Wonderful Movie

So much average

best movie i've ever seen.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

The galaxies were once ruled by the cruel Arakacians. The source of their powers lay within a chamber on Planet Uroboris. Its waters hold eternal life. Only a single key can unlock the chamber. After their defeat, the key was cast out and lost until now. Tyler is a miner who finds a shard. He is driven mad for power and immortality. He and his crew attack a planet taking prisoners including Kerrie. Kerrie's sister Julie sets out to get revenge.This doesn't have quite the same cult camp value as the original. There are a few differences that diminishes the product. The animation is duller with computer animation that changes the look of the franchise. I rather have the same look and feel of the original. This has the looks of a good TV adult cartoon. The subject is still a lot of sex and violence but the vignettes are gone. I miss the structure of the vignettes. The story feels cobbled together from a few different sources. The vignettes allowed the original to try different styles and different ideas. That was the cool part. The shorter stories have better tension and allowed for changes in tones. This one drags on despite being less than 90 minutes.

Having seen the original Heavy Metal about 12 times, I was excited to hear that they were doing a sequel and that it would be a full length feature. The magazine format of the original had been one of its more troublesome aspects, thanks in large part to the clumsy framing device of the evil Loch Nar. Still, the gory fight action, hard rock soundtrack and nude scenes made for a pretty original viewing experience, especially for a cartoon. And Heavy Metal's subsequent influence on anime and other sci-fi long ago assured it of significant cult status.The sequel film, however, proved to be something of a disappointment. The character design and background visuals are quite good and the action is smoothly animated, but the story line is derivative and lacks imagination. Given all of the not-yet-filmed stories in the history of genre literature, yet another revenge for murder plot line seems totally unnecessary, and the addition of a fantasy story hook about a nasty villain searching the galaxy for a source of unlimited power is just a meretricious add-on. I found myself enjoying the look of the movie, while being bored out of my mind by its paint-by-numbers story and weak dialog. Approach with caution and keep expectations low.

After the disappointing let down that was the original Heavy Metal film, i stumbled upon this sequel. Hell of a lot better than the first Heavy Metal movie, which was an inconsistent mess of a show. However, its awesome animation was thrown together with a less than intriguing storyline, making the overall product a huge waste.First of all, the title did not make any sense. Why call it "Heavy Metal"??? The only thing "Heavy Metal" about it was the few metal rock songs that played at certain parts of the movie. Whats more, the heavy metal songs never fit in with the scenes that they accompanied; coming across like they were thrown into those scenes as an afterthought.Moving swiftly along to the story......Never in my life have i seen a Story so simple, bland and full of clichés, that tries to pass itself off as complex and compelling. Standard good vs Evil story coupled with a outer space chase/revenge story. A miner named Tyler gets "possessed" by some ancient shard of evil and goes on a quest for immortality after hijacking a ship. On his way to a planet which has a legendary fountain of immortality, stops by a planet who's inhabitants carry some immortality "essence" in their bodies. Tyler and gang massacres the whole colony and takes prisoners, leaving the main character, Julie, behind. Julie vows to avenge her family and kill Tyler before he reaches the fountain of immortalityStraight forward and with little twists. Even a 10 year old can understand it. Which brings me to my next point, in that a 10 year old should not be allowed to watch it. It is definitely a film for adults with its numerous cursing, bloody violence and nudity. Thats something i've rarely seen in animation; and its taken to new heights in Heavy Metal 2000 without feeling excessive.All the characters are written with little depth or dimension. The stellar acting, however, redeems the otherwise uninteresting characters. Tyler(expertly played by Hollywood actor Michael Ironside)is among my favorite animated villains of all time. His voice is spot on and Ironside delivers his every line with such menacing enthusiasm that he actually sounds like he enjoyed his role a lot. If one can just ignore the less than interesting storyline and one dimensional characters, this movie as some of the most breathtaking animation ever seen in a long while. It is on par with big budget productions like Titan A.E and Steamboy. THe frame rate is exceedingly high leading to exceptionally smooth, lifelike movements. The CGI blends well with the 2D animation for the most part. What really blew me away was the level of detail in both the CGI and the 2D art. THe 2D art actually had blended shadows! A huge rarity in animation. Basically, for most animation, shadows are just a flat darker shade. In this case, shadows increase in darkness intensity as it goes further from the light source, just like in live action.I give 10/10 for animation but 4/10 for story. Round it up to a even 7/10 in total.Honestly, such revolutionary animation, an entertaining script, flawless acting, and intense bloody action was utterly wasted on the watered down excuse of a story.

Pubesencent eye candy fodder, that falls short of Anime standard in levels of gore and action which the fan base expects but lays on tons of pointless, sub-Hentai nudity! Then the opening credits roll..... Though not even that great a movie, at least the original Heavy Metal stands head and shoulders over this shambles.Lazy Animation,weak voice acting, Micheal Ironside does his best before losing interest while Billy Idol (!?) is largely anonymous and Julia Strain is especially bad. A predictable storyline and laughable characters coupled with dated, poorly realized CCG, makes this one to miss,and thats a F.A.K.K 2. Will appeal to those willing to overlook the crudeness of the production, but not the crudeness of the magazine!