Review of Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) by Richard D — 06 Nov 2014

For those of you who said that the plot had nothing to it, and the music was bad... were you watching the same movie? The plot was the best I've seen for ANY movie, since it wasn't a remake, and it wasn't as straightforward.

It didn't limit itself to horrible acting where the only saving grace is a scene of nudity or gore. This movie had an actual STORY one that involved quite a bit of thought. It had many asking questions, and even wondering, who is the bad guy in the movie? Nowadays everything is explosions, sex, slash, and dumbed down garbage.

At LEAST this movie is original and is entertaining, if not with the plot, then with the music! Considering for me it's the best movie out there, had a low budget where even those working in the movie were pitching in, and was started from a 12 minute stage play, is just astounding on it's own.

Not to mention the acting was wonderful on many levels. Now, I will say it is not as out there as The Rocky Horror Picture show. It is interesting, but in a different way, the only thing those two movies have in common is there is music.

.. so I don't know why people make that comparison. In my opinion it is very much Phantom of the Opera and the crow. Some of you must have missed the finer points if you didn't think thought was put into this.

Aside from a scheming 'king', of apocalyptic Manhattan who, the more I think about it, put thought into HIS plans for a very long time (years), to the duality of Nathan/Repo, the ties between all of them and Mag, everyone's individual story, and little things such as the beetle in the graveyard, zydrate, and joan jett being involved.

.. honestly, from the big details to the small, what says that this had no thought? This is brilliant. It even has philosophical questions based on ethics and morals, vanity, good and evil... I could go on and on.

Five minutes of this movie has more substance than any Michael Bay film, for certain (yes a huge stretch because they aren't the same genre or anything, but it does make a point)... sort of, anything has more substance than a Michael Bay film.

.. I'm just glad to have found something original. Add in the fact that Sarah brightman, who was married to Andrew Lloyd Webber, world renowned soprano was in the same movie as joan jett should be enough to peak anyone's interest.