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Heavy Metal / Heavy Metal 2000 - Set
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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 4-OCT-2005
Media Type: DVD
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Heavy Metal
As long as there is a need for adolescent male sexual fantasy, there will be an audience for Heavy Metal. Released in 1981 and based on stories from the graphic magazine of the same name (possibly the greatest publication to simultaneously provoke imagination and masturbation), the film has since become the most popular single title in Columbia/TriStar's entire film library. That's an amazing fact considering just how silly and senseless the movie really is--an aimless, juvenile amalgam of disjointed stories and clashing visual styles, employing hundreds of animators from around the world with a near-total absence of creative cohesion. It remains, for better and worse, a midnight-movie favorite for the stoner crowd--a movie best enjoyed by randy adolescents or near-adults in an altered state of consciousness. With a framing story about a glowing green orb claiming to be the embodiment of all evil, the film shuttles through eight episodic tales of sci-fi adventure, each fueled by some of the most wretched rock music to emerge from the 1980s. The most consistent trademark is an abundance of blood-splattering violence and wet-dream sex, the latter involving a succession of huge-breasted babes who shed their clothes at the drop of a G-string. It's all quite fun in its rampantly brainless desire to fuel the young male libido, and for all its incoherence Heavy Metal remains impressive for the ambitious artistry of its individual segments. Courtesy of producer Ivan Reitman (who'd just scored a hit with Stripes), voice talents include several Canadian veterans of Second City comedy, including John Candy, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy, and Joe Flaherty. --Jeff Shannon
Heavy Metal 2000
Instead of cartoon vignettes that chronicle adolescent fantasies of sex and drugs in the near future, this sequel to 1981's Heavy Metal follows but one story. On a distant planet, a fountain of eternal life has been locked away by a race of supposedly wise people, who have buried the only key deep in space. If found, the key will give directions to the planet, but will also drive the finder crazy--which is exactly what happens. On his way to the planet of youth, Tyler (voice of venerable character actor Michael Ironside) wipes out most of a space colony and kidnaps a sexy woman. His big mistake is that he doesn't kill the woman's sister, Julie (voice of B-movie actress Julie Strain), who then sets out on a mission of rescue and revenge. Created with an uneasy blend of computer and traditional cel animation, Heavy Metal 2000 is utterly predictable. Even the sex scenes are bland and politically correct, eschewing the joy of dirty sex in favor of glimpses of T&A and lots of violence and gore. Of course, one big reason for this movie is to supplement its heavy metal soundtrack, which includes Pantera, Monster Magnet, MDFMK, Insane Clown Posse, Billy Idol, and others. It's probably better to think of it more as a string of music videos than as a story. --Andy Spletzer
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Package Dimensions : 7.6 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches; 8.8 Ounces
- Director : Gerald Potterton, Michael Coldewey, Michel Lemire
- Media Format : Color, Special Edition, Dolby, Closed-captioned, Animated, NTSC, DVD, Widescreen
- Run time : 3 hours
- Release date : October 4, 2005
- Actors : Michael Ironside, Julie Strain, Billy Idol, Richard Romanus, John Candy
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, Portuguese
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0), Unqualified
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B00004WG2E
- Writers : Angus McKie, Bernie Wrightson, Carl Macek, Dan O'Bannon, Daniel Goldberg
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #157,298 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #26,066 in Drama DVDs
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These movies have bite! "Hand me my wips."
Both features utilize some top-notch talent in the voice department. 1981's Heavy Metal received voice work from the likes of John Candy and Harold Ramis while Heavy Metal 2000 produced some fantastic performances from Michael Ironside, Julie Strain-Eastman, and Billy Idol. Both films also have some outstanding soundtracks. Personally, I find 1981's Heavy Metal to have one of the top-ten soundtracks of any animated feature with songs from Sammy Hagar, Nazareth, and Cheap Trick. Heavy Metal 2000's also boasted some big groups with solid sounds, but they just didn't seduce me in the same manner as the original.
This product only got four stars due to Heavy Metal 2000's lackluster storyline and, at times, clunky animation. I originally bought the set since it was the only manner in which I could purchase the original Heavy Metal; and the price for both was too good to pass up. I would still highly recommend both titles to anyone who's a fan of mature Western animation or Anime. Heavy Metal 2000 was a feature that I never felt the urge to walk away from. But 1981's Heavy Metal still glues me to the screen every time. No matter how many times I see it or how dated the animation and music are, this is what mature-minded animation should be.
Dan Whiskey