Repo Man (1984)

Repo Man (1984)

starring Emilio Estevex

written and directed by Alex Cox

92 minutes

Otto (Emilio Estevez) loses his job working as a supermarket but before long he becomes a repo man. He repossesses cars and gets mixed up with Leila, a girl who herself is mixed up with a cult or super secret organization.

Thoughts

This was my first time watching this movie. I can see how this might be a cult favorite. I watched it on a DVD that I borrowed from the library. It might be worth seeing again on the big screen.

Batman: Caped Crusader 2.05

The Spectral Hand

Jim Corrigan volunteers for a medical experiment in return for a reduced sentence. Barbara Gordon and Renee Montoya travel to Blackgate to witness the medical experiment. Bruce Wayne is also present. Wayne, Gordon, Montoya, and several other witnesses watch as something goes wrong and Corrigan dies on the operating table. 

Corrigan returns to life later that night, Christmas Eve, as his body is driven out of the prison in a hearse. The car crashes. The two men in the front of the vehicle are killed. Corrigan survives and makes his way back to Gotham. He uses his recently acquired supernatural abilities to locate and kill three men he had arrested when he was still alive. All three of his victims recognize him and ask him what he wants. His only response is, "Vengeance."

The Invaders 2.03

The Watchers

David Vincent travels to the mountains of Virginia to find out why a man committed suicide my walking into the path of a small aircraft as it was landing. David finds out that there's another small airplane about to land at the small airport in rural Virginia. He sees four people get off the airplane, electronics expert Paul Cook, his niece Margaret Cook, plus Paul's two assistants Ramsey and Simms. 

Paul is there for a meeting with high level U.S. Defense Department officials about upgrading the nation's defenses. He is unaware that he and his party are being observed by aliens who look very much like humans.

Fumo Chitai 1.04

aka The Waste Land

Episode 4

Iki is questioned by the police. He tells them that Koike acted on his own. He tells the police that there are no documents to turn over. The police insist that there are and that they know that that they came from Gemeral Kawamata, Iki's friend. Iki continues to deny the existence of the documents or at least that Kinki Trading ever had them.

Daimon, the head of Kinki, makes a deal with the government to hand over all documents. Iki unsuccessfully tries to talk him out of doing that. Daimon explains that if they turn over all the documents then the Luckheed F-104 will be chosen be the government and Kinki will remain in good standing.

Star Trek (1966) 2.12

The Deadly Years

A team from the Enterprise consisting of Captain Kirk, Mister Spock, Doctor McCoy, Chief Engineer Scott, Lieutenant Galway, and Ensign Chekov beams down to the surface of Gamma Hydra IV. They find that four of the six people living there are dead from old age and the other two look much older than their actual age. The two survivors are taken to the Enterprise where they die also from old age.

Captain Kirk and the other members of the team that beamed down, with the exception of Checkov, start aging rapidly soon after they return to the Enterprise. Kirk's judgment is called into question by Commodore Stocker, whom they are supposed to be transporting to Starbase 10, and other members of the crew including Chekov, Sulu, and Uhura.

The Twilight Zone (1959) 1.27

The Big Tall Wish

starring Ivan Dixon, Steven Perry

directed by Ron Winston

A young boy named Henry Temple (Steven Perry) wishes that his neighbor, past his prime boxer Bolie Jackson (Ivan Dixon), into winning a fight. Bolie remembers how badly he was losing the fight when all of a sudden things changed. He wants to believe that he still has it and that he really did it himself but after talking to Henry he learns the truth. He can't accept the magic that Henry somehow worked and that somehow undoes what Henry made happen.

Bleach 53 / 3.12

Gin Ichimaru's Temptation, Resolution Shattered

Gin Ichimaru, captain of third division, teases Rukia as she is on her way to be executed. Rukia doesn't care for his taunts and recalls how he has always made her feel uncomfortable.

Ichigo continues to train with Zangetsu.

Hanataro does what he can to heal Renji.

Yumichika Ayasegawa of 11th Division and Nimth Division Lieutenant Shūhei Hisagi continue to fight.