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Repo Men (2010)

Repo Men poster
Directed by
Miguel Sapochnik
Genre
cyberpunk, science fiction film, action film, thriller film, dystopian film, biopunk
Country
United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 51m
Rated
R
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 2,131 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a future where people buy expensive artificial organs on credit, a man who repossesses them for a living gets a heart transplant he cannot afford. He becomes a target for his own company and has to fight for his survival.

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What happens

Repo Men is a 2010 science fiction action film directed by Miguel Sapochnik, starring Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber, Alice Braga, and Carice van Houten. An American-Canadian production, it is based on the novel The Repossession Mambo by Eric Garcia and follows a repo man who goes on the run after he becomes the recipient of an artificial heart and finds himself suffering the same fate as his victims. The film was theatrically released on March 19, 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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