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Repo Man (1984)

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Average Rating: 7.9/10
Reviews Counted: 39
Fresh: 38 | Rotten: 1

Repo Man is many things: an alien-invasion film, a punk-rock musical, a send-up of consumerism. One thing it isn't is boring.

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Repo Man is many things: an alien-invasion film, a punk-rock musical, a send-up of consumerism. One thing it isn't is boring.

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Movie Info

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 '64 Chevy.

R, 1 hr. 33 min.

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Directed By: Alex Cox

Written By: Alex Cox

In Theaters: Mar 2, 1984 Wide

On DVD: Aug 28, 2000

Universal Pictures

Repo Man Trailer & Photos

Cast

Harry Dean Stanton
Bud
Emilio Estevez
Otto Maddox
Olivia Barash
Leila
Tracey Walter
Miller
Sy Richardson
Lite
Jennifer Balgobin
Debbi
Richard Foronjy
Plettschner
Del Zamora
Lagarto Rodriguez
Fox Harris
J. Frank Parnell
Vonetta McGee
Marlene
Susan Barnes
Agent Rogers
Jimmy Buffett
Blond Agent
The Circle Jerks
Nightclub Band
Tom Finnegan
Oly
Sue Kiel
Ms. Magruder
Helen Martin
Mrs. Parks
Jorge Martinez
Tennis Player
Ed Pansullo
Agnet E
Angelique Pettyjohn
Repo Wife No.2
George Sawava
Repo Victim No.1
Cynthia Szigeti
U.F.O. Lady
Eddie Velez
Napo
Biff Yeager
Agent B
Rick Barker
Stunt
David Chung
Sheriff
Alex Cox
Dolores Deluxe
Bob Ellis
Soda Jerk
Jac McAnelly
Pakman
Tom Musca
Nancy Richardson
Tennis Player
Dick Rude
Duke
Zander Schloss
Kevin
Monona Wali
Nurse
Harry Wowchuk
Stunt
Rodney Bingenheimer
Club Owner
Logan Carter
Repo Wife No.3
Todd Darling
Kelita Kelly
Delilah
Steve Mattson
Agent S
Michael Sandoval
Archie
Jon St. Elwood
Miner
Michael Walters
Stunt
Bruce White
Rev. Larry
Dorothy Bartlett
Old Lady
Con Covert
Harry Pace
Eddie Hice
Stunt
Fred Scheiwiller
Stunt
Laura Sorenson
Repo Wife No.4
Rick Seaman
Stunt
Harry Hauss
Helicopter Pilot
Keith Morris
Michael Bennett
Blond Agent

Critic Reviews for Repo Man

All Critics (39) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (46) | Rotten (1) | DVD (30)

Repo Man has the type of unerring energy that leaves audiences breathless and entertained.

June 4, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety

Top Critic

Cox's style is a step beyond camp into a comedy of pure disgust; much of the film is churlishly unpleasant, but there's a core of genuine anger that gives the project an emotional validation lacking in the flabby American comedies of the early 80s.

June 4, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

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.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

It's very entertaining, and though it's rude in an R-rated way, it has the good taste never to promise more than it can deliver.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Top Critic

a western [but] also a punk road movie, a conspiratorial cold-war chase caper, a paranoid apocalypse sci-fi, a postmodern mixed "plate of shrimp", a hilarious Eighties satire and a wry lowlife rejoinder to Reagan's upwardly mobile American dream.

February 21, 2012 Full Review Source: Little White Lies

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

Crammed with quotable, often gnomic one-liners, and set to an achingly cool soundtrack of hardcore punk, it's a movie with a disreputable, insolent charm.

February 20, 2012 Full Review Source: SFX Magazine

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Ian Berriman

SFX Magazine

Half-shaggy, half-annihilating vision of a junk culture

November 11, 2010 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Defiant, antisocial 'tude in '80s punk sci-fi satire.

September 14, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Charles Cassady

Common Sense Media

Fine, stylish debut from Alex Cox with some great turns from the two leads.

April 29, 2008 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Empire Magazine

A cult film par excellance.

April 29, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

Wickedly funny, ceaselessly inventive, and never boring.

June 4, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

The punk/sci-fi film to beat.

April 9, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

A sci-fi thriller takes a wacky look at a particular LA subculture and a zany farce with lunatic characters, including a TV evangelist who preaches against "Godless Communism" abroad and liberal humanism at home.

December 23, 2006 Full Review Source: Screendaily

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Emanuel Levy

Screendaily

There are endless things to enjoy, from Robby M�ller's crisp camerawork to a superb set of performances, from witty movie parodies to a tremendous punk soundtrack.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

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

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com

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Edward Havens

FilmJerk.com

Right up there with the 1980s cult classics like Heathers, Buckaroo Banzai, and Brazil.

February 18, 2006 Full Review Source: DVD Clinic

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Scott Weinberg

DVD Clinic

Pure weirdo fun.

February 4, 2006 Full Review Source: Sci-Fi Movie Page

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James O'Ehley

Sci-Fi Movie Page Source: Sci-Fi Movie Page

...the movie, more often than not, just comes off as strange for strangeness' sake.

January 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Emilio and Cox topped out early with this dirty little postmodern classic.

December 12, 2005 Comment

Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

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Audience Reviews for Repo Man

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Talk about cult films, this is probably the king of cults, the perfect example of a trashy low grade 80's punk film that incompasses everything from a weird B-movie plot to glorious displays of anarchy.Harry Dean Stanton riding high on his 'Alien' fame still chose to go with this which is curious but shows his respect

May 18, 2012

Phil Hubbard

Super Reviewer

This film can only be described as inexplicably awesome. Really, I can't think of any other way to describe it. I mean, here's the description this website has for the film: "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

May 19, 2011

Jacob Ethington

Super Reviewer

Repo Man Quotes

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1. Duke: Let's go get sushi and not pay!
– Submitted by Jimmy G (20 days ago)
1. Agent Rogers: It happens sometimes, people just explode. Natural causes.
– Submitted by Peter A (8 months ago)
1. Otto Maddox: (to his mother, which tells him to eat off a plate so he can enjoy the meal more) Couldn't enjoy it any more, Mom. Mm, mm, mmm.
– Submitted by G. V (11 months ago)
1. Bud: I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am.
2. Otto Maddox: That's bullshit. You're a white suburban punk just like me.
3. Bud: Yeah, but it still hurts.
– Submitted by Gm C (12 months ago)

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