Archive for March 18th, 2010

Short Take: Action-packed and bloody, but also truly thought-provoking

Director: Miguel Sapochnik (debut)

Screenwriters: Eric Garcia (author “The Repossession Mambo”), Garrett Lerner (TV’s House, LAX)

Cast: Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes), Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), Liev Schreiber (Taking Woodstock), Alice Braga (I Am Legand)

Length: 1h 51m

Synopsis: In perhaps an alternate future, it will be possible to buy replacement organs and body parts for just about any component of the human anatomy. In exchange for these marvels of engineering The Union, the company which manufactures and sells these organs, asks to be paid very handsomely. If the recipient of one of these synthetic organs is unable to make the payments, repo men such as Remy (Jude Law) and Jake (Forest Whitaker) will track you down and cut you open wherever they find you (your home, place of work, the subway, a back street, etc.) and reclaim The Union’s property for a hefty commission. But when an accident occurs that leaves Remy the unwilling recipient of a synthetic heart, his eyes are opened and he finds himself fighting the same system he used to work for. Irony be damned. Read the rest of this entry »