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Who's there?

Hey, man, I'm not a thief. I'm just a repo man.

Oh. Look, just forget about it, all right?

Keep your car.

Ooh, well, I don't... What about the bank?

I mean, aren't they gonna be angry? Aren't they gonna worry about where

car is?

The hell with the bank.

That's what I say. So, no hard feelings, huh, bud?

Don't move a muscle.

Guys, don't shoot me, please. I'm begging.

Look, I'm just trying to survive. That's all. That excuse doesn't work, pal. You

can take it from me.

Nobody at the bank cared about me when they came and took all my stuff.

Wait a minute.

This is your car, isn't it? No.

You already took my car.

Don't you remember?

Look, if it hasn't been sold yet, maybe I can get it back for you. I mean, we

cut deals all the time with the banks. What about my house? Can you get that

back, too? And my couch and my TV and my CD player.

Oh, man.

What about my wife and kids? Can you get them back for me, too? With just one

easy payment, Mr. Repo Man, is that all it takes?

Gosh, that just sounds too good to be true.

He was a cop and good at his job, but he committed the ultimate sin and

testified against other cops gone bad.

Cops that tried to kill him, but got the woman he loved instead.

Framed for murder, now he prowls the badlands. An outlaw hunting outlaws.

A bounty hunter.

A renegade.

What's the deal?

Huh? Tell me to rush over here and you keep me waiting.

I'm sorry about that, Reno, but you know what? You are going to be very thankful

to me for this.

Thankful for what?

For what?

Pal, we have to do something about your diet. It's absolutely frightening what

you're eating out there on the road.

Come here. I want to show you these new fresh pastas I got for you.

Okay, I got you ravioli, farfalla, ravioli rotelli. One question.

How am I supposed to carry all these things? I'm on a motorcycle.

What do you want me to do?

Tow a refrigerator?

Oh, yeah.

Don't worry about it. I appreciate it anyway.

So what's up? Well, how do you feel about repo men? I think they make great

speed bumps.

Take a look at this.

The Benevolent Brotherhood of Repossession Agents. Is this a joke? Not

three repo men who were shot or to their families.

That's too bad.

Yeah, they were shot at close range. High caliber revolver. Well, then the

are all over this, right? They don't have anything.

It must feel the same way I do. Now, wait a minute, Reno. Anybody can take

itsy -bitsy, teeny -weeny, easy cases, but it takes a man of principle to stoop

down to help the underdog.

This wouldn't have anything to do with a five -figure reward, would it?

You have your principles, I have mine.

It looks like you've got a little bit of a problem.

Yeah, yeah, I think it's my coil.

Good luck at trying to find one of those.

Hey, wait a minute.

Who do I see for a job around here?

There are no jobs.

So long, Johnny.

Hey, Ted.

I'm going to miss him, Mr. Amster.

He was exploratory.

Johnny Dumas was a rotten creep.

He punched his wife. He belongs in jail.

You've got no loyalty.

He was your best repo man.

What does that tell you about our business?

Come on, listen to me. I'm going to talk to you. Yeah, come on.

Now, listen.

I want you to keep an eye out in case that maniac killer decides to drop by

here. Let him try.

Hey, where's my commissioner at a long time?

Oh, yeah. I was just about to bring it over.

It's short, Howard.

Yeah, well, I took a little out for the coffee machine fund.

It's gonna have your name on it. There'll be a little plaque right in the

You gotta be the cheapest man alive.

Are you sure he's alive?

What are you doing in your hair anyway, Howard?

What are you talking about?

Hey, is that Johnny's stuff?

Hey, will you please show a little respect?

Hey, Johnny said if anything happens to him, I could have the... Oh, yeah?

Well, I'm the executioner of his estate.

And I do not see your name on the will.

Excuse me.

I'm Vince Black. I'm here for a job. You'll have to talk to Mr. Hamster.

It's Hamster.

And we got no jobs.

That's not what I hear. I hear you got a couple of openings.

Then you also know that this isn't the best time to be entering this particular

field. It's like killer.

I can handle myself.

You ever stole a car before?

My major in college.

Real cute. Beat it.

Come on, Hamster. What do you got to lose?

He's another potential donor to the coffee farm.

Give him the test.

It's the black.

That Mustang. You got 60 seconds. Go.

You got a Slim Jim? You provide your own tools.

55 seconds.

Hey, man.

Very auspicious.

50 seconds.

