Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)

After surviving an invasion on her peaceful homeworld, a beautiful avenger must stop a powerful psychopath from gaining immortality and rescue her kidnapped sister.

Directors:

Michael Coldewey, Michel Lemire

Writers:

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

Stars:

Michael Ironside, Julie Strain, Billy Idol

Cast

Complete credited 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)

Storyline

In ages past, a malevolent race called the Arakacians discovered a place where space-time leaked an immortality water. The Arakacians conquered the known universe for centuries, and were finally vanquished after the fountain chamber was sealed by freedom fighters. Upon discovery of a shard of the Loc-Nar (the evil orb from the original movie), a miner named Tyler becomes possessed by an insatiable hunger for power and a thirst for immortality. On his way to a planet which has the immortality fountain, Tyler makes a brief stop on F.A.K.K.² (Federation-Assigned Ketogenic Killzone) because its inhabitants carry some immortality water in their bodies. Tyler invades the space colony, wipes out most of the inhabitants, and kidnaps a beautiful woman named Kerrie. Enraged by Tyler's careless rampage, Kerrie's beautiful sister Julie vows to avenge her family and wipe out Tyler before he reaches the fountain.

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Plot Keywords:

revenge | female warrior | brutality | adult animation | based on comic book | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Country:

Canada Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 July 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

F.A.K.K.2

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CinéGroupe,Helkon Media,Das Werk

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

While Julie and Germain pursue Tyler before his hyperspace jump, she passes a billboard which features Julie Strain herself on a magazine cover. It reads "Julie Strain: Six foot one and worth the climb". On the upper right hand corner of the billboard, it reads "Over 5 trillion sold".

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Quotes

Odin: To forget history is to allow evil to rise again.

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Connections

Referenced in Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

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Soundtracks

Tirale
Performed by Puya
Produced by Gustavo Santaolalla
Associate Producer: Anibal Kerpel
Written by Harold Hopkins Miranda (Music/Lyrics) & Ramon Ortiz (Music)
Published by Almo Music Corp./Burundanga Music Publishing (ASCAP)
Courtesy of MCA/--
(P) 2000 MCA Records. All Rights Reserved

User Reviews

A Complete Letdown

Quite honestly, they should have just kept the budget for the magazine and stayed out of the movie business.

In short, you only get one story with this one. The story line is badly developed and loaded with animation that would make Hanna Barbera beam with a new found sense of superiority.

But, it has boobs, which is usually enough to draw the attention of any basement dwelling nerd type away from his D&D campaign.

I will admit to getting some of my prepubescent kicks with this magazine, but when that novelty worn down I discovered that there was indeed a large cache of very well down comic artists. Some very unique material indeed. And sadly, with the first Heavy Metal movie, while they presented various stories and artists, it was apparent they were still under budget constraints.

But I do contend that this recent movie was pretty much an insult to the Heavy Metal magazine name and the people whom have enjoyed it over the years.