Repo! The Genetic Opera [Blu-ray]
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
Writer: Terrance Zdunich
Writer: Darren Smith
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2009-01-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate
Blu-ray Reviews of Repo! The Genetic Opera [Blu-ray]
Blu-ray Review: "Things you see in a graveyard" are a wonder to behold.
Summary: 5 Stars
Every so often a film of some form or another comes out and sparks a frenzy of interest due to it's complete and utter originality. In the past films like, "Reefer Madness", "Rocky Horror' and "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" were such movies, and all of these movies I adore. Yet, not until now has one been so perfect for my tastes; past and present.
I love horror films, I love musicals, I'm a huge ASH fan (Anthony Stewart Head) and I'm a huge DLB fan. (Darren Lynn Bousman) So when I heard he was releasing a horror/rock opera I was SO there. Unfortunately, Lionsgate ended up the distributer and I failed to find a theater in even a 100 to 200 mile radius from me where it was playing at, and The Repo road tour didn't come near my home town. So as soon at it was available to order, I was there.
I watched the film and fell in love. The story is simple. In the future massive global organ failures begin to drastically diminish the population, until a saviour comes out of nowhere in the guise of Geneco run by Rotti Largo (a surprising and fantastic Paul Sorvino) and his three children: Luigi (a murderously evil Bill Moseley of Texas Chainsaw 2), Amber Sweet (played perfectly and sluttily by Paris Hilton) and Pavi (played unrecognizably by Ogre of the group Skinny Puppy). Geneco gives those suffering from failing organs a chance at a new life; at a price. If you miss a payment on your new organ Geneco sends out a Repo Man, a legal assassin who's only job is to find you and take back the organ in question, and he doesn't do it nicely. He rips it out of your body and kills you in the process. Rotti's head Repo Man is Nathan Wallace (the fantastic Anthony Stewart Head), a former friend and now slave due to what he did to his wife, Rotti's ex girlfriend Marni. He kills and repo's for Rotti in penance for his crime. Nathan has a daugther, Shiloh (sung and acted fantastically by "Spy Kids" alum Alexa Vega) who he keeps locked up due to a questionable blood disease and his insecurities of the world. But Shiloh longs for the outside world and in her nightly escapes meets a Graverobber and begins to experience the horrors of the outside world. Enter Blind Mag ( played incomparably by Sarah Brightman), Marni's best friend and Shiloh's godmother, her struggle for freedom from Geneco, Rotti's masterplan to leave the company with Shiloh, and Nathan's secret life as the Repo man set the stage for a bloody and heartwrenching story of loss, lies, redemption, choice and love beyond measure.
Not only is the story well done, the music is fantastic. With crowd pleasing dance numbers like "Infected", "Zydrate Anatomy" and "We Started This Opera S**t", to roll in the floor pieces like "Mark It Up", "Thankless Job" and "Bravi!" to the heart wrenching "Chase The Morning" , "Gold" and "I didn't know I loved you so Much". The music is fantastic and so original, and not just there for kicks but there to serve and push the plot forward.
The film also gives us horror fans a good bit of gore, from ripped out hearts, to disemboweled torso's, to severed heads and ripped out spinal cords. The gore is top notch but not so over the top as to pull you from the plot (except for in "Thankless Job" which gets a good chuckle.) The acting is also top notch. I find it hard to believe that Anthony Stewart Head (Giles of "Buffy") was not honored with a Golden Globe nom in the very least. His portrayal of a haunted and overprotective father is heartwrenching to watch. He has singing chops as well. Paul Sorvino is captivating to watch as Rotti Largo, and damn can he sing. (he shines in the song "Gold".) Alexa Vega is well cast as Shiloh, and she gets her time to shine with the infectious sound of "Infected" and the angry "Seventeen". But it is Sarah Brightman who truly shines. I was unable to keep my eyes of her as she was beautiful to look at and also to listen to. "Chase the Morning" and "Cromaggia" are two of the best songs I've ever heard in ANY musical. No wonder their being considered for Oscar noms.
All in all you can't miss this film. If you love horror, watch it. If you love musicals, watch it. If you love different and original, watch it. And if you don't like these things you should still watch it.
"Chase the Morning, Yield for Nothing"
Description of Repo! The Genetic Opera [Blu-ray]
REPO THE GENETIC OPERA - Blu-Ray MovieLikening 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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