cult film

276 | Repo! The Genetic Opera

  • Rated

  • Runtime: 1hr 38min

  • Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman

  • Written by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich

  • Stars: Paul Sorvino, Anthony Head and Sarah Brightman

  • Premiered at Fantasia FF July 18, 2008

  • Limited release in theaters November 7, 2008

  • RT: 37% critics / 73%  audience

    Synopsis

    By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan - and those who can’t fulfill their plans have their organs repossessed. In the midst of this, a sickly teenager discovers a shocking secret about herself, her father, and their connection to GeneCo.

 

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/