1984 · comedy · sci-fi
Repo Man
Directed by Alex Cox1h 32m1984
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.
Our read: Repo Man (1984) reads as a warm, kinetic, surreal comedy · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, kinetic, measured comedy / sci-fi, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- surreal
- funny
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