an epidemic of organ failure has devastated the planet.
GeneCo offers organ transplants for a hefty price. Those who miss their payments are hunted by Repo Men.
A young girl searches for the cure to her disease as well as her family's mysterious history.
After being pulled into the world of GeneCo, she is unable to turn back, and all of her questions will be answered at a hotly anticipated event, The Genetic Opera........
Kudos to the writers of this film for coming up with something so wickedly original, but the direction is a little flat, and the film isn't half as camp as you would, or the makers, want it to be.
It looks marvellous, all the sets are awe-inspiring, like some sort of Nightmare Bladerunner town, as designed by Charles Manson, but sets do not make a good film.
It's as if Bousman has watched Rocky Horror and Shock Treatment on a loop, and decided to meld the two together, with very mixed results.
The cast are great, especially Vega and Head, and some of the songs are pretty genius and toe tappingly catchy, but there are long segments of parts that are a little pointless, and this is the 97 minute version, so heavens knows what the long version is like.
All in all it's a curious piece, subliminally remade two years later with Jude Law, but something is missing, ironically, a little bit of heart wouldn't have hurt.
GeneCo offers organ transplants for a hefty price. Those who miss their payments are hunted by Repo Men.
A young girl searches for the cure to her disease as well as her family's mysterious history.
After being pulled into the world of GeneCo, she is unable to turn back, and all of her questions will be answered at a hotly anticipated event, The Genetic Opera........
Kudos to the writers of this film for coming up with something so wickedly original, but the direction is a little flat, and the film isn't half as camp as you would, or the makers, want it to be.
It looks marvellous, all the sets are awe-inspiring, like some sort of Nightmare Bladerunner town, as designed by Charles Manson, but sets do not make a good film.
It's as if Bousman has watched Rocky Horror and Shock Treatment on a loop, and decided to meld the two together, with very mixed results.
The cast are great, especially Vega and Head, and some of the songs are pretty genius and toe tappingly catchy, but there are long segments of parts that are a little pointless, and this is the 97 minute version, so heavens knows what the long version is like.
All in all it's a curious piece, subliminally remade two years later with Jude Law, but something is missing, ironically, a little bit of heart wouldn't have hurt.