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Year: 2008
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Plot: Saw series mainstay Darren Lynn Bousman reunites with Twisted Pictures producers Oren Koules and Mark Burg for this futuristic shocker detailing a terrifying epidemic of organ failures. The denizens of planet Earth have been devastated by inexplicable and widespread organ failures, and as a result scientists begin planning a substantial organ harvest. Though an innovative biotech conglomerate subsequently offers the fearful public a means of maintaining their health by enacting a series of hassle-free organ payment plans, things begin to get messy when it's revealed that the financed body parts are subjected to legal default, and that failure to maintain proper payment will result in forceful repossession of the organs. Paul Sorvino and Spy Kids' Alexa Vega are set to star alongside celebrity socialite Paris Hilton in the Lionsgate film. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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]]>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:04:18 GMTRepo! The Genetic Opera2008Darren Lynn Bousman<a href="http://www.spout.com/films/240398/detail.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Saw</a> series mainstay <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___430163/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Darren Lynn Bousman</a> reunites with Twisted Pictures producers Oren Koules and Mark Burg for this futuristic shocker detailing a terrifying epidemic of organ failures. The denizens of planet Earth have been devastated by inexplicable and widespread organ failures, and as a result scientists begin planning a substantial organ harvest. Though an innovative biotech conglomerate subsequently offers the fearful public a means of maintaining their health by enacting a series of hassle-free organ payment plans, things begin to get messy when it's revealed that the financed body parts are subjected to legal default, and that failure to maintain proper payment will result in forceful repossession of the organs. <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P____66963/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Paul Sorvino</a> and <a href="http://www.spout.com/films/186504/detail.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Spy Kids</a>' <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___267985/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Alexa Vega</a> are set to star alongside celebrity socialite <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___358949/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Paris Hilton</a> in the Lionsgate film. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide65Tag Target (>10)11223http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s320394.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Repo_The_Genetic_Opera/320394/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/3_13_New_movies_Oscar_nominees_hit_DVD_plus_t/216/40910/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: spout
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Body: HITTING THEATERS 3/13 Disney's latest leading man: Dwayne Johnson in Race to Witch Mountain Race to Witch Mountain -- Watch trailer. This has Brendan Fraser's name written all over it, but it's starring Fraser's remake, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Of course, Brendan Fraser is a remake of Kurt Russell, and I bet that if the original Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) had starred a young, sexy hero (not the older Eddie Albert), it would've been Disney favorite Kurt Rusell (remember The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes and The Strongest Man in the World?). PS - I'm mostly joking; I like Dwayne Johnson. Standing on the shoulders of Swedes: The Last House on the Left The Last House on the Left -- Watch trailer. Produced by Wes Craven, this is a remake of the Craven-directed The Last House on the Left (1972), which was kind of like Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971), which is loosely based on a novel (The Siege of Trencher's Farm) but reminiscent of Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring (1959), which was inspired by the Swedish ballad "Torres dotter i Wange," which is purportedly based on true