45 seconds.

The Beamer. You got the Beamer. All right.

Beans, baby.

Commission, baby.

Howard, what's he doing? That's my car.

He was relaxing, testing the alarm.

30 seconds.

He'll never find me.

Not bad.

Two seconds to spare.

You know, I spent four figures on that alarm system.

They ripped you off with the ignition kill switch.

And that secondary bypass switch, they should have put it in the trunk.

Any openings now? I think you got some potential.

Barry, train him.

I ain't no babysitter, and I ain't splitting my commission. And you ain't

getting the Carrera either.

Hey, what Carrera? He's yours. He works on the 70 -30 split.

90 -10. 80 -20, till he's trained. End of story.

Come on, Mr. Fleck.

Mr. Bartlett, I need to talk to you for just a minute. This is neither the time

nor the place, Mr. Hudley.

Come down to the bank.

Well, I went to the bank. They kicked me out. I'm not here to ask you for money.

I don't need another loan.

Oh, thank God.

No, I'm getting back on my feet. I just need your help cleaning up my credit

report. It's not as easy as it sounds. Well, how? You know, I was president of

my own company. I know how these things work. You just make a couple of phone

calls. I'm sorry, the credit company. The credit company will do what you say.

You just call them up, you tell them that we're all square and that you want

record clean.

Mr. Hudlick, we are not all square.

What are you talking about? I gave you back the deed to my house.

We didn't want your house. We wanted the payment you owed us. And I tried to set

up a payment plan with you guys. I had a ton of equity. Not enough to cover your

note.

You could have helped me.

You've been down this road enough times. Oh, no, Mr. Bartlett, you haven't even

begun to travel down my road.

So I heard Sid talking about this guy, Dumont.

What happened to him, anyway?

Got blown away by something crazy.

During the repo?

Yeah, but here's the weird part.

It wasn't the owner that iced him.

Well, how can you be sure?

The owner's a Presbyterian minister named Sheila.

So how long were you in?

The Army? One hitch.

Rangers. I don't mean the Army.

What you did to Shauna's Mustang, they don't teach in the military.

It's okay.

I did tell him to.

Oh, yeah?

Auto theft?

Young and stupid.

Stole a car from the raceway.

Cost me two years.

Was it worth it?

Almost.

Before my old man died.

He used to take me out to the Saturday nights car races.

For one day, I had all that back.

Here comes our meal ticket.

Uh -oh.

Personalized plates.

Seems like every car we rip these days, huh?

Nobody plans on going broke.

Yeah, but did they all say black belt?

Hey, be glad. If he's into karate, he's probably not the one taking shots at us.

Good luck.

Later.

Hey!

Hi. Just admiring your car.

Yeah, like hell you were. Actually, you're behind on a few payments.

Says who?

Well, says the bank.

These are your repossession orders here.

See?

I'm going to like this.

Yeah? Winner take the car.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You're a two -pet for me, sir.

Keep the car.

What the hell is that about?

Just fill the copter repo ticket. He'll help us get the car. Look, I'll get you

the car.

Just drive.

Shanna, you met Miss Black, didn't you?

Your turn to train him.

Barry!

Have fun. He's a slow learner.

So, now that we've been properly introduced, are you busy?

What do you have in mind?

Fixing my car alarm from starters.

1 .30. Perfect.

For what?

Watch and learn.

Oh! My phone.

Are you all right?

Yeah, I guess so.

Can I buy you a drink?

Um, sure.

That one's mine.

What was your name?

Bob McGuire.

I'm Tiffany.

Nice to meet you. You too.

Why don't you go ahead and get the table, Bob?

Terrific. Great.

Green bat. Step on it. I changed my plans.

Is this what I think it is?

And they said you were a beginner.

Hey, that's my car!

Not anymore!

That'll ruin your day.

Come on.

Geniuses.

The executive, Alan Bartlett, was pronounced dead on arrival at North

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Sorry to break this to you, but that'll never work. How can it be fewer? Hey,

man, I spend most of my life around these horses.

Doing what?

Let's just say I specialize in parts.

Buying them? Selling them?

Well, not exactly.

Well, look, can you find me a coil for this thing? Well, did you call Rockies

Halstead? Yep.

Then you got a problem.

That was a pretty neat trick you did yesterday.

Oh, no matter what you do, this coffee always tastes like 30 weight.

Here.

What's this for? It's your cut on a Corvette.

