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Repo Man (1984)
Director: Alex Cox
Writer: Alex Cox
Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
About: A young, unemployed street punk (Emilio Estevez) who becomes a repo man after he's tricked into stealing a repo car by veteran repo man (Harry Dean Stanton). As a fledgling repo man he learns of a Chevy Malibu that has glowing aliens in the trunk and is worth a $20,000 bonus reward. Everyone is after the Malibu.
Review: If you're a fan of Quentin Tarantino, watch this movie! I don't know if Tarantino has ever publicly said he was influenced by this movie, but after watching it, there's no doubt he was. The obvious clue is the mysterious glowing trunk, much like the glowing box in Pulp Fiction, but there's much more.
A quirky repo man tells the newbie repo man (Emilio Estevez) about cosmic unconsciousness: "You'll be thinking about a plate of shrimp, and all of a sudden someone will say plate, or shrimp, or plate of shrimp." With the same deep, yet offbeat dialogue that was used between hit man Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta in Pulp Fiction.
Later in Repo Man, we see a diner which features a huge sign in one of its windows reading: PLATE O' SHRIMP $2.95. There's all sorts of kookiness, like the repo men all being named after beer.
Repo Man, is a quirky fun film, that unfortunately has a boggled ending. Let it's influence on Tarantino and it's cult status makes this a must see movie.
Repo Man (1984)
Writer: Alex Cox
Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
About: A young, unemployed street punk (Emilio Estevez) who becomes a repo man after he's tricked into stealing a repo car by veteran repo man (Harry Dean Stanton). As a fledgling repo man he learns of a Chevy Malibu that has glowing aliens in the trunk and is worth a $20,000 bonus reward. Everyone is after the Malibu.
Review: If you're a fan of Quentin Tarantino, watch this movie! I don't know if Tarantino has ever publicly said he was influenced by this movie, but after watching it, there's no doubt he was. The obvious clue is the mysterious glowing trunk, much like the glowing box in Pulp Fiction, but there's much more.
A quirky repo man tells the newbie repo man (Emilio Estevez) about cosmic unconsciousness: "You'll be thinking about a plate of shrimp, and all of a sudden someone will say plate, or shrimp, or plate of shrimp." With the same deep, yet offbeat dialogue that was used between hit man Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta in Pulp Fiction.
Later in Repo Man, we see a diner which features a huge sign in one of its windows reading: PLATE O' SHRIMP $2.95. There's all sorts of kookiness, like the repo men all being named after beer.
Repo Man, is a quirky fun film, that unfortunately has a boggled ending. Let it's influence on Tarantino and it's cult status makes this a must see movie.