It’s worth taking a gander just for that alone. Oh, I almost forgot - bonus reason for checking out Repo! The Genetic Opera: in a small role, Paris Hilton’s face FALLS OFF. It’s an interesting concept, well done and more importantly entertaining. On the other hand, if you don’t have any problems with scary/bloody end of the film spectrum, I’d definitely suggest checking this out. Much of the blood and gore is phony enough that it didn’t get to me, but if you have an aversion to horror flicks I’d steer clear unless you’re just THAT intrigued by the idea of the horror/musical combination. Dark family histories and betrayals play out and you have an all out bloody rock opera on your hands. The head of GeneCo (Paul Sorvino) coerces Shilo into leaving her bubble-boy like existence at home with promises of a cure to her condition. Amongst the mess that is this alternate universe is a nice plot line in which a father (Anthony Head – Buffy fans stand up and scream) hides his criminal job (GeneCo’s Repo man) from his daughter Shilo, whose blood condition he is trying to cure.
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Throw in a painkilling drug making the rounds on the streets (extracted from the dead) and the world is full of surgery addicts. Guess what? If you’re late on payments GeneCo sends the Repo man after you to reclaim their property. Repo! is set in future timeline in which a global epidemic gives birth to a genetic company (GeneCo) performing surgeries/enhancements for the general public based on payment plans such as one would have for a car or house. Some of the lyrics are definitely operatic (actual opera singer Sarah Brightman stars), but the music itself would fit right in at a hard rock/metal show. It’s not nearly as graphically horrific as I had anticipated (maybe my view was slightly skewed by the fact that it is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman – that’s right, the guy who made Saw II, III, IV), but definitely much heavier than your typical musical. Repo! The Genetic Opera is an intriguing combination of the two. In the end, it falls a bit short of being a summer blockbuster and ends up in the realm of ‘decent gangster flick’. We’re expected to accept that he’s already a legend without being shown how or why he achieved that status to begin with.
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When the movie begins, he’s already on the most wanted list and is masterminding a jail break for some regulars of his crew. I feel that this is because the film doesn’t show Dillinger’s rise to fame at all. The only real downfall is that after almost two and a half hours you have a sense that something was missing, that there should have been something more. It really is quite an entertaining movie. Cotillard has no small role herself as Billie Frechette, the woman that Dillinger targets in a club one night and pretty much wills to be his woman.
You can understand why Purvis stresses so hard after being given the assignment by Hoover himself and just how intense and determined he was to have his FBI bring Dillinger in. Christian Bale’s Melvin Purvis is the man tasked with bringing Dillinger down and you can see how worn down he gets as attempt after attempt fails to result in Dillinger’s arrest. not injuring innocents) while pulling off his heists. He comes across as a man who reeks of confidence, does what he wants, and gets what he wants all while adhering to some semblance of values (i.e. Johnny Depp’s portrayal of John Dillinger is solid enough. It’s a film not just about John Dillinger (Depp), his fame and his fall but also about the rise of J Edgar Hoover’s (Crudup) FBI and the strong armed tactics (at least for that time – 1930’s) implemented in order to bring down Dillinger and other ’gangsters’ of the era. And with Michael Mann directing and a cast that was led by Johnny Depp and included Christian Bale, Academy Award Winner Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup and a slew of other recognizable faces, how could it not be? Public Enemies (2009), R, 140 minutes - Public Enemies was one of the most anticipated films of the summer.
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