Repo:The Genetic Opera

-repo:The Genetic Opera-


It get's better. For anyone who sat through this movie and felt the first half hour felt bland, it's because it is. This movie isn't perfect. It's even marginably near the area known as decent.
This is actually my second review, as I was watching this on BLU RAY, I found myself witting the first draft based on my initial impressions of the movie as it began.
Things from my first review that I still firmly believe: The comic book sequences through out the movie that explain backstory are a distraction and could have better been served as a flashback(as proven by the Marni giving birth scene).
Worse is that some of them are very obviously Post Production additions that would try to clarify the story in the beginning. The problem is that you don't even need the grave robber, he seems like a bad narrator but can't even be called that. There is a lot of set up in the beginning in describing the world that this is set in, but the visual style and language already tells you what you need to know, so all of the set up of the past is useless.
A number of the musical sequences are filler and should have been cut. Especially the scene leading into the Genetic Opera with its arbitrary nudity.
the best element of the movie tis the relationship between Alexa Vega and Anthony Stewart Head. They are the only two(beside the actress who plays blind Mag) who can actually sing in the movie. And really, Tony Head is the only reason to watch this movie as it is his scenes that steal the show every time.
The visual style is pretty. It's very expressionistic and serves the story well. In fact, I'd give the director amazing praise if I knew he wasn't the person directing the singing, which other than for the three mentioned, feels flat and unimpressive throughout,
By the way, Alexa Vega looks awesome all gothed up. And Tony Head is just awesome throughout.
The drugs/Hooker sequence where Paris comes to see the Grave Robber for the first time, is an example of the film reaching for glory. If all of the sequences were as well designed as it the movie would be an easy 9.0
The best I can say is that it's worth a rental, and it's worth sitting to the end. It's not half bad. its only a quarter bad. 2 quarters okay. a one quarter good.
But if you do find yourself loving the movie, buy a copy for sure. It was a cool experiment. It didn't all work, but they we're at least trying new things and it looks cool.
8.0/10