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Good concept, poorly executed.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Young punk Otto (Emilio Estevez) becomes a repo man after helping to steal a car, and stumbles into a world of wackiness as a result.Films like these are why I have always preferred Emilio Estevez over Charlie Sheen. While Sheen has some great films, including "The Chase", when it comes to the crazy movies of the 1980s, Emilio is where it's at. Between this and "Maximum Overdrive", he is the master.This film is even better than many ult films, because it has the distinction of being honored by the Criterion Collection. How often do cult films get recognized by the defining label of classic film? Other than "RoboCop", I cannot think of another example.

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.

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.

Released in 1984, "Repo Man" is at the confluence of punk rock and generic brands. Starring Emilio Estevez as Otto, "Repo Man" is the hip story of disaffected youth. In the early 80s, men were still wearing wide lapels, paisley ties, and coiffed hair, and our hero in "Repo Man" has a buzz cut and a pierced ear sporting a cross. And when he drinks beer, it comes in a white can that says "BEER," and the can has a huge UPC on the side.In addition to Mr. Estevez, we have the inimitable Harry Dean Stanton and Sy Richardson as Otto's mentors in the car repo business. Otto's fellow repo men are named Bud, Miller, Lite, and Oly. If you can see "Repo Man" on the big screen, I recommend it because the signs in the background are part of telling the story of the punk esthetics, with Mr. Stanton's voice over and Mr. Richardson's smooth lyricism. Read all the signs.Among the strange things about the punk movement is how modern it still is. Compare the costumes here with, say, "Earth Girls Are Easy," a film released four years later. The costumes in EGAE are hopelessly dated, but you'd be hard pressed to put a year on "Repo Man" based on how people dressed.And unlike EGAE, "Repo Man" still holds up. It's a funny movie still.