Repossess Men

First of all, as a person who is extremely hemophobic and is a coward for horror films, I was quite worried for this film since it gave me a vibe that was more on the horror genre. I was very relieved when I found out the movie was going to be more on the punk rock genre so I was super glad to hear that. The beginning of the movie was extremely odd and confusing and weird all together. A guy gets stopped by a policeman and he opens the trunk and gets vaporized. In my head I couldn’t help but think to myself that is this movie gonna be another “Schizopolis” or something? A few scenes later, Otto’s in bed with his girlfriend and all of a sudden, when he leaves to get a drink, his girlfriend was cheating on him with one of his friends. In my mind, it was a “what the hell” moment since it escalated so quick and it was something I didn’t expect. Of course Otto became depressed but a guy named Bud asks him if he can drive his other car out of town. After he drives his car out the city, he realizes that bud is a “repo man”. I have never heard of a “repo man” in my life so I was quite confused. Was it a guy who just steals other’s cars and owns or something? From what the word “repo”, the first word that came to my mind was “repossession”. I just assumed at the time that it was just people who repossess cars which is why they bring them to an agency or office. From how the scenes portrayed what a “repo man” is, I then realized that a “repo man” is someone who retrieves cars or items with or without compensation. Which is why they just get the cars without telling the person who owned/borrowed it. Eventually the focus of the movie became about a Chevy Malibu (the car that vaporized the policeman at the beginning). This was when I understood the beginning of the movie or at least somewhat. The car had a huge bounty of $20,000. After scenes including the Malibu being stolen and a guy dying when he opened the trunk, the Malibu is glowing a green color and this was the second weirdest scene after the opening of the movie. I understood that there was speculations that aliens had something to do with the Malibu but that just got me off guard. In the end, it was nice how the movie was structured. As someone who didn’t understand what a “repo man” was, to the story of the Malibu, it was a movie that is still understandable and followable for viewers like me who didn’t understand much about the plot to begin with. I commend how the director was able to structure how “repo men” work and what they do as their job. As for the plot about the Malibu, it was funny and quite odd but overall, still made sense to the movie’s plot. It made sense of the opening scene and it was great how they tied everything from the Malibu from start to finish.