During the year 2056, there is a widespread disease caused by organs of the human body to paralyze the planet. During that time, GeneCo, a biotechnology company, was trying to find solutions to that problem, as it was able to provide transplanted organs for profit. Pain and killing analgesics are legally permitted, as a young girl goes to search for illness and find a solution. Having swept the world of Ginko, that girl can't go back again.
All-out thriller with few Bond touches but plenty of high-octane action.
Little White Lies
March 06, 2009
Falling somewhere between Rocky Horror, Moulin Rouge! and Eyes Without A Face (with songs!), Repo! The Genetic Opera is the filmic equivalent of what architects call a 'folly'.
Cinema Crazed
October 21, 2012
The case for its quality is solid, the music is catchy, and "Repo!" may just destined for cult royalty.
Repo! isn't like anything else out there, for whatever it's worth, or anything I've ever seen; between us, though, I'm going to hold out for a midnight staple more my speed.
As it has evolved from a 10-minute cabaret piece, through a short film Bousman made in Toronto, to the big screen, Repo! The Genetic Opera has gained in both guts and gusto.
