Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Directors:

Michael Coldewey
Michel Lemire

Writers:

Simon Bisley (graphic novel "The Melting Pot")
R. Payne Cabeen (writer)

Release Date:

10 July 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Animation | Fantasy | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Julie must keep madman Tyler from immortality...

Plot Keywords:

Immortality | Revenge | Space | Space Travel | Busty Heroine

Cast

Michael Ironside	...	Tyler (voice)
Julie Strain	...	Julie (voice) (as Julie Strain Eastman)
Billy Idol	...	Odin (voice)
Pier Paquette	...	Germain St-Germain (voice) (as Pierre Khol)
Sonja Ball	...	Kerrie (voice)
Brady Moffatt	...	Lambert (voice)
Rick Jones	...	Zeek (voice)
Arthur Holden	...	Dr. Schechter (voice)
Alan Fawcett	...	Jefferson / Additional Voices (voice)
Jane Woods	...	Sysop voice (voice)
Elizabeth Robertson	...	Cyber Sex Doll (voice)
Luis de Cespedes	...	Cyrus (voice)
Terrence Scammell	...	Chartog (voice) (as Terry Scammell)
Vlasta Vrana	...	Street Vendor (voice)

Also Known As:

F.A.K.K.2 (USA) (working title)
FAKK2 (USA) (working title)
Heavy Metal F.A.K.K.2 (Germany)
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. (USA) (working title)
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.² (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and gore, sexuality/nudity and language.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Canada | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Finland:K-16 | Australia:M (TV rating) | South Africa:16LV | Brazil:18 | Australia:MA | France:-12 | Germany:18 | New Zealand:R16 | UK:18 | USA:R | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:16+ (Quebec)

Company:

CinéGroupe

Trivia:

When Tyler takes over the freighter after finding the key, the orders the crew to set a course for sector BR-549. BR-549 was the phone number for Junior Samples' home shopping channel on TV's "Hee-Haw".

Quotes:

Tyler: Blind adoration makes me so horny! Bring me a wench!
Guard: Bla!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Something to Scream About (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Hit Back

Enjoyable!

HM 2000 is a fun, action-loaded adult-animated movie that makes no apologies for being what it is: a guilty pleasure. I loved the mixture of 2-D and 3-D animation, and the voice performances by Julie, Mike and Billy are wickedly impressive. Plus, the mad-thumping soundtrack by bands like Days of the New, MDFMK, System of a Down is a sweet icing on the cake.

Based on "The Melting Pot", a comic book by Simon Bisley, Eric Talbot and Kevin Eastman (Julie's husband and head of the adult illustrated magazine "Heavy Metal"), HM 2000 is wickedly twisted, telling the tale of a power-mad space pirate who wants to live forever and the female warrior who wishes to stop him since she murdered her people and destroyed her homeworld.

I wished this movie came out in US theaters, but movie-house owners are too chicken, fearing parents and politicos. What the heck is "The Simpsons" and "South Park"? Instead of a honest adult-animated film, there's a con job named "Titan A.E" which bombed at the box office. This sequel's more respectful of the 1981 classic, and I hope there's plans for a third "Heavy Metal" film.

Keep the metal heavy!