It looks like our friends at IESB have obtained a script of Repossession Mambo. The Film stars Jude Law and is based on the novel by Eric Garcia. The plot plot summary from IMDB is as follows: the film is set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, and revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed.
I love the idea for this movie!! It is only a matter of time before we are able to buy fabricated organs, and I think this movie is prophetic in the problems that it presents. Living longer is going to be big business, and this movie is proactive in addressing the issue today by means of science fiction. If you want to read the script you may read the full review from IESB. What I will provide you with is a quote from the reviewer that sums up his feelings on the script:
I’ll be blunt. I really liked REPOSESSION MAMBO. It’s a darkly funny and bloody hard-edged Science Fiction satire, like RoboCop, with THE CREDIT UNION taking the place of OCP Omni Consumer Products. The more I thought about the film, the more dystopian sci-fi movies I was able to draw comparisons to. There’s some NINETEEN EIGHTY- FOUR and BRAZIL and some MINORITY REPORT, there’s a little THE MATRIX and some LOGAN’S RUN and BLADE RUNNER, too.
This script looks like it is going to be a righteous science fiction chase film. With Jude Law as the lead, and with his penchant for starring in movies about the near future (Gattica, A.I.) I think it is a safe bet that this will be a glorious picture show. This is a must see for me.
