: Repo Man
Very odd film. I can’t remember why I rented it, except it was supposed to be a classic. A guess that meant a cult classic, because this is a bizarre and terrible film. It’s a dumb story about morons. The plot is a mishmash about a kid who gets a job repossessing cars, a group of UFO fanatics who hide alien corpses in the trunk of car (which, duh, gets repossessed), and secret government types out to hide the reality of aliens in our midst. The film’s got some humor (some of it’s just odd, some of it is a bit of social commentary) which helps, but it’s also got a nasty tone with lots of swearing and dark violence which is at odds with the silly humor. I found the movie uncomfortable to watch. I suppose I would have liked it better if I’d known a bit more of what to expect — sort of an Airplane crossed with The X-Files — but the film is a little too serious to be taken as a parody, yet to unrealistic to be a UFO or sci-fi film. It’s a strange beast. I can see how it could be a cult classic, and usually I love those, but this one I can do without.
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