Synopsis
By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan - and those who can’t fulfill their plans have their organs repossessed. In the midst of this, a sickly teenager discovers a shocking secret about herself, her father, and their connection to GeneCo.
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Cast
- Alexa PenaVegaShilo Wallace
- Paul SorvinoRotti Largo
- Anthony Stewart HeadNathan Wallace / Repo Man
- Sarah BrightmanBlind Mag
- Paris HiltonAmber Sweet
- Bill MoseleyLuigi Largo
- Nivek OgrePavi Largo
- Terrance ZdunichGraverobber
- Sarah PowerMarni Wallace
- Jessica HornJessica Adams
Recommendations
- 75
The A.V. Club
Piles on the glam-rock spectacle and coal-black comedy at such a brusque pace that it often seems in danger of rattling off the rails entirely. - 40
New York Daily News
Check out the trailer before you commit to this one; if it's for you, you'll know instantly. And if it's not, you'll know that, too. - 40
The New York Times
Feels destined to please a campy coterie of fans and no one else. - 38
New York Post
There probably aren't enough futuristic Goth rock musicals, but Repo! The Genetic Opera is weak on a couple of things a musical needs: music and lyrics. - 33
Entertainment Weekly
If steampunk bloodbaths aren't for you, it's a long wait for the fat lady to sing. - 25
USA Today
The biggest mystery about Repo! The Genetic Opera is why the grisly Goth-horror musical is opening the week after Halloween. The second-biggest mystery is why this unfunny, unscary, preposterous bloodbath about organ transplants is opening at all. - 20
Variety
So over-the-top it's purple. At the same time, it's not too many lengths of intestine beyond some mainstream movies, "Sweeney Todd" being the most obvious comparison. - 12
Rolling Stone
Misery is enduring this Rocky Horror Paris Show.
