Repo: A Genetic Opera
ok as many of you have known through the years, I am a huge Sarah Brightman fan, her voice with Opera has been a constant companion with me for over 20 years now. So when I saw she was in this movie, I scratched my head, and rented it anyways.
My friends ignore the bad reviews, this one is great. A mix of Blade Runner (in background) , Old style Rock opera's, and one hell of a story line.
In the Future, Genco creates Organs for quick replacements. However, don't miss a payment, or they will send the Repoman after you. While this alone would be a great story, they add in other storylines.
Between the Repoman , how he became such, and Rotti, the corporate bad guy with Genco, and how he is dying, enters the daughter, Shilo.
Shilo is held by her father, protected from the cruel outside world, only to be discovered by Ritto. Her father had a choice to make when she was born, save her, or let her and the mother both die. This guilt lead her father down a dark path in his life.
Grave robbing has become the new way to get the popular Street drug, and one Grave robber always winds up helping Shilo, as she quests for her past.
Blind Mag (Sarah) knew shilo's mother, and was to be her God mother, Ritto outfitted her with a new set of eyes (Great Special effects tie into this), but she wants to leave Genco now.
This and much more explodes towards the end, as Ritto, his three evil kids, Shilo, Mag and of course the Repoman battle one last time at the Genetic Opera in front of a live audience.
Not for kids due to themes here (repoing human body parts might make the young ones a bit ill, but the gore is really low key.)
Music features, Jazz, rock, Classical Opera, Soul, funk. something for everyone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repo!_The_Genetic_Opera <---only for spoilers, as IT tells who the Repo man is.
Stephen