events... The Whitest Boys U'Know: Miss March Miss March -- Watch trailer. A young guy wakes from a 4-year coma to find that his high school sweetheart gave up waiting for him to become a pin-up for Playboy. Needless to say, the guy sets out for the Playboy mansion to reclaim his old girlfriend; also needless to say, he's joined by a sex-crazed friend. LIMITED RELEASE Dirty movie: Sunshine Cleaning Sunshine Cleaning -- Watch trailer. Amy Adams plays a short-on-cash mother who's determined to send her son to a quality private school. Adams reluctantly enlists the help of her sister (Emily Blunt) to start a cleaning service that specializes in crime scene clean-up and bio-hazard removal. Is it just me, or do you pick up on an indie cash-cow vibe? I mean, could it really only be a coincidence that it's called "Sunshine" Cleaning when it's being billed as the next movie from the producers of Little Miss "Sunshine"? But ultimately, any pandering to the audience may not matter if Sunshine Cleaning is actually good. And with actors like Blunt and Adams, Alan Arkin and Steve Zahn, I've got high hopes. They ain't heavy, they's my brothers: Brothers at War Brothers at War -- Watch trailer. Documentary filmmaker Jake Rademacher's two brothers are soldiers. Jake spent three and a half years on this film, staying with four army units over two trips to Iraq, exploring his brothers' service and motivation. This very personal film appears to reveal a lot that's universal, as Rademacher seeks to understand what the soldiers in Iraq continue to experience. Dennis Quaid takes the bait: The Horsemen The Horsemen -- Watch trailer. Dennis Quaid, widowed detective, finds chilling connections between himself and the victims of a serial killer who's obsessed with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. To me, this still sounds like Se7en, Part Two. I guess whether that's a good or bad thing depends on your point of view. ________________________________________ NEW TO DVD 3/10 -- Oscar films hit the shelves Oscar alumni 1. Milk -- Watch trailer. The one Best Picture nominee that probably could've taken the laurel leaves from Slumdog Millionaire. I haven't seen it yet--I was too busy watching The Wrestler three times. 2. Der Baader Meinhof Complex -- Watch trailer. This Oscar-nominated foreign film looks really good, even considering I don't know what's happening in that intense trailer! Check it out! 3. Happy-Go-Lucky -- Watch trailer. It's considered one of the biggest snubs of the Oscars that charming star Sally Hawkins wasn't nominated for Best Actress. 4. Rachel Getting Married -- Watch trailer. FilmCouch's Kevin Buist says Anne Hathaway is great in an otherwise grating, tiring, "annoying" movie about...you guessed it: family conflicts. Huh, I guess content equals form after all. Blockbusters (and wannabes) 5. Role Models -- Watch trailer. Paul Rudd and Sean William Scott are funny together, but the film coasts way too long during the scenes of LARPing (live action role playing). 6. Transporter 3 -- Watch trailer. I haven't seen any of these yet, would you guys recommend them? I do always like Jason Statham, even when he's in bad movies. 7. Max Payne -- Watch trailer. Mark Wahlberg. Video game movie. Much stylized violence. 8. Repo! The Genetic Opera -- Watch trailer. Interesting-sounding shocker set in a future where a mysterious epidemic of organ failures turns healthy organs into a precious commodity. When organ buyers fail to make good on their payment plans, their organs must be re-possessed... 9. Saw V and Saw Goreology: Movies 1 - 5 -- Watch trailer to Saw V. It's a Saw movie, you know the drill. Hey, was that a pun? Lil' nuggets 10. Let the Right One In -- Watch trailer. Best vampire movie ever? Looks like it to me. 11. Synechdoche, New York -- Watch trailer. The Charlie Kaufman-penned film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman. I've heard the film is intellectually demanding, but I've never felt like I've wasted my time watching something written by Kaufman. 12. Battle in Seattle -- Watch trailer. This feature recounts the events of the 1999 World Trade Organization and the ensuing riots. 13. Rocker -- Watch trailer. The Office's Rainn Wilson stars as a one-time promising rocker who now, 20 years later, gets a second chance. 14. Cadillac Records -- Watch trailer. The word: good actors, good music, so-so film.
