This quintessential cult film of the 1980s is a singular sci-fi comedy and a politically trenchant take on Reagan-era politics (plus, it has one of the best punk soundtracks of all time).
Otto (Emilio Estevez) loses his job as a stock boy in a supermarket in Los Angeles and spends his evenings in the punk underground before encountering Bud (the iconic Harry Dean Stanton), who brings him into the life of professional car repossessing. Meanwhile, a nuclear physicist has stolen something dangerous and glowing which he stashes into the trunk of his 1964 Chevy Malibu—and guess who is going to repossess the car? [92 min; sci-fi; English]
"Arriving in the middle of the Reagan 1980s, Repo Man remains one of the few examples of revolt within the system." — Scott Tobias, The Dissolve
"Cox's weird and wonderful first feature defies description, with a plot and characters at once grounded in the seedy reality of Reagan's America and effortlessly enhanced by flights of pure, imaginative fantasy. What distinguishes the movie is its offbeat, semi-satirical sense of humour, seamlessly woven into its wacky thriller plot." — TimeOut
"The utter weirdness of Alex Cox’s remarkable debut—a document of L.A.’s hardcore punk scene that’s also an ode to its car culture, a critique of the American middle class, and a kind-of sci-fi comedy about a radioactive Chevy Malibu—would seem to preclude its existence." — John Semley, Slant Magazine
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