Starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker, it too told the story dystopian future where a mega corporation would finance organs and send repo men out to reclaim them when the recipient missed their payments. However, in 2010 Universal Studios released a blockbuster film entitled Repo Men. Along with the film’s writers and creators, Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich (who also stared in the film as the Graverobber), Bousman took it to audiences directly and soon found a cult following. With limited promotion for the film, Bousman took the film on the road. The film featured a dystopian future where a mega corporation would happily loan money to people for organ transplants and then send repo men after those organs should they miss their payments. However, Lionsgate didn’t do a great deal for the film before release either, with it being over 90% financed by the movie’s director, Darren Bousman (best known for the Saw movies).
In 2008, Repo! The Genetic Opera was released on just 11 screens and little fanfare from Lionsgate, the film’s distributors. Despite that, it seemed like an interesting story worth recapping. However, I was unaware of this story when it happened because I came into Repo! The Genetic Opera later. "Repo!" cast members also include Anthony Head ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), Paul Sorvino ("Goodfellas,""Romeo + Juliet"), Alexa Vega ( Hairspray), Paris Hilton and soprano Sarah Brightman ( The Phantom of the Opera).įor further information visit As with the my previous post about Rocky Horror, I want to be up front that I am a major fan of Repo! The Genetic Opera. New tour dates for the film include Salt Lake City, UT (Jan. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: GENECO, a biotech company that offers organ transplants.for a price." Directed by "Saw II" director Darren Lynn Bousman, "Repo!" was penned by screenwriter-composers Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich.īased on the stage play, "Repo!" takes place in the not-so-distant future, where "an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet.
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