History Film / RepoMen

* ComedicSociopathy / ForTheEvulz: Jake and Remy go to "check up" on someone who has fallen behind on his payments and to remind him he's got 3 days left. Before doing so they make a bet on whether he'll run or not [[spoiler: and when he does, they laugh and joke that he's going to need a new heart due to panic]]

In the future humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called The Union. The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don't pay your bill, The Union sends its highly skilled repo men to repossess your organs... with no concern for your comfort or survival. Former soldier Remy is one of the best organ repo men in the business. But when he suffers a cardiac failure on the job, he awakens to find himself fitted with the company's top-of-the-line heart-replacement... as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his [[IncrediblyLamePun heart's no longer in the job]]. When he can't make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy's former partner Jake, to track him down.

* DropTheHammer

* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies: It is likely that Remy himself would eventually be dead by the time the credits roll. Though his death is left debatable.]]

* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: The penulitimate scene in which [[spoiler: Remy and Beth have to cut each other open to scan their organs]] is....well, with the music, and the moans, and the sticking things into other things...
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Double Subverted.]]

* MindScrew: See BittersweetEnding.

* LotusEaterMachine

* ResignationsNotAccepted
* ShootTheShaggyDog: Most definitely.

* SoundtrackDissonance: Soooooooooooooooooooo much.

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
* XMeetsY: ''Repo Men'' could be summarized as "the plot of ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'' in the setting of ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'' with the aesthetic of ''Film/MinorityReport''." [[spoiler: And the ending of ''Film/{{Brazil}}''.]]

In the future humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called "The Union". The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don't pay your bill, "The Union" sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property... with no concern for your comfort or survival. Former soldier Remy is one of the best organ repo men in the business. But when he suffers a cardiac failure on the job, he awakens to find himself fitted with the company's top-of-the-line heart-replacement... as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his [[IncrediblyLamePun heart's no longer in the job]]. When he can't make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy's former partner Jake, to track him down.

No relation to ''RepoMan'' or ''RepoTheGeneticOpera''.

* DevelopmentHell: Both the book and the film suffered through it. The book was written in 1996 but wasn't published until 2008. Meanwhile, the manuscript had circulated in Hollywood and a film version was greenlighted. The film was made between 2007-2008 but spent two years on the shelf.

No relation to ''RepoMan'' either.

* XMeetsY: ''Repo Men'' could be summarized as "the plot of ''{{Equilibrium}}'' in the setting of ''RepoTheGeneticOpera'' with the aesthetic of ''MinorityReport''." [[spoiler: And the ending of ''Film/{{Brazil}}''.]]

Notably, the basic premise of the film (large corporation provides organs for transplants but lethally repossesses from anyone who fails to make their payments) appears to be lifted wholesale from ''RepoTheGeneticOpera''. [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10012068-repo_men/ Even the film critics who did not note that similarity]], noted that whole bits of the general look, style, direction and concept seemed to have been lifted from ''Film/BladeRunner'', ''Literature/{{Coma}}'', David Cronenberg's ''Literature/{{Crash}}'', ''Film/LogansRun'', ''Film/{{Brazil}}'', ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' and ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.

* FollowTheLeader: Just a bit.

Notably, the basic premise of the film (large corporation provides organs for transplants but lethally repossesses from anyone who fails to make their payments) appears to be lifted wholesale from ''RepoTheGeneticOpera''. However, careful research reveals it was the pet project of author Eric Garcia (''MatchstickMen'', ''Literature/AnonymousRex'') since roughly the same time Repo! was in its own embryonic stages. [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10012068-repo_men/ Even the film critics who did not note that similarity]], noted that whole bits of the general look, style, direction and concept seemed to have been lifted from ''Film/BladeRunner'', ''Literature/{{Coma}}'', David Cronenberg's ''Literature/{{Crash}}'', ''Film/LogansRun'', ''Film/{{Brazil}}'', ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' and ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.

* XMeetsY: ''Repo Men'' could be summarized as "the plot of ''{{Equilibrium}}'' in the setting of ''RepoTheGeneticOpera'' with the aesthetic of ''MinorityReport''." [[spoiler: And the ending of Film/{{Brazil}}.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: The Neural Net]]

Notably, the basic premise of the film (large corporation provides organs for transplants but lethally repossesses from anyone who fails to make their payments) appears to be lifted wholesale from ''RepoTheGeneticOpera''. However, careful research reveals it was the pet project of author Eric Garcia (''MatchstickMen'', ''Literature/AnonymousRex'') since roughly the same time Repo! was in its own embryonic stages. [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10012068-repo_men/ Even the film critics who did not note that similarity]], noted that whole bits of the general look, style, direction and concept seemed to have been lifted from ''Film/BladeRunner'', ''{{Coma}}'', David Cronenberg's ''Literature/{{Crash}}'', ''Film/LogansRun'', ''Film/{{Brazil}}'', ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' and ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.

Notably, the basic premise of the film (large corporation provides organs for transplants but lethally repossesses from anyone who fails to make their payments) appears to be lifted wholesale from ''RepoTheGeneticOpera''. However, careful research reveals it was the pet project of author Eric Garcia (MatchstickMen, AnonymousRex) since roughly the same time Repo! was in its own embryonic stages. [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10012068-repo_men/ Even the film critics who did not note that similarity]], noted that whole bits of the general look, style, direction and concept seemed to have been lifted from ''Film/BladeRunner'', ''{{Coma}}'', David Cronenberg's ''Literature/{{Crash}}'', ''Film/LogansRun'', ''Film/{{Brazil}}'', ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' and ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.

