Repo Men

In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy is one of the best agents in the business, but when he becomes the recipient of an artificial heart, he finds himself in the same dire straits as his many victims.

Repo Men landed with critics as a near-total misfire despite a genuinely interesting sci-fi premise and two leads with real screen presence. The screenplay was widely seen as mechanical and derivative, the direction as slack, and the violence as punishment rather than purpose — the kind of film that squanders what could have made it worth watching.