I love science fiction. I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction films, cartoons, comics and novels. So when I first heard about Repo Men, I was determined to see it in the theater.
I've always been attracted to dystopian futures (which I blame on watching a lot of Thundarr the Barbarian and V, but I digress), and the one presented in Repo Men is pretty bleak. Here we see a world where a large number of people are homeless and in hiding because they can't afford to pay for their artificial organs and are hoping to escape the men who come to reclaim them, like those played by Jude Law and Forrest Whitaker. The acting is solid with Whitaker and Law playing ex-army buddies who work together for the Union under a smarmy boss played by Liev Schreiber.
Though the performances are good throughout, the story occasionally doesn't deliver. A romance between Law's character and a nightclub singer (played by Alice Braga) seems forced and lacking in chemistry. The characters' motivations for their actions aren't completely believable and the plot's final twist proved to be particularly disappointing for me.
While the plot didn't always blow me out of the water, the film was still enjoyable, just probably not worth a trip to the theater. Enjoy this one at home when it's released on DVD.
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