(Repo)urposed Goods

This is the only film I know that combines punk teenagers, Auto repossessors, and alien abductions. The movie begins with a mad scientist careening down a New Mexico road in his Chevy Malibu. He is stopped by a cop, who finds some really strange things happening in the car’s trunk. Then the action moves to Los Angeles, where a punk kid Emilio Estevez is passing the time by going to dances and banging his head against other kids’ heads, to demonstrate his affection.

The whole pace of the movie is pretty quick in my opinion especially when the notable saying the movie holds to is: “I’ve never known a repo man who didn’t use a lot of speed.” I feel as if the movie’s way of using visual humor isn’t as try hard as a lot of movies come out to be. Its stupid and just silly how the use of food packages make stupid fun or how each interaction just seems so awkward despite the kid learning the ropes of being a repoman. All the angst, weirdness and everything else mixed with the sci fi aspect makes this to be a very unusual experience for anyone watching.

In the bigger picture I find Repoman to be a break away from the usual formula of how movies were made to be or tried to be a hit and all of these weird themes and plots just mesh together for no apparent reason, but you’re still entertained. They used a lot of things over done by the years and made it into something different and strange. Teenage angst, car chases, aliens, and drama have all been made to serve something else and for me gives a new twist to an old formula.