Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Tracey Walter

A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '6...( read more  read more... )4 Chevy.

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R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Alex Cox

Release Date: March 2, 1984

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DVD Release Date: August 28, 2000

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  • September 29, 2009
    Love this film! It?s one of those underground 80's films I adore. Great cast, great lines and great story, not to mention the great soundtrack. This is one of the coolest films ever made!
  • July 31, 2009
    Miller: The life of a repo man is always intense.

    A bizarre tale set in LA, that involves the repo man business, punks, a Chevy Malibu, and aliens. Its a dark comedy of sorts, with elements suggesting satire, cold war paranoia, and hints of a coming of age tale.

    Emilio Este...( read more)vez (the Mighty Ducks man himself) stars as Otto, a young punk who just lost his job at a grocery store as well as his girlfriend to his recently released best friend. He is tricked by a seasoned repo man Bud, played by Harry Dean Stanton, to help him on a job and then becomes a young repo man himself.

    Lite: Put your seatbelt on, boy. I don't ride with anybody 'less they wear their seatbelt. It's one of my rules.

    Meanwhile, a Chevy Malibu has made its way from a certain spot in New Mexico over to LA and the trunk is packing something straight out of the film "Kiss Me Deadly." It becomes a hot commodity for many, as the CIA are hunting it down, as well as the repo men, knowing it has a $20,000 tag on it.

    Watching this film, I found it very obvious that Richard Kelly's Southland Tales was clearly inspired in part by this movie. This flick is a bizarre ride that takes multiple characters, situations, and very funny sight gags and mixes it all together until it reaches its final five minutes that make you wonder what the hell just happened, not to mention all the crazy shit that happened during the flick.

    All this being said, I enjoyed this movie's sense of humor. The way it is woven together was intriguing enough to keep me watching with expectations for what would happen next. I also really enjoyed Harry Dean Stanton and Tracey Walter as the strange Miller character, as well as the solid punk rock soundtrack.

    It certainly fits the billing of a strange cult movie, but something tells me that I'm gonna look back on this flick and want to watch it again. It has the weird intriguing quality that makes me curious.

    Duke: The lights are growing dim Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am.
    Otto: That's bullshit. You're a white suburban punk just like me.
    Duke: Yeah, but it still hurts.
  • December 4, 2008
    a sequel is in the works? what the fuckin fuck?
  • November 1, 2008
    Still think this is great punk cinema. Funny in the right an wrong ways.
  • March 3, 2008
    Great independent movie - check it out if you can
  • October 7, 2009
    finally watched this, lets say it's a film of the 80's alex cox has done better since and so has most of the cast
  • September 26, 2009
    Strange semi sci-fi movie, but I liked it. I Love Emilio!
  • August 11, 2009
    oh, this is good. the floating car, the chase scene, the circle jerks. this is good.
  • August 2, 2009
    Repo Man = badass. Also the soundtrack is something special on vinyl.
  • August 1, 2009
    "Look at 'em, ordinary fucking people, I hate 'em."


    "This is the kind of movie that baffles Hollywood, because it isn't made from any known formula and doesn't follow the rules. . . There are a lot of running gags in the movie, and the best of them involves generic food labels,...( read more) of all things. . . Repo Man comes out of left field, has no big stars, didn't cost much, takes chances, dares to be unconventional, is funny, and works. There is a lesson here. " - Roger Ebert


    "The life of a repo man is always intense. "


    "Deadpan humor, throwaway visual jokes, and oblique political and social satire may have doomed this way-cool flick to the neverland of sci-fi cultdom." - MaryAnn Johanson (Film Filosopher)


    "The more you drive, the less intelligent you are."

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May 26, 2006
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com

It is going a bit far to call "Repo Man" a modern classic, but it is amongst the defining films of the decade. full review

October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Repo Man comes out of left field, has no big stars, didn't cost much, takes chances, dares to be unconventional, is funny, and works. There is a lesson here. full review

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  • AJaclyn
    June 7, 2007
    Miller: The more you drive, the less intelligent you are.
  • sadisticmystic
    November 6, 2006
    I love this film! It's so quirky, so amazing! "'This is intense.''The life of a Repo Man is always intense'"

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