Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Darren Lynn Bousman

Writers:

Darren Smith (screenplay) &
Terrance Zdunich (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

20 November 2008 (Czech Republic)

Genre:

Horror | Musical | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Not Your Parent's Opera

Plot:

A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.

Plot Keywords:

Company | Organ | Repossession | Epidemic | Savior

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Alexa Vega	...	Shilo Wallace
Paul Sorvino	...	Rotti Largo
Anthony Head	...	Nathan / Repo Man (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Sarah Brightman	...	Blind Mag
Paris Hilton	...	Amber Sweet
Bill Moseley	...	Luigi Largo
Nivek Ogre	...	Pavi Largo (as Ogre)
Terrance Zdunich	...	Graverobber
Sarah Power	...	Marni
Jessica Horn	...	Jessica Adams
Branko Lebar	...	Rotti's Chauffeur
Brianna Buckmaster	...	Sherrie Alviso (as Briana Buckmaster)
Anna Kostan	...	Young Mormon Woman
Brad Austin	...	Young Mormon Man
Marty Adams	...	Big Man

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence and gore, language, some drug and sexual content.

Runtime:

98 min | USA:150 min (original cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R | UK:18 (DVD rating) | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Japan:R-15 | Finland:K-18 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Cinespace Film Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Twisted Pictures

Trivia:

Some of Amber Sweet (Paris Hilton)'s costumes actually belonged to Paris Hilton.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Graverobber reads a newspaper with the misspelled headline "GENECO IN OPERA FUED".

Quotes:

Amber Sweet: What's the matter Graverobber? Can't get it up if the girl's breathing?
Amber's Valet #1, Amber's Valet #2: Can't get it up! Can't get it up! Can't get it up!
Amber Sweet: Z me! Give me a hit, now! Hurry! I'm late, I'm late so hurry! Don't keep my surgeons waiting!
Grave-Robber: Bitch pay me!
Amber Sweet: Later!
Grave-Robber: Okay, I'll see you later.
Amber Sweet: Where you going? Stay here. I've got ways to pay, dear. Other than dough!

Movie Connections:

Version of Repo! The Genetic Opera (2006)

Soundtrack:

Aching Hour

Best Musical of The Year

It is a superlative movie through and through, what a phenomenal piece of work. It is such an amazing and very cool artistically rich and collaboratively ingenious of characters with rich metal Gothic and opera soul. I absolutely, positively, inequitably loved all of Sarah Brightman's performances, it was not only rocking hot, she was a phenomenally endowed character in this movie. I think she had an epic role in this movie. This is a hot movie. Must be seen and it is more than just blood and guts indeed. We were singing along with the songs the second go round and it was absolutely fantastic. I am in awe that it is so much better, no exquisite, than I had foreseen. Here's a salute to our magnificent (Blind Mag) star and all the collaborative stardom, specifically the writer Terrance and Darren director and the greatly cast stars among them that also enriched this movie with such superlative talents, work and dedication. It is a masterpiece. It would be shameless to let all of it go unnoticed and unappreciated. I'm quite positive there would be a huge following if marketed to appeal to viewers from many genres. I am an open minded viewer of many things and quite honestly wasn't sure that I would like this movie in it's entirety given the bits of news, trailers, clips, advertisement but I was completely detoured from this idea not once but twice seeing this richly written, sketched, musically infused, fully fulfilling outstanding vocals, and directed by a master artist this piece of artistic collaboration come to be known as Repo-The Genetic Opera. Darren, Terrance, his musical sidekick, friends, Lionsgate representatives and phenomenal crew are astounding characters, down to earth people, kind, generous, and appreciative of the reviews of their expanded efforts to bring this to many a movie goer of music, rock, futuristic, comic book character lover, fashion lovers, horror story tempting embellisher, Sarah Brightman fan, Darren fan (director of Saw movies 1,2,& 3), and so much more. Not only is it written with perfection, been brought through stage production, to movie script, to now a movie of fully enriched characters and character sketches that deserve any movie screen. All of you here and about, don't miss the chance to see Repo on it's maiden voyage road trip across the US and hopefully much more. I truly think there is something for everyone to love about this movie and it indeed deserves to hit the big screens and more. I must say I don't profoundly pitch or push quite so personally for many a thing but I do think such rare and beautiful talents should not go unnoticed and unappreciated.