Repo Men

Well, sirs and madams…It’s been a couple of weeks, but quite frankly, I have been busy (have a baby coming any day now), AND there haven’t been many trailers out to report. But, here we go:

Did anyone else get a huge “Equilibrium” vibe from this trailer? That’s a good thing, by the way. I kind of felt part Equilibrium, part Gattaca, part The Island…and I am TOTALLY alright with that amalgam. Story looks like this:
Jude Law and Forrest Whitaker are repo men, collecting on unpaid MAJOR ORGANS…by any means necessary. An accident costs Law his heart, and they (they do a lot, don’t they?) unwittingly replace it a loaner, and when he can’t pay up, the boss (Liev Schreiber) sends Whitaker to collect on his former partner and friend.

OK…let’s check the formula on this one…
Law = 50/50 chance of a stellar performance
Whitaker = 100% chance of a stellar performance
Schreiber = 90% chance of a stellar performance
(these are factual numbers…with proof)

great looking visuals, nice looking action, and sci-fi (I am a sucker for a good sci-fi flick) all add to the chance that this will be a great movie.

On the other hand, while I always enjoy a good sci-fi movie, one only comes along every so often…the rest are garbage, that look good from a distance (who said Surrogates?)

I am going to give this one the benefit of the doubt. Law is coming off of a major win with Sherlock Holmes earlier this year, and the rest of the cast is awesome. All wee need is for “Hey” Jude to NOT go into 2004 mode and show up in every movie that is released for the rest of the year, thus effectively making us hate everything he is in. God, I hope he learned his lesson (coughALFIEcough).

But, this does have one major win going for it, that trumps the rest…No Channing Tatum.

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