Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

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Repo! The Genetic Opera
by mconrad3 in mconrad3 Blog

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"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 ... " [More]

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"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. ... " [More]

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