]]>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:04:31 GMTspoutComing Soon3/9/2009 3:04:31 PMHITTING THEATERS 3/13 Disney's latest leading man: Dwayne Johnson in Race to Witch Mountain Race to Witch Mountain -- Watch trailer. This has Brendan Fraser's name written all over it, but it's starring Fraser's remake, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Of course, Brendan Fraser is a remake of Kurt Russell, and I bet that if the original Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) had starred a young, sexy hero (not the older Eddie Albert), it would've been Disney favorite Kurt Rusell (remember The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes and The Strongest Man in the World?). PS - I'm mostly joking; I like Dwayne Johnson. Standing on the shoulders of Swedes: The Last House on the Left The Last House on the Left -- Watch trailer. Produced by Wes Craven, this is a remake of the Craven-directed The Last House on the Left (1972), which was kind of like Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971), which is loosely based on a novel (The Siege of Trencher's Farm) but reminiscent of Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring (1959), which was inspired by the Swedish ballad "Torres dotter i Wange," which is purportedly based on true events... The Whitest Boys U'Know: Miss March Miss March -- Watch trailer. A young guy wakes from a 4-year coma to find that his high school sweetheart gave up waiting for him to become a pin-up for Playboy. Needless to say, the guy sets out for the Playboy mansion to reclaim his old girlfriend; also needless to say, he's joined by a sex-crazed friend. LIMITED RELEASE Dirty movie: Sunshine Cleaning Sunshine Cleaning -- Watch trailer. Amy Adams plays a short-on-cash mother who's determined to send her son to a quality private school. Adams reluctantly enlists the help of her sister (Emily Blunt) to start a cleaning service that specializes in crime scene clean-up and bio-hazard removal. Is it just me, or do you pick up on an indie cash-cow vibe? I mean, could it really only be a coincidence that it's called "Sunshine" Cleaning when it's being billed as the next movie from the producers of Little Miss "Sunshine"? But ultimately, any pandering to the audience may not matter if Sunshine Cleaning is actually good. And with actors like Blunt and Adams, Alan Arkin and Steve Zahn, I've got high hopes. They ain't heavy, they's my brothers: Brothers at War Brothers at War -- Watch trailer. Documentary filmmaker Jake Rademacher's two brothers are soldiers. Jake spent three and a half years on this film, staying with four army units over two trips to Iraq, exploring his brothers' service and motivation. This very personal film appears to reveal a lot that's universal, as Rademacher seeks to understand what the soldiers in Iraq continue to experience. Dennis Quaid takes the bait: The Horsemen The Horsemen -- Watch trailer. Dennis Quaid, widowed detective, finds chilling connections between himself and the victims of a serial killer who's obsessed with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. To me, this still sounds like Se7en, Part Two. I guess whether that's a good or bad thing depends on your point of view. ________________________________________ NEW TO DVD 3/10 -- Oscar films hit the shelves Oscar alumni 1. Milk -- Watch trailer. The one Best Picture nominee that probably could've taken the laurel leaves from Slumdog Millionaire. I haven't seen it yet--I was too busy watching The Wrestler three times. 2. Der Baader Meinhof Complex -- Watch trailer. This Oscar-nominated foreign film looks really good, even considering I don't know what's happening in that intense trailer! Check it out! 3. Happy-Go-Lucky -- Watch trailer. It's considered one of the biggest snubs of the Oscars that charming star Sally Hawkins wasn't nominated for Best Actress. 4. Rachel Getting Married -- Watch trailer. FilmCouch's Kevin Buist says Anne Hathaway is great in an otherwise grating, tiring, "annoying" movie about...you guessed it: family conflicts. Huh, I guess content equals form after all. Blockbusters (and wannabes) 5. Role Models -- Watch trailer. Paul Rudd and Sean William Scott are funny together, but the film coasts way too long during the scenes of LARPing (live action role playing). 6. Transporter 3 -- Watch trailer. I haven't seen any of these yet, would you guys recommend them? I do always like Jason Statham, even when he's in bad movies. 7. Max Payne -- Watch trailer. Mark Wahlberg. Video game movie. Much stylized violence. 8. Repo! The Genetic Opera -- Watch trailer. Interesting-sounding shocker set in a future where a mysterious epidemic of organ failures turns healthy organs into a precious commodity. When organ buyers fail to make good on their payment plans, their organs must be re-possessed... 9. Saw V and Saw Goreology: Movies 1 - 5 -- Watch trailer to Saw V. It's a Saw movie, you know the drill. Hey, was that a pun? Lil' nuggets 10. Let the Right One In -- Watch trailer. Best vampire movie ever? Looks like it to me. 11. Synechdoche, New York -- Watch trailer. The Charlie Kaufman-penned film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman. I've heard the film is intellectually demanding, but I've never felt like I've wasted my time watching something written by Kaufman. 12. Battle in Seattle -- Watch trailer. This feature recounts the events of the 1999 World Trade Organization and the ensuing riots. 13. Rocker -- Watch trailer. The Office's Rainn Wilson stars as a one-time promising rocker who now, 20 years later, gets a second chance. 14. Cadillac Records -- Watch trailer. The word: good actors, good music, so-so film. http://www.spout.com/blogs/mconrad3/archive/2009/1/25/39888.aspx Post By: mconrad3
