OK, he doesn’t so much harbor it as the film exposes it almost immediately: it turns out, Nathan moonlights as A/THE REPO MAN! and also, HE BLAMES HIMSELF FOR SHILOH’S MOTHER’S DEATH (see… I told you it was like a real opera!). Meanwhile but not unrelated, sickly 17-year old Shilo ( Alexa Vega) languishes under the care of her doting father Nathan ( Anthony Stewart Head), who harbors a secret. GeneCo’s CEO, Rotti Largo ( Paul Sorvino) frets about his three adult children ( Paris Hilton, Bill Moseley, and Nivek Ogre), his declining health, the future of GeneCo, and his indentured singer/courtesan Blind Mag (actual opera star Sarah Brightman).

Clients who cannot pay for their organs are hunted down by Repo Men (or … one Repo Man? I wasn’t clear), who then cuts out the defaulted organ. The plot? Oh do we have a plot! In the goth-apocalyptic future, megacorporation GeneCo controls the trade of organ transplants, which have become a necessity for most and a niche playground for the elite. The fashion of the film is cute (and like… goth AF) and although a “small budget” project, clearly a lot of love went into this film.

Violence, family secrets, betrayal, murder, jealousy. The project reminds me of a mashup of Rocky Horror (the reboot), The Crow (1994), and Sin City (2005) the screenplay also sticks to traditions of libretto in a way that might indeed satisfy opera fans. It has a cult following and I have no trouble seeing why. The project isn’t nearly as hardcore or gory as images and reputation may suggest in fact it’s rather tame and at times very sweet. I was stuck watching this overlong musical production (two hours thirty minutes!) as I am but one of four B-movie cinephiles who pick the films on Monday nights. I’m binge-watching the Netflix Indian Original “Sacred Games” and I have some damn opinions! But in the meantime, here’s a little musical theater gristle to tide thee over! – K.

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