So, I saw a preview the other day for Repo Men and had to check it out. Needless to say the reviews weren't too enthusiastic, but I may try to catch it when it comes out on RedBox!
Here's the premise of the Repo Men, found on the movie's website:
In the futuristic action-thriller Repo Men, 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 breathroughs 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. We must now decide if buying more time on earth is worth the deadly cost.
Jude Law plays Remy, 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 hearts no longer in the job. When he can't make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy's former partner Jake (Academy Award Winner Forest Whitaker), to track him down.
Now that the hunter has become the hunted, Remy joins Beth (Alice Braga), another debtor who teaches him how to vanish from the system. And as he and Jake embark on a chase across a landscape populated by maniacal friends and foes, one man will become a reluctant champion for thousands on the run.
Click here to view the trailer!
It looks a little gory, but so was Braveheart and I loved that movie (maybe cause I had a small crush on Mel Gibson?!).
I'm not really quite sure what my thoughts are on the plot. I really hope that someday organ donation is made more readily available to recipients, but maybe because of education and donor awareness program...not necessarily because of machines. I guess I'm like Steve, and I like the human aspect of organ/tissue donation. Don't get me wrong, I hope that if there was a way to help all 107,232 (as of 11:35PST today) individuals on the UNOS waiting list that we would implement ASAP! Yet, this movie trailer didn't give me the warm fuzzies!
I chatted with Steve about the movie! We talked about how this movie has possibly offended many organ/tissue donor advocates, but it's just a movie, right?! We discussed how the concept was entertaining, but as of now just that. We both believe that the current process of organ/tissue donation is AMAZING but more education is needed...and maybe someday mechanical organs will arise, but for now it is essential that we need educate the public about the importance of organ/tissue donation!
So, what do you do?! Click her to find out!
If you've seen Repo Men, please comment as we'd love to hear from you!
