"For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you...plans to give you hope and a future." Jerimiah 29:11

Friday, August 13, 2010

REPOMEN Gives Audience Gory Ride Through Dystopian Future


In the not so distant future you'll be glad to know that you don't have to settle for dying just because you have a faulty organ. You can buy an incredibly expensive, state-of-the-art, artificial organ that will make you as good as new. Unfortunately, if you can't stay on top of your payments for this lifesaving device the company who installed it will be more than happy to repossess it by force. This is the premise for REPOMEN, starring Forrest Whitaker and Jude Law. These two portray the best of the best at what they do. When people fall too far behind on their payments for their artificial organ these guys are sent out to carve it out of their chests in a usually unpleasant and painful-looking fashion. Apparently, a lot of people find it difficult to keep up with the payments so Jude and Forrest are kept pretty busy and do their job with a sense of accomplishment and even enjoyment. However, after an on the job accident, Law's character wakes up in the hospital to find himself fitted with an artificial heart from his own company. He begins to see the clients that he is killing as individuals with families and starts a mission to shut down the company he previously worked for. The film is filled with plenty of blood as Jude removes organs from people and later slices and dices his way through enemies trying to stop him from destroying the company. In the end the viewer is presented with a confusing ending that fails to deliver the redemption I was hoping for.

1 comment:

  1. This does not look like my kind of movie Jude Law or not but your writing is great. What's with changing your name?

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