Think you got what it takes to rip out a man’s heart?
Well now is your chance to prove it, as Universal Pictures, Wired Magazine & Lone Shark Games has just launched an official REPO MEN Hunt. What exactly does such a “hunt” entail? Read on…
First off, it’s probably best to contextualize the hunt with the plot of Miguel Sapchnik’s sci-fi thriller (REPO MEN):
In the future 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. Former soldier Remy is one of the best organ repo men in the business. But when he suffers a cardiac failure on the job, he awakens to find himself fitted with the company’s top-of-the-line heart-replacement… as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his heart’s no longer in the job. When he can’t make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy’s former partner Jake, to track him down.
So…in a pretty cool sounding promo tie-in with the film, starting today, four Runners, with a $7,500 bounty on each of their heads, kicked off a first-of-its-kind event to find out what it’s like to be hunted – and YOU can do the hunting. The Union is offering select men and women the opportunity to join their exclusive force of repo experts.
The Repo Men must use the internet, their wits, and any other legal means possible to find anyone in possession of an artificial organ [artiforg]. Any Repo Man claiming and returning an artiforg to The Union will receive a payment of $7,500 per artiforg returned.
By my quick math, that’s a cool $30,000 up for grabs. Not bad in this economy, ay?
So what do you have to do to join the hunt? Readers over the age of 18 can sign up at www.wired.com/repomen to become Repo Men, unlock the clues and track down the Runners. Whoever is able to locate a Runner in person, take his or her photo and say a code word will win $7,500. Any Runner who lasts a month without being caught stands to gain up to $10,000. The Runners will be operating under a series of constraints and challenges, and Runners and Repo Men alike are forbidden from breaking the law. Clues will be hidden at every turn.
The contest begins today and continues until 12:01 A.M. on March 25, or when the Repo Men capture all of the runners—whichever comes first. The Hunt’s Runners include Ciji, who has spent hours imagining how she’d disguise herself; Usman, whose whereabouts shift with Heisenbergian uncertainty; Alex, a self-described “smart, sassy, athletic girl who loves adventure”; and Will, a former Army soldier who trained NATO forces in SERE (Survive, Evade, Resist and Escape) school.
Meet your targets below and let the Hunt begin!
If REPO MEN star Alice Braga (above) was one of the four Runners, I would have already signed up!
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