Tagline: From the producers of Saw!
Curiosity: Basically, it had Anthony Steward Head from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I am stupidly loyal to the people I love.
Plot: In a totally industrial rock/goth dystopian future, people need to buy organs from corporations (corporations run by The Man!) to stay alive. If they don’t, Repo Men take ’em back [SIDE NOTE: This is the exact plot to Repo Men, the unofficial sequel to Repo Man, sans music. I find this interesting since Repo Men has fuck-all to do with
A) She’s not his kid, but rather the daughter of rival Nathan (Head).
B) He’s got kids of his own. Evil kids!
C) Eh…. Who gives a shit?
Somehow Paris Hilton and Sarah Brightman factor into this.
Thoughts: As a rule, musicals recall a higher suspension of disbelief than most works of fiction. The audience has to accept that people burst into song at random. Repo! puts this requirement to the test by having the characters sing ALL THE TIME WITHOUT REGARD TO METER OR RHYME. Repo! actually holds the record for most songs in a musical as of this writing at 64, and the filmmakers actually had to cut songs from the film. While it’s arguable that having characters sing dialogue is unnecessary, Repo! succeeds in having its songs be extra-unnecessary. The music is badly mixed, with the backing music and back-up vox mixed way, way down compared to the lead vocals, creating a sort of knockoff karaoke effect. The music itself is sub-Ministry industrial, so maybe the low mix isn’t such a bad thing. The crap tunes are far more uncomfortable than the gore, which is sadly scarce.
There are plenty of crappy lines throughout. Check out “Infected” – with lyrics! – below:
Yet people on the Internets really like this song.
Reflection: I am wasting my life.
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