Review of Repo Man (1984) by Andrew S — 27 Nov 2015
Alex Cox's debut film is a wild genre amalgam involving repo men, street punks, secret agents, Latin revolutionaries, Scientologists, ufologists, and a hippie mystic who are all on the hunt for a Chevy Malibu with dead aliens in the trunk that is being driven around East L.
A. by a lobotomized scientist who invented the neutron bomb. It?s an hilarious satire of Reagan era America and a cool time capsule of the 1980s West Coast punk scene. I feel a great affinity for Cox?s representation of Los Angeles and I probably quote from this film more than any other (so I will refrain from doing so here).
True, there is a strike against the film for kick starting Emilio Estevez?s career ? but Cox did apologize for this later.
This review of Repo Man (1984) was written by Andrew S on 27 Nov 2015.
Repo Man has generally received very positive reviews.
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