When I went to see “Repo Men,” I was less than enthused. A futuristic action flick featuring Jude Law slicing people up to reclaim unpaid organs, filmed by rookie director Miguel Sapochnik did not sound like my cup of tea. Well, “Repo Men” gave me some surprises, but overall it ended up being exactly what I thought it would be–unoriginal.

Remy, played by Jude Law, and Jake, played by Forest Whitaker, are working for the Union, a company which has engineered mechanical organs and body parts, basically making it impossible for people to die, that is, if they can afford the hefty price tag. More often than not, they can’t, and that’s where Remy and Jake come in.

The pair hunts down these bill-dodgers, cut them open and takes back the company property, usually allowing the organless person to bleed to death for his refusal to pay on time.

Here comes the twist. Remy has an accident and an artificial Union heart is placed in him, something which he can’t afford on a repo man salary, and apparently he doesn’t have a decent health plan that gives him one on the house. Rather than be slaughtered for a hunk of metal and plastic like so many at his own hands, Remy goes on the run with fellow organ fugitive Beth, played by Alice Braga.

After a bit of running and fighting, the two decide they won’t take being chased anymore, so they go to the corporate office to take down the main machine and wipe the grid, clearing every organ recipient of debt in the process.

To do this, they must scan in their own organs while they are still inside the person.

This scene, for some reason, turns into a mini-make out session between Beth and Remy, creating a weird, sadistic psuedo-sex scene that will, or at least should, be uncomfortable to watch. All of this ends with a big “screw you” to the viewer though, but I won’t spoil that twist.

“Repo Men” incorporated an appropriate quick pace and some gritty action along with an almost artsy way of removing the organs that was pretty interesting.

For being his first big movie, Miguel Sapochnik did a fairly decent job at creating a somewhat realistic future America that for once didn’t include flying cars and TV straight to your brain. It was just too bad the writing for the movie wasn’t just a little bit better.

All in all, this was a sleekly-filmed movie with some good, butt-kicking action, and with the exception of the ending, it was well worth the ticket price at the Small.

Letter Grade: C

Rated: R for strong bloody violence, grisly images, language and some sexuality/nudity.

Runtime: 111 min.

Starring: Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber and Alice Braga

Directed by: Miguel Sapochnik