Go buy yourself a little fix back.

Wow. Hey, I always pay my debt.

Sid, just go away and leave me alone.

You have got no right to be in there.

What are you doing in Johnny's car?

Taking a stereo.

No way, man.

Hey, get your hands off of me. No, wait, wait, wait, wait. What's going on here?

He is stealing Johnny's stereo.

Is that true?

Damn right.

According to the statues of the state of California, this car and all its

appliances herein belong to Johnny's heirs.

Not until all his creditors are paid off.

What? He owed you money? He owed everybody money. That's my point.

By the time the IRS and the banks and the finance companies and the bookies

through with his estate, his old lady and kids won't have anything.

At least with this, she can listen to some tunes on her way to the poorhouse.

So, you're going to give it to his widow.

I already got a stereo in my car.

What are you doing?

I just want to see what Shanna got for that bet.

Huh?

Come on.

Let's go get that Porsche.

All right.

Why were you really going through those phones?

You didn't believe me, huh?

I believe you were checking for big -ticket reporters so you could cut your

partner out of food and rent. Hey, that's not my style.

That's everybody's style in this sorry world.

Yeah, including yours?

I got my dream.

What's that?

Wife and kids with daughters.

I'd like to build a race car and find a hot young guy to run it on the circuit.

Is that right?

Yeah.

Sounds good to me.

Whoa. What's this?

You boning up on your beginning math?

You went to school without this?

I forgot.

Again? You got a test coming up, sugar.

I'm sorry, Daddy.

I'm sorry I get you a C -.

Come on.

Get you down to some studying.

I'll see you tonight.

Did you talk to Mommy this morning?

I left a message on the machine.

I guess she wasn't home.

You go on in. I'll see you a little later.

Hey, I thought the wife and kids were on the wish list.

The kid I got.

The wife had other ideas.

Hey, listen.

Why don't you stay here?

I can handle the Porsche.

Come on, man. You'll still get your commission.

We're 80 -20, remember?

Look, I'll pick you up tomorrow.

You can trust me.

All right.

Don't let me down.

And don't get killed. I won't.

In that order.

Hey.

Bad idea. Man, you crazy?

Could have gotten yourself killed.

Man, staying here is going to get us killed. Nice try, King, but I'm taking

car. Guess you're a little too slick for me, Ben.

Yeah, but not me.

So come after me.

Stay down.

I'll see you in court.

Not if I see you first.

Hi, it's me.

Robert, your husband.

Yeah, I am back here again. I'm standing in our house.

Standing right on the new hardwood floor you wanted so bad.

Robert, don't do that.

Don't do what?

Call my wife and tell her I love her?

Your ex -wife.

You're not my ex -wife yet. The papers aren't final.

Okay, look, what if I was willing to discuss getting some therapy?

Don't discuss therapy, Robert. Get some therapy.

Deborah.

Hey, if that's the Porsche from the team, you can fork that over right now.

Dude, I just won a lottery.

What's going on?

He snagged me on the fork account.

Well, where was Barry? Busy. I told him I can handle it. I wasn't counting on

being blindsided.

Hey, it's all part of your training, Vince.

Forget it, Vince.

Let it go.

Why don't you let me buy you a beer?

What's your scam this time?

You always cynical?

No. This place just brings out the best in me.

Oh, will you come on?

There's a place right down at the end of that pier.

Great.

Jenna, I hate to ask this, but I'm going to have to. I know.

What's a nice girl like me doing in this lazy business?

Mm -hmm.

Well, maybe I'm not such a nice girl.

Oh, come on. You can do better than that.

Come on. I work hard at my image.

Being mad, bad, and dangerous to know?

Exactly.

No. I grew up in the Inland Empire, and I was bored out of my mind.

So I started looking for fun wherever I could find it.

Like stealing cars?

And a few other minor felonies.

You ever been busted?

My 17th birthday.

My life was headed right down the sewer.

What saved you?

Lady cop, actually.

She just scared me to death. So I started repoing because I couldn't stand

working in an office.

Stay here.

The guy that told me almost got shot, man.

Yeah,

well, I got a pretty good look at him.

Medium height, short hair, dressed kind of nice.

Can I bring any bells for you?

Uh, Aaron.

No. I mean, do you remember seeing anybody like that hanging around you?

maybe a ticked -off repo victim?

You know.

Oh, the bells was like a figment of speed.

A figure of speed.

