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. 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. So, yeah.Every once in a while you have a movie that challenges the expectations of a genre and raises the bar for future expectations. (This came to mind because I am actually currently performing in the Spamalot musical version of this at my local theater!) When they go to Camelot and all sing and dance about being knights of the round table. If you’ve seen it, you know what I’m talking about.Ĥ- Finally movies that break out in song, I thought of Monty Python’s The Holy Grail.
You explained your Sweeny Todd aversion, but have you tried Repo: A Genetic Opera? Great flick! Horror, blood/gore, singing, dancing, and Paris Hilton’s face falls off (BONUS!)ģ- With respect to hating ballet, all I can think of was the scene in the 80’s Chevy Chase film, Modern Problems, where he goes to the opera and has a blast. I have a handful of comments:ġ-Even though the f-bomb was dropped 281 times in the film, I am curious how many of those were Walter telling Donnie to shut up? I couldn’t find it anywhere.Ģ- FDO does not like musicals or opera. I know this episode aired a few weeks ago, but I just got to listen to it.
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