Born-again action hero: Jude Law turns his back on romantic comedies and period dramas as he bulks up for Repo Men
12/31/2009 11:39:00 PM
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He is currently blasting across cinema screens as the gentlemanly Dr Watson in Sherlock Holmes, but Jude Law has a far more gory feature film out soon.
After years of playing leading men in romantic comedies and period dramas, Law has bulked up to play an action man in science fiction thriller Repo Men.
Law, 37, plays a futuristic bailiff in a futuristic world where body organs can be bought by needy patients at exorbitant prices.
But he chases those who don't or can't pay up and brutally reclaims the body parts.
But it all goes wrong when his character, Remy, wakes up after a cardiac failure and finds he has been given a new top-of-the-range heart.
He cannot afford it and is landed with a hefty debt. And because his heart is no longer in the job, he must go on the run to escape the sinister mega-corporation The Union he once worked for.
And with his former partner Jake (Forest Whitaker) after him, it won't be long before they catch up with him.
The bloody film, which also stars Liev Schreiber, promises to be full of action but also dark comedy.
It is an unusual film choice for the actor, who is better known for roles in gentler films such as The Holiday, Alfie, The Aviator and The Talented Mr Ripley.
Repo Men is not, despite the similar name, a remake of the Alex Cox’s 1984 sci-fi punk cult classic Repo Man.
But some critics have drawn attention to its similar plotline to Paris Hilton's turkey Repo! The Genetic Opera - but without the singing.
It is directed by relative newcomer Miguel Sapochnik, who made little-known film The Dreamer in 2000, and will hit cinema screens in April.
After years of playing leading men in romantic comedies and period dramas, Law has bulked up to play an action man in science fiction thriller Repo Men.
Law, 37, plays a futuristic bailiff in a futuristic world where body organs can be bought by needy patients at exorbitant prices.
But he chases those who don't or can't pay up and brutally reclaims the body parts.
But it all goes wrong when his character, Remy, wakes up after a cardiac failure and finds he has been given a new top-of-the-range heart.
He cannot afford it and is landed with a hefty debt. And because his heart is no longer in the job, he must go on the run to escape the sinister mega-corporation The Union he once worked for.
And with his former partner Jake (Forest Whitaker) after him, it won't be long before they catch up with him.
The bloody film, which also stars Liev Schreiber, promises to be full of action but also dark comedy.
It is an unusual film choice for the actor, who is better known for roles in gentler films such as The Holiday, Alfie, The Aviator and The Talented Mr Ripley.
Repo Men is not, despite the similar name, a remake of the Alex Cox’s 1984 sci-fi punk cult classic Repo Man.
But some critics have drawn attention to its similar plotline to Paris Hilton's turkey Repo! The Genetic Opera - but without the singing.
It is directed by relative newcomer Miguel Sapochnik, who made little-known film The Dreamer in 2000, and will hit cinema screens in April.
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