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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 ru... Read allSet 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.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.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Rafferty Law
- Young Remy
- (as Raff Law)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMoments before the filming of the Chinatown scene a crew member was approached by a local Chinese person who pointed out to him that all the neon signs with Chinese characters were upside down. A frantic rigging crew proceeded to flip all the signs while the shooting crew shot in the direction of the newly flipped signs.
- GoofsWhen Jake and Remy fight in the derelict apartment and Remy wins, he is wearing street clothes. But when, at the end of the film, he is shown on the stretcher attached to the Neural Network machine after, in reality, losing this fight with Jake, he is wearing the combat clothing that he wore in the Union headquarters building, which was when he was in a dream state.
- Crazy creditsAn advertisement screen for The Union appears at the end of the closing credits.
- Alternate versionsThe Unrated version released on home video contains ~10 minutes of additional/alternative footage.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Repo Men/The Bounty Hunter/The Runaways (2010)
- SoundtracksSway (Mucho Mambo)
Written by Norman Gimbel, Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, Luis Demetrio (as Luis Demetrio Traconis Molina)
Performed by Rosemary Clooney featuring Dámaso Pérez Prado (as Perez Prado) and His Orchestra
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label
By Arrangement with Sony Music Enterprises
Featured review
A pleasant surprise
Repo Men is a great entertaining flick I'm glad I watched (9 years after the release though). The story isn't perfect, and the delivery gets rushed at times to fit all the necessary parts in a small time frame, but overall, it's all good.
The most enjoyable parts are the performances and the direction, mostly the style elements. The setting is relatable since it's not just a "near future" but rather an alternative present. It had lots of exciting stuff and action, engaging social commentary, elements of obsessive friendship, a sad love story, a violent love scene, and more.
At some point, it even gets a little exploitative with fetish elements. And even though the ending didn't surprise me, I was still satisfied. A good sci-fi action flick that suffered a little due to movie run time limitations (or wasn't particularly well adapted).
Repo Men could've been a great TV series. I hope they will make one someday.
The most enjoyable parts are the performances and the direction, mostly the style elements. The setting is relatable since it's not just a "near future" but rather an alternative present. It had lots of exciting stuff and action, engaging social commentary, elements of obsessive friendship, a sad love story, a violent love scene, and more.
At some point, it even gets a little exploitative with fetish elements. And even though the ending didn't surprise me, I was still satisfied. A good sci-fi action flick that suffered a little due to movie run time limitations (or wasn't particularly well adapted).
Repo Men could've been a great TV series. I hope they will make one someday.
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- Jul 16, 2019
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Repossession Mambo
- Filming locations
- Lower Bay Station, Toronto, Ontario, Canada(subway station and subway train)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $32,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $13,794,835
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,126,170
- Mar 21, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $18,409,891
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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