She's addicted to surgery and to Zydrate, a euphoric painkiller, which she obtains illegally from Grave-Robber. Paris Hilton as Amber Sweet, Rotti's daughter.
Paul Sorvino as Rotti Largo, the dying president of GeneCo, looking for a worthy heir.She is marked for repossession and she is set to deliver her final performance for the company. Sarah Brightman as Blind Mag, born blind but given the ability to see by GeneCo at the price of having to sing for the GeneCo Opera.He doubles as a legal assassin known as the Repo Man. Anthony Stewart Head as Nathan Wallace, father to Shilo and a widower, having lost his wife Marni in childbirth.Alexa Vega as Shilo Wallace, a rebellious teenager confined to her room due to the blood disorder she inherited from her mother."Won" one award at the Razzies in 2009 - basically, for featuring Paris Hilton.īrought to you by the WTH, Casting Agency?, it stars: Fans from several countries have been petitioning Lionsgate for a wider release. Theatres showing it sold out consistently, and between showings at film festivals and clips and music released online, Repo! has developed a cult following, with some calling it the The Rocky Horror Picture Show of the new millennium. Repo! The Genetic Opera's soundtrack, overseen by producer and X Japan drummer Yoshiki Hayashi, became available on September 30th, 2008, and the film was given a limited release of ten theatres by Lionsgate Films on November 7, 2008. But, disappointed with his own children, Rotti takes an interest in Shilo. Rotti is dying, and the three siblings bicker and fight about who is to take the role as head of GeneCo. The Largo family consists of GeneCo president Rotti Largo, his daughter Amber Sweet, and his two sons Luigi and Pavi. Blind Mag, an opera singer bound by contract to GeneCo, was a friend of Nathan's now-deceased wife, and is Shilo's godmother. While Shilo struggles with her wish to leave the house and experience the outside world, Nathan struggles with his secret job as a Repo Man, and more specifically, his next target, a woman named Blind Mag. Shilo has been kept locked up and protected in her house, where she's guarded from the outside world by her father, Nathan Wallace. For those who can't keep up with their organ payments, collection is the responsibility of organ repo men: skilled assassins contracted by GeneCo, ordered to recover GeneCo's property by any means necessary.Īt the heart of the story is Shilo Wallace, a 17-year-old girl with a rare blood disease. In addition to financing options, GeneCo reserves the right to implement default remedies, including repossession. GeneCo provides organ transplantation for a profit. Out of the tragedy, GeneCo, a multi-billion dollar biotech company, emerges. Panic erupts and scientists feverishly make plans for a massive organ harvest. In the not too distant future, an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. It's also an actual opera: nearly every line of dialogue is sung, and the story is one continuous musical number. Widely known and loved for its WTH, Casting Agency? (see below) and its lush soundtrack, the film has become a modern cult classic. It's a gory, dystopian and ultimately very moving Black Comedy that never takes itself too seriously. The film is based on their 2002 play of the same name. It's written and composed by Terrance Zdunich and Darren Smith, and directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (of Saw II, III, IV and Spiral (2021) fame). Repo! The Genetic Opera is a 2008 rock opera/cult film.
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