Repo the genetic opera dvd movie#
In fact, the storylines are so twisted, the movie can’t even present them all without interrupting the regular narrative with sequences of comic book panels that clarify important details. There are so many storylines and they are so intertwined, trying to summarize them for review is a daunting process. The story is something a bit more operatic, dealing with common themes ranging from revenge, lost loves, a loss of innocence, and more. Meanwhile, illicitly gained organs, or those financed by people unable to keep up with payments, draw the attention of the Repo Man, a mythic figure of the underworld who hunts down his prey and reclaims body parts - with all the blood and gore you might expect.īut all of that is just the setting - the environment the movie takes place in.
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A painkiller designed to help ease people through surgery has gained popularity in a black market form that is acquired from the dead - a supply that is easily found, considering the apocalyptic future city has been raised on mass graves. With surgery having been a necessity for so long, the elite public have grown addicted to the knife, replacing their mundane body parts in a search for genetic perfection. At the same time, it’s a fair piece of social commentary. Set in a future where mankind has faced an epidemic of organ failures and been both saved and doomed by corporate greed, describing the setting of Repo! as dark is an understatement. So well executed, in fact, that it might have limited its own potential by shutting itself off from the audience it would need to raise the bar for future rock operas. The rock opera take on a science-fiction/horror story is incredibly ambitious and well executed. Repo! The Genetic Opera may not be that movie, but not for a lack of trying. Region 2: Region 2 titles are suitable for England and Europe and will only play in Australia and New Zealand if you have a MULTI-REGION DVD player or a Region 2 DVD player.Every once in a while you have a movie that challenges the expectations of a genre and raises the bar for future expectations. A surprising casting choice, she's an almost regal presence, and her goosebump-inducing soprano soars stratospherically above this fun cult film in-the-making.
Skinny Puppy's Nivek Ogre lends some underground cred as the most twisted member of the Largo clan, but Brightman gives the comically bloody proceedings true legitimacy. Musically, the score concentrates more on libretto-like sung dialogue than memorable tunes (save Vega's pop-punk "Sixteen" and Brightman's chilling "Chromaggia"), but the cast appears to be having a blast. Nathan also has a secret history with GeneCo patriarch Rotti Largo (Paul Sorvino)-and their connection is about to become public knowledge on the night of a concert from popular singer-and GeneCo client-Blind Mag (Sarah Brightman).Ĭompellingly strange, REPO! resembles a comic book-influenced goth dinner theater production set within a dystopian video game.
Repo man and single father Nathan Wallace (Anthony Head, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER) keeps his job a secret from his terminally ill daughter, Shilo (Alexa Vega), doing it only to pay for her costly medication. The business, though, necessitates the employment of repo men to reclaim the organs from clients who miss their payments. In the year 2056, following an epidemic of human organ failure, the GeneCo Corporation-owned by the mafia-like Largo family-grows and installs new organs on a massive scale. Six years (and five SAW films) later, he has made good on his promise with a bizarre, gory, and unique piece of work that is as sure to entertain as it is to polarize its audience. One fan, aspiring director Darren Lynn Bousman, who has since worked on the SAW franchise, vowed to one day direct a film version of the show. This Region 2 DVD is IN STOCK in our Australian warehouse.īegun in 2002 as a Los Angeles stage production by writers Darren Smith and Terrence Zdunich, REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA was designed as a gory, comedic Grand Guignol to appeal more to club goers than fans of musical theater. It will NOT play on a Region 4 only (Australia and New Zealand) DVD player. This is a Region 2 (England and Europe) DVD and will only play in Australia and New Zealand if you have a MULTI-REGION DVD player or a Region 2 DVD player.
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