Hope? Never heard of it, at least not in the 2010 dystopian sci-fi action movie Repo Men. In its high-tech, near-future world where artificial organs can be “repossessed” by their corporate creators, the whole system is out of order, and the actions of its leads don’t amount to much more than a hill of beans. The real horror is that neither the movie’s world nor the toxic love story at its twisted heart feels all that exaggerated anymore.
Jude Law’s Remy gets the quintessential love interest who must be saved once his life falls apart and he goes on the run, but his true soulmate is clearly his bestie and partner in legalized crime, Jake (Forest Whitaker). The two are the best at what they do: retrieving the artificial organs (aka "artiforgs") their corporate employers lease to desperate customers at exorbitant prices if customers fall behind on payments.