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Body: Rock operas. I can't say I'm a fan of any manner of musical, but if I had to sit through one, it'd be the rock opera. Repo is one of the most recent examples of this genre, the most famous of which would probably be the Rocky Horror Picture Show. This film is no Rocky Horror, but it had just enough macabre to keep me interested the whole way through. It takes place fifty years from now when an organ transplant company (GeneCo) has saved humanity from an epidemic of organ failures. The catch is if you miss your payments, they send a repo man to rip the organs out of you. The surrounding world is very gothic and dark, but it only adds to the insanity of its denizens. You'd think that a film that has to sing its way through the plot is going to have its fair share of lameduck tracks to keep the plot going. Repo has a few, but for the most part they're pretty catchy tunes. Even more surprising is the fact that just about everyone in the show can sing, Paris Hilton included (I know, I'm surprised too). Visually, the film is quite appealing. The whole look of the world was what caught my attention when I first saw the trailer. My issue with it, is it seems the film holds back from something that could truly be a dark and gritty musical. There is a fair share of blood and gore, but it takes a back seat to the father-daughter story between Anthony Head and Alexa Vega. It's an interesting story, but having more of it take place on the streets instead of locked up in their house would have really helped draw me in. Maybe I've just been desensitized by violence, but I was somewhat underwhelmed in spite of my expectations. It's a colorful universe being put in display for us, but I'm not entirely convinced the filmmakers took advantage of it. They introduce characters and concepts that I'd love to follow around but only appear sporadically throughout the story. It also has the disadvantage of feeling longer than it actually is. I don't dislike Repo, far from it, I think it was a well made flick that took some chances. It just didn't take enough chances in the right places and was too timid to really go for the throat. It holds up as a solid narrative and intriguing story, but I can't help feeling like something was missing from the recipe.
]]>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:49:38 GMTmconrad3mconrad3 Blog1/25/2009 7:49:38 PMRock operas. I can't say I'm a fan of any manner of musical, but if I had to sit through one, it'd be the rock opera. Repo is one of the most recent examples of this genre, the most famous of which would probably be the Rocky Horror Picture Show. This film is no Rocky Horror, but it had just enough macabre to keep me interested the whole way through. It takes place fifty years from now when an organ transplant company (GeneCo) has saved humanity from an epidemic of organ failures. The catch is if you miss your payments, they send a repo man to rip the organs out of you. The surrounding world is very gothic and dark, but it only adds to the insanity of its denizens. You'd think that a film that has to sing its way through the plot is going to have its fair share of lameduck tracks to keep the plot going. Repo has a few, but for the most part they're pretty catchy tunes. Even more surprising is the fact that just about everyone in the show can sing, Paris Hilton included (I know, I'm surprised too). Visually, the film is quite appealing. The whole look of the world was what caught my attention when I first saw the trailer. My issue with it, is it seems the film holds back from something that could truly be a dark and gritty musical. There is a fair share of blood and gore, but it takes a back seat to the father-daughter story between Anthony Head and Alexa Vega. It's an interesting story, but having more of it take place on the streets instead of locked up in their house would have really helped draw me in. Maybe I've just been desensitized by violence, but I was somewhat underwhelmed in spite of my expectations. It's a colorful universe being put in display for us, but I'm not entirely convinced the filmmakers took advantage of it. They introduce characters and concepts that I'd love to follow around but only appear sporadically throughout the story. It also has the disadvantage of feeling longer than it actually is. I don't dislike Repo, far from it, I think it was a well made flick that took some chances. It just didn't take enough chances in the right places and was too timid to really go for the throat. It holds up as a solid narrative and intriguing story, but I can't help feeling like something was missing from the recipe. http://www.spout.com/groups/Community_Recommendations/Re_Collaboration_Best_Films_of_2008/643/38152/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: mercurial
