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Title: Repo Man (1984)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Harry Dean Stanton | ... | Bud | |
| Emilio Estevez | ... | Otto | |
| Tracey Walter | ... | Miller | |
| Olivia Barash | ... | Leila | |
| Sy Richardson | ... | Lite | |
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Susan Barnes | ... | Agent Rogersz |
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Fox Harris | ... | J. Frank Parnell |
| Tom Finnegan | ... | Oly | |
| Del Zamora | ... | Lagarto | |
| Eddie Velez | ... | Napo | |
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Zander Schloss | ... | Kevin |
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Jennifer Balgobin | ... | Debbi |
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Dick Rude | ... | Duke |
| Miguel Sandoval | ... | Archie (as Michael Sandoval) | |
| Vonetta McGee | ... | Marlene | |
Frustrated punk rocker Otto quits his supermarket job after slugging a co-worker, and is later dumped by his girlfriend at a party. Wandering the streets in frustration, he is recruited in the repossession of a car by a repo agent. After discovering his parents have donated his college fund to a televangelist, he joins the repossession agency (Helping Hand Acceptance Corporation) as an apprentice "repo man". During his training, he is introduced into the mercenary and paranoid world of the drivers, befriended by a UFO conspiracy theorist, confronted by rival repo agents, discovers some of his one-time friends have turned to a life of crime, is lectured to near cosmic unconsciousness by the repo agency grounds worker, and finds himself entangled in a web of intrigue concerning a huge repossession bounty on a 1964 Chevy Malibu driven by a lunatic government scientist, with Top Secret cargo in the trunk. Written by Baroque <gopher_baroque@hotmail.com>
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"Repo Man" was one of the films that came out in 1984 that, in a way, revolutionized film story telling, as we knew it. We are given a hint about what's coming right on the opening sequence when the Chevy Malibu, driven by the spooky Frank Parnell, is stopped on a highway.
Alex Cox, the innovative director of "Repo Man", made a film that mixes a lot of movie genres with a satisfying result. That's why when it was discovered, it became a huge cult movie. It was one of the films that had midnight screenings for its many fans that flocked to have a great time and who identified themselves with the movie.
The best thing in the film is the interaction between Bud and Otto. Harry Dean Stanton has always play cool parts and this movie is no exception. Emilio Estevez gave, what might be, his best movie performance as the young punk that gets to meet a world he never knew existed. All the players gave their best to Mr. Cox and the result is a film that, in some ways, might baffle at first, but once the viewer gets into it, he will be hooked.
Iggy Pop's music is an excellent partner for the action. Alex Cox is an innovative director, as he proves with "Repo Man".