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Repo! The Genetic Opera

Repo! The Genetic Opera is a 2008 rock opera/cult film. It's written and composed by Terrance Zdunich and Darren Smith, and directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (of Saw II, III and IV fame). The film is based on their 2002 play of the same name. It's a gory, dystopian and ultimately very moving Black Comedy that never takes itself too seriously. 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 also an actual opera: nearly every line of dialogue is sung, and the story is one continuous musical number.

In the not too distant future, an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Panic erupts and scientists feverishly make plans for a massive organ harvest. Out of the tragedy, GeneCo, a multi-billion dollar biotech company, emerges. GeneCo provides organ transplantation for a profit. In addition to financing options, GeneCo reserves the right to implement default remedies, including repossession. 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.

At the heart of the story is Shilo Wallace, a 17-year-old girl with a rare blood disease. Shilo has been kept locked up and protected in her house, where she's guarded from the outside world by her father, Nathan Wallace. 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. Blind Mag, an opera singer bound by contract to GeneCo, was a friend of Nathan's now-deceased wife, and is Shilo's godmother.

The Largo family consists of GeneCo president Rotti Largo, his daughter Amber Sweet, and his two sons Luigi and Pavi. Rotti is dying, and the three siblings bicker and fight about who is to take the role as head of GeneCo. But, disappointed with his own children, Rotti takes an interest in Shilo...

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