Repo Chick (2009) | Directed by Alex Cox | (Blu-Ray) | SEALED

Title: Repo Chick (2009)

Genre: Comedy

Plot Synopsis
Pixxi De La Chasse is a pampered heiress whose reckless lifestyle leads to disinheritance by her wealthy Los Angeles family. With her luxury car repossessed, she takes a job as a repossessor—and excels so quickly that the veterans feel threatened. While aiming to regain her fortune, she uncovers a reward-poster for an antique train and soon finds herself aboard—only to discover the train’s hosts are eco-terrorists holding six Cold War-era nuclear bombs and demanding the banning of golf and a vegan federal government. Working with her co-workers and the military—and after a reluctant reconciliation with her family—Pixxi engineers a daring rescue that redirects the train and saves the city from destruction.

Cast and Crew

• Director: Alex Cox

• Writers: Alex Cox

• Cast:

  • Jaclyn Jonet as Pixxi De La Chasse

  • Miguel Sandoval as Arizona Gray

  • Del Zamora as Lorenzo

  • Chloe Webb as Sister Duncan

  • Rosanna Arquette as Lola

YouTube Trailer: Repo Chick | Trailer

IMDb Link: Repo Chick (2009)

Reviews from Letterboxd

1. Evan “Raymond Gun-Virus” Pincus – ★★★☆☆
   “The logical culmination of the obnoxious bullshit Cox was peddling all decade, a gloriously artificial piece of garish aggressive nonsense that I hate to say is on the exact right wavelength for me. Cannot recommend to anyone except hardcore Cox fanatics (like myself) or Southland Tales devotees (like myself) – any reasonable person with good taste should avoid this like the plague.”

2. robyn – ★★★½☆
   “This led me on a rabbit hole reading about Alex Cox and Universal’s tense Repo Man agreement that neither will ever make a sequel and Universal released Repo Men in retaliation for Repo Chick. Incredible stuff.
   Anyway I love a plastic fantastic look & feel in movies, not unlike the vibe of something like Josie & the Pussycats!!!”

3. Oskar – ★☆☆☆☆
   “It’s a damn shame that this film has to be associated with a gem like Repo Man.
   When I learned that Alex Cox made the decision to expand upon his 1984 masterpiece with this feature, I approached it the same way I do whenever one of my favorite films gets a follow-up: apprehensively. It’s rare that a filmmaker is able to deliver a worthwhile sequel to one of their most beloved properties (especially after such a huge gap in between films), which is why I went out of my way to avoid Repo Chick for several years.”

4. Mark Cunliffe – ★½☆☆☆
   “I’m a fan of the early films of Alex Cox, which include of course his breakout movie Repo Man. This 2009 film, may or may not be an official sequel to that earlier impressive production (legal wrangles y’know) was shot in around ten days for an extremely low budget onto green screen. If nothing else it proves Cox is still an inventive and experimental film maker.
   He’s also a unique film maker and this is on display here too, as Repo Chick certainly looks like no other film. Ramping the artificial nature of the green screen and the implicit budgetary constraints, Cox doesn’t for one moment attempt to make this look like the real world and even uses toy cars to create a very weird, offbeat visual universe of an alternate post-credit-crunch, post-Cold-War, cartoonish America.
   Unfortunately, the script is dismal which means the inventive peculiarity on offer visually is scuppered by the ordeal of the dialogue and the plot. The larger-than-life characters, centring around Pixxi, a disinherited Paris Hilton-style socialite, are nothing other than extremely irritating. Obviously it’s somewhat intentional as a satirical piece, but it does mean that the film struggles to gain audience investment and becomes a bit of a chore relatively quickly.”

5. Nathan Shapiro – ★★☆☆☆
   “Where Speed Racer and Sin City succeed, this falls flat. This never felt like it really capitalized on the aesthetic it was attempting. I think what was missing most was good sound design. Too many scenes felt empty and out of the space they supposedly took place in.”

Meta Description:
A satirical, micro-budget comedy by Alex Cox in which a disinherited celeb heiress joins the repossession trade and uncovers an eco-terrorist train plot threatening Los Angeles.