However, there's newfound imagination from Bousman as he tries desperately to work around the 50 cents he was handed for a budget. Granted, the material is a bit of a lateral move, with the helmer remaining in the blood and guts milieu he's famous for. After embarking on a cinematic career with three awful "Saw" sequels, it comes as a shock to the system to watch Bousman guide "Repo!" as well as he does. "Repo!" is a colostomy bag of highlights that requires a passable filmmaking touch to make it hum as a motion picture, which brings me to the director: Darren Lynn Bousman. Believe me when I write that "Repo!" takes some getting used to, as it plunges the viewer into an uneasy futuristic world where everyone belts out their thoughts, they prance around in the latest Hot Topic clearance fashions, and bloody innards flood the set design. We're talking over 50 tunes to fill out this 95 minute movie, blending the theatricality of a rock concert with the discipline of the abstract stage art form. Based on the stage play by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich, the film is, in fact, a valid opera, with the cast belting out a nonstop parade of songs that develop the story and widen the filmmaking horizon. "Repo!" requires a specific desire from the viewer to heartily enjoy the fantastical nature the feature is pimping out. With Rotti scheming to find an heir to his massive fortune, it sets the stage for Nathan and Shilo to confront their past and fight for their future. The man behind the mask is Nathan Wallace (Anthony Head), a troubled soul who watched his wife die and now spends his time making sure his ailing teenage daughter Shilo (Alexa Vega) doesn't leave his sight or learn of his true profession. Run by Rotti (Paul Sorvino), who lords over his family of fools (including Paris Hilton, Bill Moseley, and Nivek Ogre), GeneCo feigns compassion until a payment is missed, signaling the arrival of the Repo Man to take back the organ by force. In the not-too-distant future, an epidemic of organ failure has given rise to GeneCo, a corporation that sells needed body parts for a price. "Repo!" is horrifically calculated to appeal to outsider mentality, but it clicks together rather marvelously, riding an offbeat sense of the macabre to peculiar, yet quite interesting results. "Repo! The Genetic Opera" is a motion picture that thirsts for alternative acceptance, positioning itself as a juicy piece of unlovable gothic muck that's guaranteed to turn off mainstream audiences, thus assuring it life beyond the normal distribution timetable.
Cult films are best when they sneak up on the fringe audience, battling failure and disgrace to become something special, appreciated by a select few willing to cherish imperfection.
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