Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
Okay, let’s get this over with. Paris Hilton is in Repo! The Genetic Opera. Get your groaning and moaning out of the way so we can move on……
Done? Okay good. Don’t skip Repo! because you don’t like Paris Hilton. To do that would be to deprive yourself of a fun, disturbing, gory and all around awesome movie directed by Darren Lynn Bousman who also directed Saw II, Saw III and Saw IV. Impressive resume and impressive film.
The cast is spectacular – each and every performance is solid although there are some weaker that others. Nope, not talking about Paris here; given she doesn’t deliver the best performance in the movie, but I’m referring to Bill Moseley (House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects). He isn’t bad as badass Luigi Largo and he was very well cast for the part,but if I had to pick a weakest like it would be him.
Next, yes, it would be Paris Hilton as Amber Sweet. That said, she’s still fantastic and she can actually really sing. But hey, I liked her in House of Wax too. So let’s continue.
The spotlight performances are kind of hard to pick out as everyone is incredible. Alexa Vega (Spy Kids), Paul Sorvino (Bulworth), Anthony Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Sarah Brightman (The Phantom of the Opera) and Nivek Ogre (from the awesome band, Skinny Puppy) are all so good it’s ridiculous, but if I had to pick one… well, I can’t. Top three performances in this movie are Anthony Head, Sarah Brightman and Nivek Ogre.
Some people might be turned away by the fact that Repo! The Genetic Opera is a musical, but give it a chance. You’ll be rewarded. There’s plenty of blood shed and the music is actually really good.
slasherella on August 18th, 2009 | File Under Musicals??? Oh Yes. Musicals. | No Comments -