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Post Date: 12/9/2008 6:30:49 PM
Body: Liked these (in no particular order): Cloverfield Incredible theatrical experience. Might be hampered watching at home. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Cutesy teen flick. Had a great 80's feel to it. Hamlet 2 Perverse and just plain hilarious throughout. Great original music. House Bunny I'm a sucker for Anna Faris and she plays a ditzy Playmate perfectly. The Dark Knight A comic geek's wet dream. My Winnipeg Immensely creative, original film. A flurry of emotions in a bizarre little package. WALL-E Heartbreakingly sentimental love story; action packed galactic adventure. Iron Man Another comic geek's wet dream. And Robert Downey Jr. Nuff said. The Fall Just insanely wondrous film. Deserves the comparisons to The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Speed Racer Seizure inducing fanboy fun. Savage Grace Frightening 'Based on a True Story' film. Amazing performances. The Strangers Nothing new, but executed perfectly. Dark, abysmal terror. My Blueberry Nights Subtle, nuanced performances and beautiful direction. Packed with emotion. Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day Carefree, fanciful period flick. Amy Adams and Frances McDormand are a perfect slapstick duo on screen. Jumper Big budget Sci-Fi blockbuster without all the annoying garnishes. Watching the Detectives Made for cinephiles about cinephiles. Hokey fun. Movies that might be on my list that I haven't seen yet: Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Spirit Doubt The Wrestler The Brothers Bloom Revolutionary Road Repo! The Genetic Opera Humboldt County Just Buried Milk Australia Rachel Getting Married W. Fear(s) of the Dark Synecdoche, New York Zack and Miri Make a Porno Towelhead Vicky Cristina Barcelona The Wackness Brideshead Revisited Glass: A Portrait in Twelve Parts
]]>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:30:49 GMTmercurialCommunity Recommendations12/9/2008 6:30:49 PMLiked these (in no particular order): Cloverfield Incredible theatrical experience. Might be hampered watching at home. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Cutesy teen flick. Had a great 80's feel to it. Hamlet 2 Perverse and just plain hilarious throughout. Great original music. House Bunny I'm a sucker for Anna Faris and she plays a ditzy Playmate perfectly. The Dark Knight A comic geek's wet dream. My Winnipeg Immensely creative, original film. A flurry of emotions in a bizarre little package. WALL-E Heartbreakingly sentimental love story; action packed galactic adventure. Iron Man Another comic geek's wet dream. And Robert Downey Jr. Nuff said. The Fall Just insanely wondrous film. Deserves the comparisons to The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Speed Racer Seizure inducing fanboy fun. Savage Grace Frightening 'Based on a True Story' film. Amazing performances. The Strangers Nothing new, but executed perfectly. Dark, abysmal terror. My Blueberry Nights Subtle, nuanced performances and beautiful direction. Packed with emotion. Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day Carefree, fanciful period flick. Amy Adams and Frances McDormand are a perfect slapstick duo on screen. Jumper Big budget Sci-Fi blockbuster without all the annoying garnishes. Watching the Detectives Made for cinephiles about cinephiles. Hokey fun. Movies that might be on my list that I haven't seen yet: Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Spirit Doubt The Wrestler The Brothers Bloom Revolutionary Road Repo! The Genetic Opera Humboldt County Just Buried Milk Australia Rachel Getting Married W. Fear(s) of the Dark Synecdoche, New York Zack and Miri Make a Porno Towelhead Vicky Cristina Barcelona The Wackness Brideshead Revisited Glass: A Portrait in Twelve Parts http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/9/20/35340.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: There’s no denying that Repo! The Genetic Opera has plenty of imagination, but right now it’s still spinning around in my brain and I’m trying to decide if I like it or not. The first time I saw The Rocky Horror Picture Show, I thought it was one of the worst movies I’d ever seen, despite Tim Curry’s stellar performance. Is Repo! destined for the same cult status? The only answer I can come up with is… maybe. Based on a 10 minute opera called “The Necro-Merchant’s Debt” by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich (who plays the Graverobber in the movie), Repo! later become a stageplay, and then they brought Saw sequel director Darren Lynn Bousman on board, and now a movie. It’s an epic opera set in the future, where a corporation called GeneCo has mastered the art of creating synthetic body organs. However, they come at a steep price, and if you don’t pay up, the company will send Repo Men after you to reclaim their property. Which of course usually results in the death of the implantee. This serves as the backdrop for the opera portion of the movie, in which Rotti Largo, owener of GeneCo, struggles with his three nasty children: violent Luigi, face-transplant Pavi, and surgery-obsessed Amber Sweet, played by Paris Hilton. Yes, that Paris Hilton. On the flipside of the Repo!