On this week's Watchcast we slice open and dig around inside Repo Men, a sci-fi thriller that borders on competence at times, and never fails to find a way to disgust.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 120: Repo Men (2010)
(00:00:15) - Intro.
(00:01:38) - Less than two minutes in and we're already wishing Cronenberg made this instead.
(00:05:00) - Why does this movie, of all movies, loom so large in Vinny's memory?
(00:10:56) - Some cast talk, and getting into the production history.
(00:18:30) - What this movie does well, or at least what's mildly interesting about it.
(00:26:43) - Let's kick things off and yell about this bad narration and Artiforgs.
(00:35:56) - You owe it to yourself.
(00:39:33) - Remy and Jake's problematic friendship.
(00:42:46) - Break!
(00:43:10) - We're back, and Remy's home life sucks.
(00:48:46) - Getting so mad about your wife leaving that you have to go harvest some organs about it.
(00:53:55) - RZA!
(01:02:44) - Bloodshot eyes, empty chest cavity, can and will lose.
(01:05:21) - Not so easy to leave a guy dead in the street now, is it?
(01:12:20) - Not so sure about this whole lounge singer as sidekick thing.
(01:15:27) - Business picks up a bit.
(01:23:53) - The traumatic brain injury demarcation line.
(01:27:28) - OK the clean room scene is rad. And the Oldboy fight ain't bad either.
(01:29:40) - Erotic surgery!
(01:33:25) - Well, glad everything worked out.
(01:38:48) - Final thoughts.
(01:48:27) - Housekeeping for next week's movie: A.I.!
(01:52:25) - Outro.