Set in a post-apocalyptic earth, this indie movie gives a chilling representation of the decrepit nature of the human race after an epidemic of organ failures. Coming before “Repo Men,” this movie is the first adaptation of The Reposession Mambo. With a cast of interesting and fairly unknown actors, the movie does well to show the pain and suffering of this distraught world kneeling before a totalitarian corporation. This movie is, in fact, a rock opera, so it is structured like a musical. The interesting thing is that they meld both opera and modern rock into one. The singing is very well done, with many fantastic singers in a well organized way. The emotions are conveyed as they need to be, and the father-daughter relationship was etched very well into the viewers mind.
The story centers around a man by the name of Nathan Wallace (Anthony Steward Head) that works for a megacorporation in 2056 called GeneCo. This corporation, run by the deathly ill (ironically) Rotti Largo (Paul Sorvino), solved the problem of organ failure by providing artificial organs as pseudo loans. Basically, one has to make monthly payments to GeneCo for survival and maintenance of the organ to be guaranteed. If payments are missed, in comes the Repo Man. These people are very specialized assassins whose one and only job is to kill the owner of an organ that hasn’t been paid for and reclaim it for GeneCo. Nathan Wallace just happens to be one of those Repo Men, and is very conflicted about his work and his daughter, Shilo Wallace (Alexa Vega). Shilo has a very strong opposition to GeneCo and doesn’t know that her father repossesses organs. The quest for her own identity brings her into conflict with the megacorporation and with her own father.
With many colorful characters such as the fantastic real-life opera singer, Sarah Brightman (who plays Blind Mag, a woman who owes her whole life and career to GeneCo), to the writer, director, and producer of the film, Terrance Zdunich (playing the narrator, GraveRobber), to the amazingly awful Paris Hilton (who plays Amber), this movie has its highs and lows. Although the characters (not Nathan and Shilo) and the world of 2056, itself could have been explored more, this movie did a pretty good job of providing a glimpse into a ruined world. More budget and a stronger plotline (location and setting wise) could have made this movie much better and enjoyable since the action was slightly jumpy and incoherent at times. Overall, though, the movie achieves its purpose of grossing one out, while maintaining the viewer’s pity for the man whose job it is to legally murder other people. This movie is like watching paint dry on a wall that has been cut open and is missing an organ.
By Kulguy
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