#REPO THE GENETIC OPERA MOVIE#

The difference between the two films seems to be charm. Such pretension shows a resemblance to the вЂњRocky Horror Picture Show,вЂќ another campy Halloween film that developed an underground cult following. Attempts at witticisms are crude and ineffective, characters are aggravating and whiny, and musical numbers are irritating, childish and poorly conceived, with too few strong moments for such a musically inclined cast (Brightman, Sorvino and Vega). Featuring a collection of performers who are either washed up (Sarah Brightman, Paul Sorvino) or lacking talent altogether (Alexa Vega, Paris Hilton), Bousman tries to make do with a style that is both grandiose and gross organs are literally picked up and passed to the characters as if they were hot potatoes. вЂњRepo!вЂќ embodies the very notion of campiness. Scenes of improvised surgery clog the movie, and, despite the American appetite for violence, the film drags. If patients are unable to pay their medical bill, GeneCo sends the Repo Man to reacquire the organ through any means necessary. To combat the outbreak, a biotechnology company called GeneCo begins harvesting unaffected organs from the recently deceased, and leasing those organs to infected individuals. The year is 2056, nearly three decades after an epidemic of mass organ failures devastated the worldвЂ™s population. The filmвЂ™s introduction presents a bizarre futuristic world. вЂњRepo! The Genetic OperaвЂќ was first conceived by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich as a stage play in 1996, but it developed a strong underground following, in no small part thanks to its creative take on repossessions.

#REPO THE GENETIC OPERA MOVIE#

ItвЂ™s a shame that the movie itself, вЂњRepo! The Genetic Opera,вЂќ was so abominable. In 2008, film director Darren Lynn Bousman brought an original premise to the big screen. Think вЂњSawвЂќ in 2004, before the torture porn genre became as outdated as last yearвЂ™s jack-o-lanterns. Once in a while, a movie will veer from beautiful teenagers being stalked by insane/misunderstood/evil forces and introduce a truly novel premise. It wouldnвЂ™t be Halloween season without terrible movies, often so campy and clichГ©d, horribly written and poorly acted that they are more titillating than terrifying.

Repo the genetic opera