Notably, the basic premise of the film (large corporation provides organs for transplants but lethally repossesses from anyone who fails to make their payments) appears to be lifted wholesale from ''RepoTheGeneticOpera''. However, careful research reveals it was the pet project of author Eric Garcia (MatchstickMen, AnonymousRex) since roughly the same time Repo! was in its own embryonic stages. [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10012068-repo_men/ Even the film critics who did not note that similarity]], noted that whole bits of the general look, style, direction and concept seemed to have been lifted from ''Film/BladeRunner'', ''{{Coma}}'', David Cronenberg's ''Literature/{{Crash}}'', ''LogansRun'', ''Film/{{Brazil}}'', ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' and ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.

* HeroicSociopath: Remy starts as one; should it really take getting an organ himself to realise his targets were like him?

* ComedicSociopathy / ForTheEvulz: Jake and Remy go to "check up" on someone who has fallen behind on their payments and to remind him he's got 3 days left. Before doing so they make a bet on whether he'll run or not [[spoiler: and when the he does, they laugh and joke that he's going to need a new heart due to panic]]

In the future humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called "The Union". The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don't pay your bill, "The Union" sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property... with no concern for your comfort or survival. Former soldier Remy is one of the best organ repo men in the business. But when he suffers a cardiac failure on the job, he awakens to find himself fitted with the company's top-of-the-line heart-replacement... as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his [[AWorldwidePunomenon heart's no longer in the job.]] When he can't make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy's former partner Jake, to track him down.

* ShutUpHannibal: The boss chews Remy out and is aggravated by customers' complains when they knew what they signed for.

* SnicketWarningLabel: [[spoiler: Stop when they are at the beach, trust me, your brain will be better off that way, both physically and [[MindScrew mentally]]]].

Notably, the basic premise of the film (large corporation provides organs for transplants but lethally repossesses from anyone who fails to make their payments) appears to be lifted wholesale from ''RepoTheGeneticOpera''. However, careful research reveals it was the pet project of author Eric Garcia (MatchstickMen, AnonymousRex) since roughly the same time Repo! was in its own embryonic stages. [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10012068-repo_men/ Even the film critics who did not note that similarity]], noted that whole bits of the general look, style, direction and concept seemed to have been lifted from ''BladeRunner'', ''{{Coma}}'', David Cronenberg's ''Literature/{{Crash}}'', ''LogansRun'', ''Film/{{Brazil}}'', ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' and ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.

Notably, the basic premise of the film (large corporation provides organs for transplants but lethally repossesses from anyone who fails to make their payments) appears to be lifted wholesale from ''RepoTheGeneticOpera''. However, careful research reveals it was the pet project of author Eric Garcia (MatchstickMen, AnonymousRex) since roughly the same time Repo! was in its own embryonic stages. [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10012068-repo_men/ Even the film critics who did not note that similarity]], noted that whole bits of the general look, style, direction and concept seemed to have been lifted from ''BladeRunner'', ''{{Coma}}'', David Cronenberg's ''Literature/{{Crash}}'', ''LogansRun'', ''Film/{{Brazil}}'', ''TotalRecall'' and ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.

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Notably, the basic premise of the film (large corporation provides organs for transplants but lethally repossesses from anyone who fails to make their payments) appears to be lifted wholesale from ''RepoTheGeneticOpera''. However, careful research reveals it was the pet project of author Eric Garcia (MatchstickMen, AnonymousRex) since roughly the same time Repo! was in its own embryonic stages. [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10012068-repo_men/ Even the film critics who did not note that similarity]], noted that whole bits of the general look, style, direction and concept seemed to have been lifted from ''BladeRunner'', ''{{Coma}}'', David Cronenberg's ''{{Literature/Crash}}'', ''LogansRun'', ''Film/{{Brazil}}'', ''TotalRecall'' and ''MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.

* CurbStompBattle: Remy and [[spoiler: Jake.]]

* LiteralChangeOfHeart: Remy only acts like a decent human being after losing his heart and having it replaced with a mechanical heart.

* MoralDissonance: Remy can't bring himself to repossess organs after being a recipient of an organ himself, viewing it as murder. However, he has no problems slicing up his former co-workers and murdering a security guard merely because they work for The Union, probably because those he's trying to repossess are innocent people.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: Most definitely.

* [=~You're Insane!~=]: [[spoiler:Remy calls Jake "crazy" when he reveals to him that he was the one who rigged the defibrillator which gave Remy a heart attack, forcing him to get the new heart. He did it because he didn't want Remy to quit. He believes their jobs were to be repo men.]]

Notably, the basic premise of the film (large corporation provides organs for transplants but lethally repossesses from anyone who fails to make their payments) appears to be lifted wholesale from ''RepoTheGeneticOpera''. However, careful research reveals it was the pet project of author Eric Garcia (MatchstickMen, AnonymousRex) since roughly the same time Repo! was in its own embryonic stages. [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10012068-repo_men/ Even the film critics who did not note that similarity]], noted that whole bits of the general look, style, direction and concept seemed to have been lifted from ''BladeRunner'', ''{{Coma}}'', David Cronenberg's ''{{Literature/Crash}}'', ''LogansRun'', ''{{Brazil}}'', ''TotalRecall'' and ''MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.

* XMeetsY: ''Repo Men'' could be summarized as "the plot of ''{{Equilibrium}}'' in the setting of ''RepoTheGeneticOpera'' with the aesthetic of ''MinorityReport''." [[spoiler: And the ending of {{Brazil}}.]]