-verse are Shilo Wallace, 17 year old girl in a bubble who kept locked up at home by her father, Doctor Nathan Wallace. He’s paranoid that her blood disease will kill her, and tries to keep his daughter hermetically sealed at all times. As often happens in operas, it turns out that Nathan’s dead wife Marni did once love Rotti, but she left him for Nathan. Rotti couldn’t take the rejection, and he poisoned Marni and made it look like it was Nathan’s fault. He kept Nathan out of jail, but forced him to become one of his Repo Men. So, he’s a doctor by day and a Repo Man by night. He’s become very good at his job and takes macabre pleasure in it as well. Rotti discovers he’s dying of a terminal disease that even genetics can’t fix, and he sets about the machinations to bring Nathan’s world crumbling to the ground, while simultaneously denying the inheritance of GeneCo to any of his own kids Thrown into the mix are Blind Mag, a singer with digital GeneCo eyes who serves as the voice of the company who is locked into a perpetual contract with them, and the Graverobber, a man who extracts Zydrate (a glowing blue drug) from corpses around town to feed those who are addicted to the knife, like Amber. Some of the acting is just truly painful and there are moments of laugh-out-loud bad dialogue, like the phone call Shilo gets out of the blue from Rotti, “Meet me in your mother’s tomb!” Gee, okay, no problem. Paul Sorvino chews up every scene he’s in as the villanous Rotti, and the actor who plays Luigi just can’t act in this role at all, other than to snarl at everyone. However, there are some standouts, like Anthony Head who is better known as Giles from TV’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Alexa Vega, who played Carmen in the Spy Kids trilogy of films has really grown up, and shines as Shilo, and Paris Hilton actually isn’t bad, although I’m not sure if that’s because she’s playing a limelight obsessed starlet-figure who is consumed with looking perfect. There’s a scene where her new face falls off in the middle of a song, and we’re shown a literally faceless Paris Hilton. Those scenes alone make a better movie than the fluff piece Paris, Not France did. Oddly enough, the real star of this film turns out to be singer Sarah Brightman who plays Blind Mag. She has some of the best songs in the movie, including “Chase The Morning” with Alexa Vegas, and her digital corneas make her look both creepy and cool at the same time. Calling it now: goth girls will love this look for Halloween. Especially if they can buy those contact lenses somewhere. She has the most tragic storyline in the movie, and her look seems directly inspired by the Living Dead Dolls line of collectibles. Hell, if they actually make a Blind Mag doll, I’d probably buy it. Especially if it has “Holographic Projector Eye Action,” batteries not included. What’s ironic about the film is that I kept thinking that it would be great if it wasn’t the musical. Many of the numbers just don’t work, either because of the lyrics or the peformances, but I love the sci-fi setting of the story and the arcs of the characters. It’s like a post-Blade Runner steampunk Victoriana world where synthetic organs have replaced Replicants, and the Repo Men are the bladerunners. They wear cool dark surgeon-esque outfits, complete with full facemask helmets with glowing eyes, and you could imagine the terror they’d strike in your gut when they came calling for that very same organ. Director Bousman said that the studios said the same thing, “Why don’t you do this as a non-musical?,” which he and Zdunich flatly refused to do. So, we’re left with a intriguing story stuck behind an awkward musical in which half of it works, and the other have flails around like a patient without a heart. Goths will love it, mainstream moviegoers will hate it, and horror fans will likely be confused by it. Especially when the other organ repo movie Repossession Mambo hits screens next year. Repo! will have a limited theatrical release in November, and will hit DVD in January 2009. