Repo! The Genetic Opera
by Darren Lynn Bousman
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Actor: Alexa Vega, Anthony Head, Paris Hilton, Paul Sorvino, Sarah BrightmanDirector: Darren Lynn Bousman
Brand: LIONS GATE HOME ENT.
Writer: Terrance Zdunich
Producer: Darren Lynn Bousman
Producer: Carl Mazzocone
Producer: Daniel J. Heffner
Producer: Darren Smith
Writer: Darren Smith
Producer: Jason Constantine
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-01-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Repo! The Genetic Opera
Movie Review: Region A, be warned
Summary: 4 Stars
While a majority of Blu-Rays are region free, some aren't. This is one of them. For those in Region A, you're fine. The rest of us need extra software and that's if we watch it on a computer or a few specif players.
But apart from that, I still loved it. The Region not being listed as A on this site was the only thing that dropped it to 4/5.
Summary of Repo! The Genetic Opera
Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 01/20/2009 Run time: 90 minutes Rating: RLikening Repo! The Genetic Opera to its predecessors, Little Shop of Horrors and Rocky Horror Picture Show, conveys this film's high camp and operatic bursts of song, but does little to describe how absolutely bizarre Repo! is. Like Rocky Horror, Repo! was written for stage performance by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich, who stars as a Graverobber, dolled up in vampiric makeup to resemble Rocky Horror's iconic tranny, Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Hiring newbie director, Darren Lynn Bousman, fresh out of film school to shoot this mutant movie, Smith and Zdunich clearly focused on writing comedy into extremely gruesome slasher scenes, which works with mixed results. Stills of comic strips contextualize each scene, telling the story of biotech corporation Geneco's repossessions of organs that they implanted into various patients to save human lives during a long history of operations. Organs, here, were bought on credit, and as the economy nosedives, citizens of this a makeshift Gotham City cannot pay bills, and must forfeit their lives to repo men make a killing around town, literally. Heading this enterprise is CEO Rotti Largo (Paul Sorvino), who has two bickering sons, Luigi (Bill Moseley) and Pavi (Nivek Ogre), whose white facemask is third generation Phantom, borrowing directly from Winslow Leach's in Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise. Central to the plot is head repo guy/slaughterer, Nathan Wallace (Anthony Head of Buffy the Vampire Slayer), who hides his career path to preserve his sexy teenage daughter, Shilo's (Alexa Vega), innocence. As Shilo discovers her godmom, Blind Mag (Sarah Brightman), and the "Z"-addicted surgery slut, Amber Sweet (Paris Hilton), she embarks on adventures through an urban landscape constructed of metal gear, corpse piles, and S/M zombie girls, while dad straps people up in his torture chamber to take back body parts. Hmmmm. Since Repo! looks likes a Marilyn Manson video, its musical niche sensibility will only appeal to fans who like Goth and Industrial music. To anyone who doesn't go for that look, it does impress for its sheer dedication to choreography and song. In the least, Repo! The Genetic Opera is an anomalous glimpse into visionary horror. --Trinie Dalton
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