120: Repo Men (2010)
On this week's Watchcast we slice open and dig around inside Repo Men, a sci-fi thriller that borders on competence at times, and never fails to find a way to disgust. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 120: Repo Men (2010) (00:00:15) - Intro. (00:01:38) - Less than two minutes in and we're already wishing Cronenberg made this instead. (00:05:00) - Why does this movie, of all movies, loom so large in Vinny's memory? (00:10:56) - Some cast talk, and getting into the production history. (00:18:30) - What this movie does well, or at least what's mildly interesting about it. (00:26:43) - Let's kick things off and yell about this bad narration and Artiforgs. (00:35:56) - You owe it to yourself. (00:39:33) - Remy and Jake's problematic friendship. (00:42:46) - Break! (00:43:10) - We're back, and Remy's home life sucks. (00:48:46) - Getting so mad about your wife leaving that you have to go harvest some organs about it. (00:53:55) - RZA! (01:02:44) - Bloodshot eyes, empty chest cavity, can and will lose. (01:05:21) - Not so easy to leave a guy dead in the street now, is it? (01:12:20) - Not so sure about this whole lounge singer as sidekick thing. (01:15:27) - Business picks up a bit. (01:23:53) - The traumatic brain injury demarcation line. (01:27:28) - OK the clean room scene is rad. And the Oldboy fight ain't bad either. (01:29:40) - Erotic surgery! (01:33:25) - Well, glad everything worked out. (01:38:48) - Final thoughts. (01:48:27) - Housekeeping for next week's movie: A.I.! (01:52:25) - Outro.