Repo Men

Repo Men is a 2010 AmericanCanadian science fiction actionthriller film directed by Miguel Sapochnik, and starring Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber and Carice van Houten. It is based on the novel The Repossession Mambo by Eric Garcia.

Remy and his partner Jake Freivald are considered the best of the Unions repo men. However, Remys wife Carol disapproves of his work, believing that it is a bad influence for their son Peter. At a family barbecue, Jake does a repossession on a passenger in a cab. Carol sees this and leaves with Peter, urging Remy to make a decision. While out driving with Jake, they discover a nest, which is a refuge for Union customers who have defaulted on payments for their artiforgs. Remy and Jake raid the nest and reclaimartiforgs, which impresses their boss Frank. He offers them the opportunity to become fulltime raid captains. Remy refuses and attempts to ask Frank to transfer to sales, but Jake cuts him off. Jake tells Remy that what they do is important, but Remys mind is made up. Jake suggests that Remys last job be a musician that Remy is a fan of. After helping the musician finish one last song, he uses a defibrillator in order to stop the artificial heart, but the device malfunctions, and Remy is severely injured, requiring replacement of his heart with an artiforg.Carol divorces Remy for taking another job, so he moves in with Jake. In sales, he is unable to lie to potential customers about the consequences of nonpayment. Remy is forced back into repo to pay for his heart, but has developed sympathy for his victims and develops a psychological block that prevents him from repossessing their artiforgs. He soon goes into severe debt, even resorting to gambling to try and earn money. Jake discovers that Remy has not been repossessing and takes him to a nest with enough artiforgs to clear his debt however, Remy cannot do the job. Furious, Jake demands he stay there until he gets over his inhibition. A stunned debtor wakes up and knocks Remy out. ........

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