Numerous friends over the last two years have suggested I watch this, but never got around to watching it. The main reason I had no real desire to see it it because it is a musical, and music is not my cup of tea. That being said, I saw it on sale used at the video store and decided it was about time I finally saw it.In the near future, following an epidemic of human organic failure, a company, GeneCo, steps in to provide new organics at a cost. If you miss a payment, however, GeneCo will send repomen to retrieve their property from inside you. This might sound vaguely similar to the plot of Repo Men, but despite the similar premise the two films take very different approaches. Repo! is a musical evolving around the dying president of GeneCo, his three greedy children, the Repo man and his sick daughter. While clearly an attempt to create a new Rocky Horror Picture Show, it fails to carry through. While not entirely un-enjoyable, it was cliche and formulaic. The musical quality of the film quickly feels gimmicky, and the film would have benefited from being told in a narrative fashion. It left a lot to be desired.
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