Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer
Summary
Alex Cox , author and director of the 1984 furore classicRepo Man , has revealed details about his upcoming continuation , Repo Man 2 : The Wages of Beer . StarringEmilio Estevezas Otto Maddox , a vernal hoodlum rocker turned loath “ repo man ” in chase of a vehicle with redundant - tellurian connection , Cox ’s sci - fi funniness garnered widespread plaudit on its original release . bolster by an iconic punk sway soundtrack featuring the title track babble out by Iggy Pop , the originalRepo Manwould go on to be considered one of the just independent movies of the 1980s .
The advent of incredible technology means , for the repo man , that everything has change — and nothing has change . Otto used to spend all night cruising around forged neighborhoods looking for cars . Now he spends all night on the internet doing the same thing . rather of hotwiring the vehicle , Otto takes control of the onboard computers and directs it to the repo railyard , or the sheriff ’s substation . Yet this is not enough for Otto , who has only get on by 90 second in the last 40 years . He yearns for past simplicity : beer , booty , and no nuclear warfare .
Back in the nineties , I tried my hand at a dissimilar sequel to Repo Man : Otto ’s Hawaiian Holiday . That was of its fourth dimension . The Wages of Beer is the repo Earth of 2024 .
It’s Been A Long Road To A Repo Man Sequel
While most cult classics are renowned for only attracting their audiences long after the clock time of their original discharge , Cox ’s originalRepo Manis unequaled in that it also received for the most part positive reactions during its original theatrical streak . Despite only hatchway in 39 theater , the movie ’s disastrous humor and goon rock and roll soundtrack would strike a chord with critics and audiences alike , consistently ranking among the adept cult movies of all time .
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WhileCox originally intended to observe on from the firstRepo Manmovie with a sequel dubbedRepo Man : Otto ’s Hawaiian Holiday , those plans would eventually hang asunder despite take having officially gotten underway in 2005 . Even though yield on the original sequel was terminated , the abandoned undertaking not only inspired the 2006 documentaryA Texas Tale of Treasonbut would also regain itself adapted into the 2008 graphic novelWaldo ’s Hawaiian Holiday .
While Cox would later bring home the bacon in paying tribute to his dear cult classic with the ultra - small budgetRepo Chick , Repo Man 2 : The Wages of Beerrepresents Cox ’s second try at continuing the kindling rock adventure of Otto Maddox . Hopefully , the manager will experience more success in bringing this unexampled subsequence to life than his previous endeavor , which would have seen Otto repeatedly foil by an foreign conspiracy that prevented his travail to take part in a loose Hawaiian holiday .
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The original writer - director , Alex Cox , announced a sequel to the 1984 sci - fi comedy - thriller Repo Man 2 : The Wages of Beer in 2024 . The original film follows a rocker , Otto , whose first task at a repo means is retrieving a Chevy Malibu , only to discover it is force by a mysterious cleaning lady named Leila , who tells him the car may be tied to aliens . The sequel is say to pick up ninety minutes after the original film ended .
The original writer-director, Alex Cox, announced a sequel to the 1984 sci-fi comedy-thriller Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer in 2024. The original film follows a rocker, Otto, whose first job at a repo agency is retrieving a Chevy Malibu, only to discover it is driven by a mysterious woman named Leila, who tells him the car may be tied to aliens. The sequel is said to pick up ninety minutes after the original film ended.
