Repo Men, despite some jarring dark comedy, takes itself far more seriously, indulging in everything from cautionary sermonizing to undercooked cultural satire to unrelenting Bourne-inspired action. For better or worse, Repo! is a gaudy, gory genre-gumbo infused with pure insanity. Tonally though, the two couldn't be more different. But while accusations have been leveled - Repo! is based on a decade-old stage play of the same name, and debuted in theaters in 2008 - it certainly wouldn't be the first time two groups of filmmakers have dreamed of the future and awakened with similar visions of a world gone mad. The two share identical premises, characters cut from the same cloth, parallel subplots, and many of the same ideas bubbling beneath their surfaces similarities that haven't gone unnoticed by Bousman or Genetic Opera writers Terrance Zdunich and Darren Smith.
It not only recycles and repurposes countless conventions of smarter dystopian science fiction films, it bears striking similarities to Darren Lynn Bousman's pulpy cult-musical, Repo! The Genetic Opera. If Repo Men leaves you with an overwhelming sense of déjà vu, don't worry, you're not alone.
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