Repo! The Genetic Opera

Director:
Darren Lynn Bousman
Stars: Paul Sorvino, Anthony Head, Alexa Vega

Studio: Lionsgate

The Plot: A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. Too bad the repossession clause is a killer …

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THE BUZZ: First it was a short film, then it became a play, and now we have the movie version of Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich’s horror musical, which was bankrolled by Twisted Pictures, the production company behind Saw (which also started life as a short film). Though the Saw legacy kickstarted Darren Lynn Bousman’s career, you have to imagine the director was thrilled to be let out of his trap and able to stretch his legs a bit. Can we expect something, more engaging and stomach-turning than, say, Sweeney Todd, with flourishes of George Romero-like social commentary (alongside the obvious environmental/healthcare parallels, the health care the suddenly subversive Paris Hilton here plays the surgey-addicted Amber Sweet)? Most reviewers are still trying to figure that out, but one thing is for sure: “Buffy” fans and Saw addicts are likely to converge in theaters this weekend, and the number of screens Repo! is set to open on is increasing as the release date draws near.

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