Released in the UK on 16th April Repo Men explores a future where humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called The Union. The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don’t pay your bill, The Union sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property…with no concern for your comfort or survival.
Trailer and posters below.
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Some Facts to consider:
- In the UK 16.9 million people are on the NHS Organ Donor Register, which amounts to only 28% of the population (source: NHSBT)
- ‘A fully mechanical heart’ is being developed by French professor and heart transplant expert Alain F. Carpentier and it will be ready for clinical trial by next year (source: Wikipedia)
- On the black market the price for a kidney ranges from £500 to £250,000. ‘Transplant tourism’ is on the rise in Asia and Latin America as many people are willing to travel abroad and pay for organ transplants.
- More than 600,000 pacemakers are implanted worldwide every year. The total number has now surpassed 3 million. (source: stfrancisheartcenter.com)
