Repo! The Genetic Opera
for strong bloody violence and gore, language, some drug and sexual content.
| Moral Rating: | not reviewed |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Horror Musical |
| Length: | 1 hr. 38 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2008 |
| USA Release: |
November 7, 2008 (8 theaters) |
| Featuring |
Paul Sorvino Paris Hilton Bill Moseley Anthony Head Alexa Vega Sarah Brightman, Ogre, Terrance Zdunich, Sarah Power, Jessica Horn, Branko Lebar, Brianna Buckmaster, Anna Kostan, Brad Austin, Marty Adams, Rebecca Marshall, Egidio Tari, Jake Reardon, J. LaRose, John Gallagher Jr., Howard Glassman, Darren Smith, Dean Armstrong, Andreja Punkris, Alisa Burket, Athena Karkanis, Martin Samuel, Stephan Dubeau, Dena Chiarcossi, Natalli Reznik, Tre Armstrong, Elena Juatco, Noelle Boggio, Krystal Garib, Vanessa Cobham, Amanda Fritz, Andrea Ciacci, Matthew Boden, Carla Guiliani, Jamie Holmes, Romina D'Ugo, Tangara Jones, Jeffery Ong, Ron Bedeau, Hazel Gorin, Eve English, Lance Luther, Melissa Panton, Cheryl Quiacos, Jacques Monfiston, Omar Forrest, Jennifer Mote, Samantha Miller, Dani Jazzar, Tom Farr, Kevin Power, Roberta Angelica, Erica Cox, Charles Seminerio, Kathy Imrie, Paul De La Rosa, David Fujino, Janelle Hutchison, Tim Burd, Eva Redpath, Carla Bennett, Al Maini, Thom Allison, James Rankin, Gord Robertson |
| Director |
Darren Lynn Bousman — “Saw” II, III, IV |
| Producer | Burg/Koules Productions, Twisted Pictures, Troy Begnaud, Peter Block, Darren Lynn Bousman, Mark Burg, Daniel J. Heffner, Oren Koules, Carl Mazzocone, Jonathan McHugh |
| Distributor |
 Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.) |
“This is not your parents’ opera…”
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “In the year 2056—the not so distant future—an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: GeneCo, a biotech company that offers organ transplants… for a price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled for repossession and hunted by villainous Repo Men.
In a world where surgery addicts are hooked on painkilling drugs and murder is sanctioned by law, a sheltered young girl searches for the cure to her own rare disease as well as information about her family’s mysterious history. After being sucked into the haunting world of GeneCo, she is unable to turn back, as all of her questions will be answered at the… The Genetic Opera.
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (SAW II, SAW III, SAW IV) and produced by Twisted Pictures and Lionsgate, this futuristic horror rock opera stars Paul Sorvino (GOODFELLAS), Alexa Vega (SPY KIDS), Paris Hilton (HOUSE OF WAX), Anthony Head (TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), Bill Moseley (THE DEVIL’S REJECTS), Ogre (from the band Skinny Puppy) and world-renowned opera singer Sarah Brightman (Broadway’s “Phantom of the Opera”). By fusing ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW and BLADE RUNNER, this unique production will modernize the “rock opera” genre with original music and dark production design.”
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Moral rating: Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 5
Speaking of guts, let's move on to the potentially offensive content of the film. The film has about as much guts as its director, in more than one sense. See, Mr. Bousman also directed “Saw” II-IV, and it shows. If you have a weak stomach, you'd better skip this film.
Language and sexual content? Well, if you can get over the violence, you're probably the type of person who can also handle the other stuff as well. But for those of you who care, the language is rather strong, but not too strong, and the sexual content is minimal. There's brief nudity (in a nonsexual context, though).
Themes. The father-daughter relationship in this film is a troubled one because the dad is always trying to protect his daughter from the outside world. There are lots of lessons of love and forgiveness to be learned from this film.
Also, this film, as I already said, is about organ repossession in the future, where people are addicted to plastic surgery and other such dangerous stuff. So you can learn about the consequences of such actions. Overall, an entertaining film that grabs you a lot harder than you expect and holds you well after the end. For MATURE viewers only.
My Ratings: Moral rating: Very Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 4½