Okay first and foremost let me get this out of the way. Lately there has been a lot of talk amongst critics such as myself about this movie's lack of originality. Most compare the plot of this movie to lesser known films such as Repo! The Genetic Opera(which, upon reading it's Wikipedia synopsis, is actually extremely close to this film in terms of its plot). Sadly i haven't had the pleasure of seeing the films that Repo Men apparently rips off. That being said, I've found a number of other reason to despise this film.
The film stars Jude Law and Forest Whitaker. These two leads play Remy(law) and Jake(Whitaker) who work as Repo Men for a company that sells prosthetic organs to customers who often do not have the financial means to pay. This leads the customers to adhere to payment programs in which they must remain consistent with their payments or be hunted down by trained assassins(Repo Men) and have there prosthetic organs harvested which of course in many cases causes them to die.
One day while doing a routine retrieval, Remy has an accident which causes his heart to fail. When Remy awakens in the hospital he finds that his heart has been replaced by one of the prosthetic organs his company peddles. After the trauma of his accident, Remy begins to find it difficult to harvest organ as he once did. He begins to see the cruelty of his actions and contemplates whether or not he can/should defect from the organization. I'm not going to spoil this one so if you're curious as to what happens after this point in the film look it up or go to the theater and suffer like i did
For me this film suffers from a number of plot holes. There are a number of elements, such as the main character Remy's relationship with his son as well as the movie's love interest, that feel tacked on and almost pointless. Not to mention the movie's second half is pretty much entirely stupid. I know I said I'd try not to spoil anything but near the end there is just the most inexplicable knife fight you've ever seen. It literally feels like everyone decided "hey we could just shoot each other and keep it simple but that wouldn't be half as cool as a good old fashion knife fight."
My biggest problem with the film is the plot device used at the end. It felt like the writer just needed a means of explaining a shallow and idiotic second half. Again I'm not going to spoil anything but if you understand the phrase "dream sequence" and realize how it may pertain to this film then you're already saying F*%$ this movie with me.
In summation DON'T SEE THIS FILM!! If the concept makes you curious then wait for the DVD release other wise skip it....
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