Friday Night Flicks

The pitch for Repo! The Genetic Opera had to be strange. “The future is bleak; the world’s population suffers from organ failure and in steps GeneCo with its proven organ transplant technology. Consumers now have the power to purchase their own organ transplants. These organ transplants are expensive but once again GeneCo provides a convenient solution:  payment plans. These payment plans come with a catch: if you don’t pay we send the Repo Man.  Oh wait one more thing:  this movie is going to be an opera set to heavy metal music!”

Last night I had the privilege of witnessing a rock opera that had elements of some of my favorite films. The external world look combined elements of   City of Lost Children, Blade Runner , Brazil and Stardust . The stage opera world reminded me a lot of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Queensryche’s Operation Mindcrime .     And the characters and actions of Repo reminded me a lot of   Hostel .

The acting in the movie was fairly comic bookish. Paul Sorvino does a fair job as Rotti Largo (founder and owner of GeneCo). I don’t think this role was a real stretch for him but I was impressed that he sang his own operatics. The person I thought was cast the best was Paris Hilton in the Role of Amber Sweet. Amber sweet is Largo’s self obsessed daughter who is fixed on with her own organ transplants. She did a good job in this role.

This is a picture worth seeing if you are into genre films.  Don’t go in expecting to see Academy Award presentations but just to have a good 2 hour self indulgent experience.