A pessimistic view of the future of humanity. Don’t know about you, but I feel very uncomfortable when watching movies like this. Take Gattaca for example, it really makes you think. How far away are we as a society from genetically enhancing the unborn and creating a world where people choose life partners based on each others genetic material? No, seriously think about it! Science has the potential to alter the future in unimaginable ways. Repo Men is a story about how science has allowed humans to extend and improve their lives through manufactured, mechanical organs. The catch? If you don’t make your payments, you die. The repo men from The Union track you down and say, ‘I’ll take that thank you very much’ … and then you die.
Remy (Jude Law) is a highly skilled repo man, until he suffers cardiac arrest and wakes up with a new heart and a huge debt. He can’t make the payments and you guessed it, the hunter becomes the hunted. He loses his right to life, though gains a romantic interest it seems (Alice Braga). Both now on the run, they join thousands of others in the fight against The Union.
I find it hard to believe we’re supposed to feel bad for the guy after his long career as a mass murderer … oh wait, love Dexter. Repo Men is in theaters March 19th, 2010. Trailer and clips for you below.
Repo Men trailer
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
Clip description: Jake (Forest Whitaker) catches Remy (Jude Law) off guard while he’s talking to Frank (Liev Schreiber)
Clip description: Remy (Jude Law) listens to Frank (Liev Schreiber) selling a customer an artificial pancreas
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