something that has to be seen to be understood, or in most cases (unfortunately) - misunderstood. It's been a favorite of mine for so many years due to it's enjoyable mix of comedy, sci-fi, b-movie aesthetics, and a highly original story. It doesn't try to be anything more than a funny, sometimes satirical movie, and because of this restraint it comes across as perfect filmmaking, and not just a cult-classic fueled by kitsch appeal. In fact, Alex Cox and "Repo Man" has become an obvious influence in contemporary filmmaking - his characters, themes, images and storylines often resurface in a majority of the movies made today as blatant copies, included by the generation of moviemakers that have followed him. But there's nothing like the original: if you are looking for witty, off-beat fun - this movie won't disappoint. And there's car chases.
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Summary: i feel like amazon ripped me off on this one!
Review: i saw the release of the SE dvd announced and ordered it. after the fact i see that the only special bits are the tin box and a comic book about which i do not care the thx, the commentaries (SE lists as 4 separately but regular also lists 4 on a single line so they are likely the same) everything else remains the same so i spent $15 on packaging which i care nothing about ... but the original amazon announcement did not mention the regular edition release! sometimes it is the studio who rips us off (brazil followed by SE later, and the same for a couple of other movies of note) but when the reseller is doing it to suck us in i figure it is time to complain
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Summary: Cult "classic?" Not for me.
Review: I'll admit it - I just don't get it. I guess I should love this film. People I know and respect heap praise upon it at every opportunity and tell me over and over that it's the kind of thing I should like. I first saw this film on television years ago and again in college on video and finally purchased this DVD and I still hate it as much as I did when I saw it the first time.
Generic food. Everyone eats only generic food. Is that clever? People tell me it is, but it just seems like a nihilistic gimmick. "The life of a repo man is always intense." Is it? It seems like Harry Dean is intense because of the amount of cocaine in his system, but every other Repo Man is pretty laid back. So much so that it's hard to stay awake for the film's dopey "climax." The alien in the trunk? Who cares? Plate of shrimp? Inane. The dark side of coincidence has been explored with such mastery in literature by Charles Fort and in film by scores of directors more expertly than it's handled here. There are moments of shining humor; the John Wayne discussion and Otto's friend who wants to "eat sushi and not pay for it" stand out and deserve the single star I give this film, but the remainder of this film seemed as flat and hollow and the time period it was attempting to satirize.
In summary, an ironic film in that it aspires to irony and fails. It also fails as entertainment, political or social commentary, or even as the type of film that's "so bad it's good."
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Summary: Kinda ticked off, actually
Review: I don't know about you, but I'm kind of ticked off that the cheap version of this DVD is widescreen only. I *like* full screen versions, but pay an extra ... for the privlege? No thanks. Awesome movie, BTW. Too bad I won't be buying it.
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Summary: Give this a million stars!
Review: One of my all-time favorite movies. Look for the little things, including the one that blows my mind every time I see it - wait until the end comes and the cheesy FX car flies away. Now watch the credits start to roll... DOWN? Now think about it - have you ever seen credits roll down before? Every person that watches this movie first says Sure, of course, lots of movies do that. But they don't. Ever. Think about it. Now watch the movie again.
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Summary: A rare treat
Review: I read a copy of Alex Cox's script for "Repo Man" a number of years ago in film school, and was amused at his running commentary in the margins about the Smurfs. His actual film is a total original, featuring some of the oddest characters, and lines, to populate a feature film ("A lot of guys ilke to watch their buddies ... I know I do.") Given his other films - Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell, etc. - it's fair to rate Cox as something of a Nihilist. It works here, though. Plus you get a soundtrack full of 80s punk rock favorites.
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