Repo! The Genetic Opera (R, 2008)

This slasher-musical hybrid is very entertaining. In a dystopian future, a mass organ failure occurs, causing a company called GeneCo to offer organ financing. Led by GeneCo's presence in this future becomes so prevalent, it causes a worldwide addiction to surgery, not to mention a GeneCo-made painkiller called Zydrate. People called graverobbers illegally obtain Zydrate from corpses and sell it on the street. A girl named Shiloh lives in this dystopian world and has a blood condition inherited from her dead mother, and is sheltered from the world by her overprotective father. But...Shiloh is curious to explore the world of GeneCo, and won't turn back. There's much more to this awesome world, but I can't spoil anymore to the story. Yes, Paris Hilton is in this movie, but don't let that fool you - she's really good in Repo! Also, there are some other surprisingly good actors in this flick, namely Ogre from the band Skinny Puppy (as Pavi Largo, the guy with the weird face), Alexa Vega, known to many as Carmen from the Spy Kids trilogy (as Shiloh), and Terrance Zdunich, a relative unknown who has worked with the art in many, many movies (as the Grave Robber). In terms of content, Repo! obviously deserves an R for good reason. This is the bloodiest musical film I've ever seen, MUCH MORE SO than Sweeney Todd. While there are many scenes comparable to a slasher flick (eye gouging, throat slitting, an impaling, and lots of stabbing) there's also a lot of surgical gore. Intestines, spinal columns and hearts are all repossessed graphically. Other than the violence, this is tame for an R-rated film. A woman bares her breasts to the camera briefly, and there are a few scenes of suggestive dancing (mostly "grinding"). The word "c**t" is used once (and it's considered by many to be more offensive than the f-word), and there are about 5 or 6 f-words, not too many for an R-rated movie. Finally, there's much talk and use of an addictive futuristic painkiller called Zydrate. Overall, Repo is a bombastic and awesome musical, but it's not for kids.

I watched this movie with my 6 year old and he said he liked the song "addicted to the night" best. he also said that it made him feel 14. after the movie he was like whooooooooooo. lets watch it again.

I saw this movie last year, and it instantly became one of my favorites. The music is amazing, the acting is fabulous, and the casting couldn't be any more perfect. Alexa Vega/Shiloh is a great role model for girls. You can't really rate this based on age since it sort of takes a certain mentality to watch it. Like, a 17 might be able to stomach it, while a 25 year old can't bear to watch it. There's really not much wrong with it. It's a good movie and it doesn't get the credit it deserves. I'd say watch this over the knock off "Repo Men"...

This is my favorite movies, I watch it with my 5 year old niece all the time. It is great... I don't consider any of it to be inappropriate, nothing that I wouldn't show to my children. It is a story of people paying for not keeping up with their payments for 3 or more months and getting their organs repossessed. It has a miraculous ending... Not many people would like it, though. It is a musical, and moves kind of slowly in the beginning, and is very gory.

i don't understand why people keep comparing this movie to RHPS. both are stellar in their own right, but besides being musicals the two have nothing in common. that said, i think everyone who likes musical/gory movies should give this one a shot. it has everything: blood, viscera, arias, drugs, and boobs. what more could you ask for? the soundtrack is super catchy, especially zydrate anatomy. the only thing i didn't like about this movie was that paris hilton was cast as amber sweet, but she played her part very well so even that wasn't much of a disappointment. so. if you choose to see repo! i hope you enjoy it.

This was a decent thriller I was very entertained but some of the content may not my suitable for kiddies even though it involves a 9 year old you wouldn't want your kids getting influenced by that. Also unnatural sexual behavior kids may not understand yet and the opening sequence can be terrifying.

Hilarious, great play and now a great movie. Despite Paris Hilton being in it (which, i don't think she's that bad, House of Wax didn't bomb because of her acting, despite the claims.) it's a very dark comedy about an interesting future with the Repo-Man at your door. Worth buying/renting.

Nathan is so decated to his daughter a real family figure. Tim's first R rated film he luvs it. My fav character Luigi Largo, Mikes-Graverobber (he looks like his twin), Junior-Nathan Wallace, Tim-Blind Mag

Maybe not the best movie ive seen, but its ok, and anthony head is in it. However, its violent. Good acting, but strange music. All the role models are terrible. One person disobeys her parent, another is a liar, and every one is in it for personal gain. The movie deals with drug abuse, but luckily is not glorifying it. Parents can talk about the "need" some feel for plastic surgery, and plastic surgery addiction.