Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Andrew Wakely Immature punk rocker meanders through a post-capitalist wasteland, struggling to find meaning in a soulless, consumerist existence. Also, there are aliens, maybe. Delightfully surreal and with just a pinch of pathos, Repo Man is one of those quintessentially 80's movies.

Tweekums As the film opens a car drives along a remote desert highway; it is pulled over by a traffic cop who demands to see what is in the boot; when he opens in there is a blinding light and all that is left if him are his smouldering boots. The car then continues on its way to Los Angeles. Meanwhile in a rundown area of LA Otto is losing his job. Later he gets out of bed to get a beer for his girlfriend and when he returns one of his friends has taken his place. As he walks away a passing motorist asks him to drive his wife's car for him… it wasn't his wife's car… he is a repo man and soon Otto is too. He learns the trade taking various cars from people who haven't kept up with their payments. After a short while word comes that there is a $20,000 payment for whoever brings in a '64 Chevy Malibu; the car we saw in the opening scene. Several people manage to get their hands on it but nobody keeps it for long… whatever is in the boot has attracted the attention of sinister government agents as well as UFO hunters.This cult film, from director Alex Cox, is distinctly bizarre but in a good way. There are plenty of laughs and for much of the film it is just about Otto and the other repo men retrieving cars and getting into scrapes with owners who are less than happy about having their cars taken. Then we have the mystery of the Malibu; what exactly it contains is never explicitly stated; it might be alien remains or be connected to a scientist working on a neutron bomb project… the fact that we aren't told just makes it more interesting. The characters are an entertaining bunch; as well as the repo men there are group of punks who rob convenience stores, government agents in protective white suits who pick bodies off the streets as if it routine; the Rodriguez Brothers, and a scientist who has had himself lobotomised amongst others. There is a good amount of funny dialogue and goings on but it is the little things that stand out; notably the fact that there are no branded products in the shop… a drink can is merely labelled 'Drink' etc. The cast do a solid job; especially Emilio Estevez as Otto and Harry Dean Stanton, as Bud, the man who brought him into the repo business. Overall I'd recommend this film although it won't be for everybody.

SnoopyStyle Dr. Parnell is driving a car with a trunk that lights up and disintegrates anybody who opens it. Slacker punk rocker Otto (Emilio Estevez) hates his grocery store job and gets fired. His girlfriend dumps her while sleeping with somebody else at a party. Bud (Harry Dean Stanton) tricks him to repo a car and he's not happy. His parents give away all of their money to a TV preacher and he's forced to take up on Bud's offer. Leila shows Otto a picture of aliens that is suppose to be in a car trunk and then there's a $20k bounty on a Chevy Malibu. Otto battles other repo men, his old punk friends, government agents and UFO enthusiasts as he tries to collect the huge bounty. Miller (Tracey Walter) is the spaced out mechanic at the repo lot. There are some crazy sit going on here. It's a wild irreverent indie. What it's great at is that it gets a sense of the rundown L.A. world. There are great lines like "John Wayne is a fag". It's a low rent indie and it's happy to be there. It's a little punk and something different.

videorama-759-859391 Repo Man which earned 80's cult status, isn't anything to make a big fuss of, but if seeing it back in the 80's, it would a much more positive impact on me. The idea is intriguing. Tough guy, Estevez, the star here, does well. In my opinion, he's an under-appreciated actor, he's much better actor than you think, in front of the naked eye. Is he a better actor than his brother, Charlie? Seriously.... yes. He transforms well into different characters, his career should of gone further, or may'be he decided to give up the acting gig and just concentrate on writing and directing. I'd go with the latter, but he shouldn't of quit acting. In fact he is bloody good in this, as Otto, who unwittingly finds himself, sucked into some repo work, but also falls in love with a weird girl who harbors a secret, involving aliens. Unfortunately Otto and co, repo an alien's car. Whenever someone opens a boot of this car, that someone is only left with their boots as they're body disappears, prefore we see a blinding light and the victim's lit up skeleton, which I found fascinating, although the film I didn't. We have some pro actors too. The actor alien is great, but on the surface RM isn't anything special. It does have it's comic moments (the scene with Estevez and stoned TV. glued parents is a hoot) It's surprising to think Cox followed this up with the much bigger and better, Sid And Nancy. To me RM is small fry, compared to the other, but you gotta start somewhere. Trademark, is ballsy Estevez, calmly retorting, to his new employers, by purposely wasting a perfectly good can of beer. Unforgettable. It's strange how not much happening movies earned cult status like this. It's just a too cool for school movie: That's your answer.