In the year 2056 an epidemic of organ
failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior
emerges: GeneCo, a biotech company that offers organ
transplants. Operations don’t come cheap so, for those who
can’t afford it, GeneCo offers easy organ financing. With so
many patients undergoing transplant surgery, GeneCo develops
Zydrate, a compound derived from an endorphin that’s created
in the brain at the time of death, to give patients a “pain
free” recovery.
GeneCo’s easy operations quickly gain popular appeal and,
through innovative marketing, they carve out a new industry:
surgery as a fashion statement. People will go under the
knife for stronger bones, younger organs, to change their
race. GeneCo’s designer body parts and name-brand organ
upgrades become the popular obsession, and GeneCo gains
political influence, allowing them to push a bill through
Congress: Organ Repossessions are Legalized.
In addition to already high interest rates and late fees,
GeneCo adds a repossession clause to its contracts. Patients
who miss their payments are now scheduled for repossession
and hunted by Repo Men, legal surgical assassins contracted
by GeneCo. Although sanctioned by law, the Repo Men are
reviled and feared by the public, so they wear masks to keep
their identities secret. Unable to keep up with the rising
cost of surgeries and fearful for their lives, GeneCo’s
customers often become Zydrate addicts. A black market
industry is created, with GraveRobbers tapping the deceased
for Zydrate and selling it to junkies, cutting into GeneCo’s
profits.
GeneCo’s CEO, Rotti Largo (Paul Sorvino) successfully uses
aggressive marketing to retain control of his customers, but
he is fearful about the future of his empire. His two sons,
Pavi (Ogre) and Luigi (Bill Moseley), and daughter Amber
(Paris Hilton) are addicted to surgery, spending the family
money almost as quickly as the company makes it.
Seventeen-year-old Shilo (Alexa Vega) lives a life far
removed from the privileged world of the Largo children. She
is kept locked away in her home by her father Nathan
(Anthony Stewart Head), who has warned her that the outside
world could be life threatening for her because of a genetic
blood disease that was passed down from her mother. Nathan
is a widower, having lost Shilo’s mother Marni to a botched
operation, in which he was the surgeon. He is wracked with
guilt from the accident and wants nothing more than to
protect his daughter.
But Nathan has a secret identity: he is GeneCo’s most feared
assassin, Repo Man. Rotti Largo uses Nathan’s guilt over the
accident to manipulate him into doing his evil dirty work,
but is Nathan a better person because he’s only taking
orders? What is he really protecting Shilo from…her disease
or the truth about her father and the world they live in?
Rotti Largo lures Shilo into the outside world into a
dangerous scavenger hunt, promising her that the cure for
her disease and the truth about her mother’s mysterious
death lay at the end of the journey. He baits her with
opportunities that her father has always kept from her, even
introducing her to her idol, the singer Blind Mag (Sarah
Brightman), who seems to have a connection to Shilo’s
mother.
Shilo gets involved in a dangerous game, not knowing who is
her enemy and who is her friend, trying to keep her secret
from her father, with her medic alert bracelet going off all
the time warning her that she needs to take her medication
and warning her father that she is out of the house. Repo
Man and a GraveRobber (Terrance Zdunich) keep showing up and
it’s never clear who’s there to hurt or help.
It all leads up to the wildly anticipated spectacular The
Genetic Opera, where Rotti promises all of Shilo’s questions
will be answered.
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