Though the comic-book moments highlight the story's sci-fi, horror, and gothic fantasy influences, the movie really is a rock opera, in that approximately 80 percent of the dialogue is sung. Complicated backstories are illustrated, literally, via half-animated comics-style panels. Scientist Nathan (Anthony Stewart Head) moonlights as one such repo man while caring for his sick daughter Shilo ( Alexa Vega from the Spy Kids movies), who yearns to break free from the confines of her bedroom. In the year 2056, Rotti Largo (Sorvino) heads up GeneCo, which offers financing options for organ transplants (both medical and cosmetic), and has no qualms about a gory repossession if a buyer misses a payment. But it's also surprisingly fun to sit down and watch, provided you're in the mood for a low-budget musical that swings for the fences rather than Oscar glory. Repo! The Genetic Opera clearly strives to defy description, which of course makes it fun to describe: It's a futuristic rock musical about organ repossession from the director of Saws II through IV, starring Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Paul Sorvino, and Paris Hilton.
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