Yeah.

You remember anybody like that?

Nope. Well, keep thinking.

Always do.

Well,

that sounded like an illuminating conversation.

Oh, yeah, if you're interested in life on other planets.

You know, Vin, you handled yourself pretty well out there at that harbor.

Oh, well, hey, I'm a product of misdemeanors.

No, that kind of great thunder fire does not come from repossessing cars.

Ben, way to go. I heard you got the Porsche.

Now let's eat some real great thunder fire, huh?

Thanks.

Can't thank you enough, man.

Don't thank me yet. This Porsche thing didn't go down exactly as I had hoped.

Barry, I don't believe it.

You let King snake you on the Porsche account?

You're losing it, baby.

What's he talking about? King got the car.

How'd he got the car?

I was... No, forget it. I want to know. Look, I shared my commission with

Shanna. I want to do the same with you.

I don't want charity, Vince.

Oh, don't cry. Don't cry, Barry.

There are plenty of $70 ,000 Porsches coming down the pike.

Hey, Howard.

Yeah? Are those lapels registered with the FAA?

Because you could fly to the field.

Drop dead.

What funerals are you going to?

Some banker we work with got shot in a robbery.

Oh, yeah? What bank?

I don't know. Go catch Armstrong and ask him.

Can't you answer the phone?

Elite Auto.

A Range Rover.

What year?

What color?

What's the license plate number?

Alright, where can I find it?

Alright, thanks.

Well, little boy has a bounty on him, huh?

I guess he's trying to catch this guy posing as one of us.

Damn.

$30 ,000.

All right. Thanks a lot, guys.

See you guys later.

Hey.

Where are you going?

These are the owners of all the cars Amster had repossessed in the last two

months preceding the murder.

Huh. What do you want me to do with it? Well, two days ago, a vice president at

Surety Trust Bank was murdered. His name was Alan Bartlett.

So you think there's any type of connection?

He was Amster's best customer.

Oh, boy.

Well, you got any bright ideas how we're going to check this thing out? Well, I

didn't want to stifle your creativity, Bobby. Well, stifle away, pal.

Hang on a second.

What's the matter? Who's that?

One of my fellow repo brothers.

Good luck at the bank.

Hey, Reno!

Why are you following me?

Why are you pretending to be one of us?

Shanna found your little business card.

Oh, you want in. Is that it?

Uh -huh. Look, Barry, forget about it, okay?

This guy's dangerous. I've seen him in action.

Now you know what I'm up against.

I got a kid to thank her. All the more reason to stay away.

As far away from this guy as you can possibly get. Your girl's counting on

Don't risk your life and her life for a paycheck, man.

Maybe you just don't want any competition.

Over here.

Jenna, have you seen Barry?

Yeah, chasing after you.

Yeah?

And what's it?

Look, Vince.

It was me who went through your pockets, not Barry.

Why?

Curiosity.

Nothing about you didn't add up.

Now I know why.

Well, I'm sorry if I misled you.

That's okay.

I know you don't want everybody knowing what you're up to.

I understand.

You put on a damn good act.

Well, coming from you, I consider that a compliment.

Well, I'm just grateful that you're trying to protect us.

Very grateful.

Whoever you are, your timing sucks.

Mr. Vince Black, please.

It's for you.

Don't be honest.

Hey. Hey, I got into the bank records, pal.

Way to go. How'd you do that?

Cintoretto. I beg your pardon?

It's a core RAM virus that destroys all auto exec high cache retrieval bias.

I didn't know there was such a thing. Well, there isn't, but I convinced some

guy at the bank that it's running around loose in his database.

And? That there's one match between your list of bank records.

Great. What's the name?

Mr. Robert Hudley.

Bank foreclosed on his house six weeks before the murder.

Bartlett called in the loan personally.

Did you get an address?

It's an apartment complex in Potrero, 5868 Wayland Terrace.

I'll meet you there in 20 minutes. Oh, and Bobby?

What? I'm afraid we have some competition in on this one. Who? Al

white man?

Not Lorraine Asuna, that pit bull. No, no, this is the amateur hour. Seems that

one of these repo men wants in on this. Oh, man, why can't they just leave this

to professionals?

So shall we use guile and cunning, or old -fashioned firepower? I use all my

guile at the banks, old gentleman.

He's not here.

Who's not here? My husband.

Robert Hudley, that is who you're looking for, isn't it? Yeah, yeah.

