| View Larger Image | Heavy Metal/Heavy Metal 2000 | DVDStarring: Richard Romanus, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Michael Ironside, Julie Strain
Directed By: Gerald Potterton, Michael Coldewey, Michel Lemire
Also With: Angus McKie (Writer), Bernie Wrightson (Writer), Carl Macek (Writer), Dan O'Bannon (Writer), Daniel Goldberg (Writer)
| List Price: | $37.95 | | Price: | $33.99 | | You Save: | $3.96 (10%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 1 to 2 days |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 178 minutes | | Format: | Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC | | Studio: | Sony Pictures | | Number of Discs: | 2 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.85:1 | | Release Date: | October 17, 2000 | | Sales Rank: | 22,097nd |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 10/25/2005 |
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Heavy MetalAs 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 2000Instead 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 |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 11 reviews)
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Heavy Metal/Hevy Metal 2000 by Cheryl Trecartin (Milford,NH USA)  5 Stars
October 05, 2008
Heavy Metal is awesome to watch, each of the short stories are all related with the ending bring it all together. i really enjoyed this. Heavy Metal 2000 isn't as good as the first one, its one story instead of short stories but it still preety good. these movies are good vs. evil, and how good wins in the long run. i hope you also will enjoy these movies
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Disappointed by Gary Lindahl  3 Stars
September 04, 2007
I was hoping that this would be as ground breaking as the first one, but alas it did not...
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Heavy Metal/Heavy Metal 2000 DVD Pack by M. Frisbee (Woodbridge, VA USA)  4 Stars
August 23, 2007
I had the VHS version of the original Heavy Metal which I had first seen in the early '80s and wanted to update to DVD. I had not seen the HM 2k/FAKK 2 movie before, but for the cost of the original DVD I could get both for a few bucks more so I went for it. The original had some neat extras and HM2k fit nicely into the original's genre of combined sci-fi, violence, and sexy characters. The biggest difference is that HM2k is just one feature, not small vignettes drawn by different illustrators as the original was. I also didn't like the music as much in the new version. The storyline was very creative though and I enjoyed watching it; the DVD extras are okay as well. Still not a film for the kids, but enjoyable for those "old" enough! The combo pack is definitely worth buying if you enjoyed either of the films individually.
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Flawless by E. Rainwater (Yuma, AZ) 5 Stars
July 15, 2007
Perfect condition DVD's w/ flawless boxes and cases. The Movies are exceptionally high quality artwork animation with meticulous attention to detail. Both movies stories revolve around the powerful and evil, size changing orb known as the Loc Nar. Its travels from person to person are related in a series of intertwined short stories that span the ancient orb's existance all leading to the one girl/woman that could and does destroy it.
These movies have bite! "Hand me my wips."
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Fantastic by Eduardo Arissa Feltre (Sao Paulo, Brazil) 5 Stars
July 04, 2005
The film is a fantastic production made almost 20 years ago.
The lack of technology let their creative side appears.
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