The 1984 film about a young punk rocker who becomes a repo man chasing alien-linked cars is Repo Man.
Written and directed by Alex Cox in his feature-film debut, the movie follows Otto Maddox, a disaffected Los Angeles punk who loses his job and joins a vehicle-repossession company. His routine changes when he becomes involved with a mysterious 1964 Chevrolet Malibu whose trunk contains something extraordinarily dangerous.
Repo Man mixes science fiction, punk music, black comedy, and satire of consumer culture. Harry Dean Stanton plays veteran repo man Bud, while Emilio Estevez plays Otto. The film’s distinctive soundtrack includes music by several influential punk bands, helping give it a strong identity beyond its science-fiction plot.
The title is sometimes confused with The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, another offbeat 1984 science-fiction cult film. They share a quirky genre reputation, but only Repo Man centers on automobile repossession and a young punk drawn into an extraterrestrial mystery.