When do you expect him back?

I don't.

We're separated.

So who are you guys, anyway? From the bank? The collection agency?

Both cars are gone, so you can't be repo men. Well, you see, we're from expose,

Mrs. Hudley.

Oh, the news magazine show.

Correct. And we would like you to be on our show.

Would I get to be on camera?

Well, we can't guarantee that. But we would like to know what happened to you

and your husband.

So, four years ago you had it all, isn't that correct, Mrs. Hudley?

Yeah.

Then Robert decided to start his own company. And in the end, we lost

everything. Yes.

So when's the last time you heard from him, Mrs. Huffington?

Last night, as a matter of fact.

Any idea where he's living now? Our old house hasn't sold yet. I think he's held

up there. Thank you.

How convenient.

That law car.

No!

Blow it.

You went around back. Go, go, go, go.

Where is it?

Where's

Law?

Where's King? This is a mandatory meeting.

And woman, Tori. Howard.

Law was shot in the shoulder. He's in the hospital.

You should close down the office. What?

For a few days, at least until they catch the killer.

No, I can't do that. Do you have any idea how much money I would lose? Dude's

right. Never give up, never give in, never say never.

Sid, shut up. Think of the business you'll lose if your entire staff is

murdered. I'm going to murder law myself.

Do you believe this disrespect?

This is flagrant disregard of my position.

Flagrant disregard.

Sid. Do you mind?

Mind what?

Staying out of this.

Yes, I do mind.

I am an excremental part of this office.

True. And so I deserve a voice.

You have to get a brain first.

Okay, that's it.

All right, I'm out of here.

I've taken abuse from better people than you.

I'm candid.

I'm gone.

Surf's up.

No, no, no. We stay open. That's that.

I don't have to stick around to be a target. Go. Leave. I got a hundred guys.

They're dying to work for me.

Aptly put, Alan.

Oh, my God.

You can take your car back.

You can take any car you want. We got Benzes and Beamers and Rolls.

Don't you like a Rolls? What I want is for you to return all the cars on this

line.

All the cars.

All the cars?

How the hell am I going to do that?

Do it!

Start with that green Hyundai out there.

I am on my knees.

Please.

begging you to find just a little mercy in your heart to forgive me for

repossessing your automobile.

Hey,

don't go in there, man.

Oh, man, would you give this up?

You put your hands up. Hey, get right against the wall there with your butt.

What is this?

The guy, Tony. Look, mister, it isn't our fault what happened to you.

Now comes the part about we need to make a living, too, right?

We do.

There's other ways of doing that besides stripping away the dignity of your

fellow man.

Look, I am not the one who bagged your lousy car.

No?

Well, which one of you did?

He did.

Oh, man.

You are such a liar.

I never even saw the car. You drove it around for three days.

All right.

Both of them.

And I'll come out wherever you are.

Take it easy. You're treating me like I'm the criminal here. And I'm the

I'm the good guy. Oh, yeah, you're going to love jail, Hudley. Three square

meals a day, a whip over your head, and no bills to pay.

Come on.

Oh, let me get that.

There we go.

Thanks. Yeah.

Before I forget.

Here you go.

What's this?

Fifteen grand.

For what? For your cut of the Hudley deal.

No, I don't deserve this. I don't want... Uh -uh. It's not charity, okay?

were partners, 50 -50.

Besides, it'll help me clear my conscience about that Porsche thing, you

Thanks, Vince.

I appreciate it, man. How come you look miserable, then?

It's just... Your wife?

I need her so bad.

And Jackie needs her even more.

Well, maybe she'll come back.

Yeah. Maybe the Beatles will reunite.

Hi, Barry.

Oh, baby, I'm sorry about what happened. They told me all about it.

Mommy!

Jackie!

Everything's going to be okay.

Come on, honey.

You fixed it.

Yeah, man, that's the least I could do.

Tony King, Bobby Sixkiller. Hey, man, how you doing? My pleasure.

I appreciate it.

Where'd you find the park?

You know, some old friends.

Pay for it? Yeah, I paid.

Full retail, too.

I owe you one. Just remember me when I open up my own place.

You can open a bike store? Yeah, that's my plan.

Well, then you must be looking for investors.

Depends on the money. Depends on the money. Well, why don't you step into my

office right over here, Mr. King, and we'll discuss it, huh?

Watch your wallet.

I'm always looking for fresh investment opportunities.