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:00:49 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com9/20/2008 2:00:49 PM There’s no denying that Repo! The Genetic Opera has plenty of imagination, but right now it’s still spinning around in my brain and I’m trying to decide if I like it or not. The first time I saw The Rocky Horror Picture Show, I thought it was one of the worst movies I’d ever seen, despite Tim Curry’s stellar performance. Is Repo! destined for the same cult status? The only answer I can come up with is… maybe. Based on a 10 minute opera called “The Necro-Merchant’s Debt” by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich (who plays the Graverobber in the movie), Repo! later become a stageplay, and then they brought Saw sequel director Darren Lynn Bousman on board, and now a movie. It’s an epic opera set in the future, where a corporation called GeneCo has mastered the art of creating synthetic body organs. However, they come at a steep price, and if you don’t pay up, the company will send Repo Men after you to reclaim their property. Which of course usually results in the death of the implantee. This serves as the backdrop for the opera portion of the movie, in which Rotti Largo, owener of GeneCo, struggles with his three nasty children: violent Luigi, face-transplant Pavi, and surgery-obsessed Amber Sweet, played by Paris Hilton. Yes, that Paris Hilton. On the flipside of the Repo!-verse are Shilo Wallace, 17 year old girl in a bubble who kept locked up at home by her father, Doctor Nathan Wallace. He’s paranoid that her blood disease will kill her, and tries to keep his daughter hermetically sealed at all times. As often happens in operas, it turns out that Nathan’s dead wife Marni did once love Rotti, but she left him for Nathan. Rotti couldn’t take the rejection, and he poisoned Marni and made it look like it was Nathan’s fault. He kept Nathan out of jail, but forced him to become one of his Repo Men. So, he’s a doctor by day and a Repo Man by night. He’s become very good at his job and takes macabre pleasure in it as well. Rotti discovers he’s dying of a terminal disease that even genetics can’t fix, and he sets about the machinations to bring Nathan’s world crumbling to the ground, while simultaneously denying the inheritance of GeneCo to any of his own kids Thrown into the mix are Blind Mag, a singer with digital GeneCo eyes who serves as the voice of the company who is locked into a perpetual contract with them, and the Graverobber, a man who extracts Zydrate (a glowing blue drug) from corpses around town to feed those who are addicted to the knife, like Amber. Some of the acting is just truly painful and there are moments of laugh-out-loud bad dialogue, like the phone call Shilo gets out of the blue from Rotti, “Meet me in your mother’s tomb!” Gee, okay, no problem. Paul Sorvino chews up every scene he’s in as the villanous Rotti, and the actor who plays Luigi just can’t act in this role at all, other than to snarl at everyone. However, there are some standouts, like Anthony Head who is better known as Giles from TV’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Alexa Vega, who played Carmen in the Spy Kids trilogy of films has really grown up, and shines as Shilo, and Paris Hilton actually isn’t bad, although I’m not sure if that’s because she’s playing a limelight obsessed starlet-figure who is consumed with looking perfect. There’s a scene where her new face falls off in the middle of a song, and we’re shown a literally faceless Paris Hilton. Those scenes alone make a better movie than the fluff piece Paris, Not France did. Oddly enough, the real star of this film turns out to be singer Sarah Brightman who plays Blind Mag. She has some of the best songs in the movie, including “Chase The Morning” with Alexa Vegas, and her digital corneas make her look both creepy and cool at the same time. Calling it now: goth girls will love this look for Halloween. Especially if they can buy those contact lenses somewhere. She has the most tragic storyline in the movie, and her look seems directly inspired by the Living Dead Dolls line of collectibles. Hell, if they actually make a Blind Mag doll, I’d probably buy it. Especially if it has “Holographic Projector Eye Action,” batteries not included. What’s ironic about the film is that I kept thinking that it would be great if it wasn’t the musical. Many of the numbers just don’t work, either because of the lyrics or the peformances, but I love the sci-fi setting of the story and the arcs of the characters. It’s like a post-Blade Runner steampunk Victoriana world where synthetic organs have replaced Replicants, and the Repo Men are the bladerunners. They wear cool dark surgeon-esque outfits, complete with full facemask helmets with glowing eyes, and you could imagine the terror they’d strike in your gut when they came calling for that very same organ. Director Bousman said that the studios said the same thing, “Why don’t you do this as a non-musical?,” which he and Zdunich flatly refused to do. So, we’re left with a intriguing story stuck behind an awkward musical in which half of it works, and the other have flails around like a patient without a heart. Goths will love it, mainstream moviegoers will hate it, and horror fans will likely be confused by it. Especially when the other organ repo movie Repossession Mambo hits screens next year. Repo! will have a limited theatrical release in November, and will hit DVD in January 2009. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/family/MemberTagFilms.aspxfamily
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