Repo Man (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #14 extract: Repo Man (1984)

Repo Man is a surreal and absurd, even anarchistic, look at a nihilistic 80s America. In such, it confronts themes of governmental conspiracy, religion, crime and capitalism in a shifting culture with alienating and dizzying sensibilities. 

I haven't got a full grip on all that Repo Man explores, but one things is sure on this first watch; this is a witty and incredibly daring film that builds its insane world pretty well. The only weak element of this film is then its final act which, though it is supposed to devolve into absurdity, is edited in a manner that doesn't emphasise the now obvious surreal undertones of the first two acts, instead, makes them silly. However, it could be argued that this is justified and intentional. Nonetheless, this was jarring - and not in the best of ways. 

Beyond this, Repo Man was quite fun and a technically competent movie. Highly recommended.