Repo Men (2010)

Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed.

Director:

Miguel Sapochnik

Writers:

Eric Garcia (screenplay), Garrett Lerner (screenplay),

Stars:

Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jude Law	...	Remy
Forest Whitaker	...	Jake
Alice Braga	...	Beth
Liev Schreiber	...	Frank
Carice van Houten	...	Carol
Chandler Canterbury	...	Peter
Joe Pingue	...	Ray
Liza Lapira	...	Alva
Tiffany Espensen	...	Little Alva
Yvette Nicole Brown	...	Rhodesia
RZA	...	T-Bone
Wayne Ward	...	John
Tanya Clarke	...	Hooker
Max Turnbull	...	Larry the Lung
Howard Hoover	...	Salesman

Storyline

In the future humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called "The Union". The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don't pay your bill, "The Union" sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property... with no concern for your comfort or survival. Former soldier Remy is one of the best organ repo men in the business. But when he suffers a cardiac failure on the job, he awakens to find himself fitted with the company's top-of-the-line heart-replacement... as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his heart's no longer in the job. When he can't make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy's former partner Jake, to track him down.

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Plot Keywords:

future | near future | artificial organ | on the run | singer | 

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Taglines:

Never get called four-eyes again. The Union offers state-of-the-art antiforg techonology with payment plans for every budget.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for for strong bloody violence, grisly images, language and some sexuality/nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [es]

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

19 March 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Repossession Mambo

Filming Locations:

Bay subway station, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$32,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£182,798 (UK) (16 April 2010)

Gross:

£182,798 (UK) (16 April 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Stuber Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min 119 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Leonardo DiCaprio was set to star but dropped out.

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Goofs

When they get on the subway train (TTC Bay Station) the car they enter is either a Hawker Siddeley(Urban Transportation Development Corporation) H5 or H6. After the first interior scene the car becomes a Bombardier Transportation's T1 for the rest of the scenes.

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Quotes

T-Bone: You from the IRS?
Remy: No.
T-Bone: Soul suckers, taking everything back.
Remy: Mmm. So am I.

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Crazy Credits

An advertisement screen for The Union appears at the end of the closing credits.

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Connections

References Oldeuboi (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Cry Me A River"
Written by Arthur Hamilton

User Reviews

ending sucked movie good

All in all it was a good movie if they cut the last few minutes off. The last few minutes were severely lacking and kind of ruined the good feeling you get at the end of good movies. Jude Law was very good, but when is he not? Forest Whittaker was also good, but that's normal. We felt that the story line flowed okay but was a it predictable until the ending. The sci- fi theme was cool but the economic reality was bang on

• We can almost expect to be in this place in the next 50 years if not

sooner. We think this is exactly where we are all heading. I loved the car - when can we get them The action scenes were good & just was enjoyable to watch, well until the final few minutes....There was good use of language and if it was a book it would be quite a good read.