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Summary: Poor sequal
Review: The main problem with this film, at least in my opinion, is that it isn't a conglomeration of stories like the original was. Its all one story, one set of characters, one group of animators...and it therefore doesn't have the "epic" appeal the original did. It would have been nice, knowing so many American animators out there who wouldn't mind having such an innocent start in their career, to have had different stories done by different people. Why can't we have an American version of "Robot Carnival" or perhaps more recently "The Animatrix"?That being said, lets talk about this movie. A miner working on a meteor discovers an evil glowing rock that turns him evil and makes him do evil things. He promptly dubs himself the evil "Lord Tyler" and takes over the ship making the crew do evil things. OK, listen, who the hell decided to name him Lord Tyler? That is the dumbest, most unthreatening name in film history. It sounds like a 98 pound dweeb who's been going at Dungeons and Dragons too much. "Gna! I am Lord Tyler! Fear me! Gnaaaaaa!" Any way, Lord Tyler takes his evil crew and quickly attacks a peaceful, defenseless planet because he can. Sadly, he fails to kill Julie and her sister, the latter which he kidnaps obviously so he can do evil things to her. Julie picks up an annoying sidekick because every needs one, and together they go to a space station. What follows is one of the worst animated action scenes in history. Julie stands and shoots her gun, the villains stand and shoot their gun...and every dies except either of them. Clearly the bullets are hurt that these two groups of people would want to kill each other, and must kill others to show them that violence is stupid. Or maybe the director just stinks at making action scenes. Lord Tyler gets away casting "magic missile" and lands on a planet inhabited by lizard beings and six-eyed weenies. The six-eyed weenies hold the water of eternal life, but Lord Tyler is scared by six-eyed people so he just goes with the lizard people instead, hoping to let them do the fighting for him. Julie tries to seduce and slaughter him, but some how the rock care bear in the story runs in, pulls her out, and the movie continues another thirty minutes. Then there's the climactic battle between the lizards and weenies. Julie and archnemesis Lord Tyler duke it out in a poorly choreographed fight before he's finally killed (actually, his mom tells him to stop playing "Everquest" and asks him to come up for dinner). The movie could end, but then one of the good guys turns out to be a CG monster and the movie continues another five minutes. Then it ends. Finally. So what is this storyline? Well, like reviewers before me have said, its basically the last story in the original film but stretched out for another hour and a half. It could have been cool but...no it wasn't.
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Summary: Bonus stuff way cool, but the film itself STINKS!!
Review: The story of this film would have been better had they used the so-called film adaption of the summer 1999 magazine...when i read that i was blown away and couldn't wait for the film to be released. Now i can see why this film was never released theatrically. The 2D Animation reminds me of saturday morning cartoons.. The 3D animation for the spaceships doesn't blend well with the 2D stuff. What's with all the fade to black after every other scene ? Felt like i was watching something on tv with the commercials missing. Music snippets didn't last too long.. all around crap... I love the sndtrk... I still buy the magazine... And yeah I own the DVD and wouldn't give it up. Heavy Metal collector the last 15 yrs. the 1980 film was by far better
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Summary: Definitely in the spirit of the original
Review: There is little reason why you should like the first movie without enjoying this one. All the violence, sci-fi, and most of the sex is still there. This time, however, the movie is one full-length story. The plot, animation, and characters are very much in the same vein as each of the individual segments of the previous movie. The music is fairly appropriate too. In fact, the sequel is pretty much faithful to the style of its original. However, the story lines between the two are NOT connected. By the way, Billy Idol is the voice of one of the characters...
Rating: 
Summary: Good Animation, Great Sound, Ok Story
Review: This DVD is definately worth purchasing but not for the movie (explained at the end). Heavy Metal 2000 is a linear plot about a woman seeking revenge on a lunatic, posessed by an alien power, who destroyed her home planet. Standard science fiction plot with no twists. The single story line is a departure from the vingette style of the original heavy metal movie. This has the advantage of allowing a more coherent plot but has the disadvantage of not letting the artists explore as many different scenes and visual styles as they did in the original. I think that the illustration style of the sequel is better but not as original as the first movie. My personal pet peeve is the introduction of a poorly done CGI (computer generated image) at the end. Gimmicky and not effective. The sound effects are well done if you have a digital surround sound arrangement. However, the highlight of the movie is the great hard core soundtrack. Changing the DVD to the isolated sound track and just playing it for the music is well worth it. But the best reason to buy the DVD is the featurette on Julie Strain. I was not previously a fan of Julie Strain (didn't know her) but this woman is amazing. Her personality is captivating and her blunt, honest interview is a treat to watch. I can understand why she has a loyal following.
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Summary: Not very special.
Review: This film is better than the original Heavy Metal, which is not saying much. The animation is far superior, the story admittedly stronger. However, many of the characters, including the heroie, are absolutely mean. Julie is a strong character, yes. But does strong necessarily mean hard? Her sister is much more likable. I hope Julie Strain is nothing like her character. Also, there is too much gore. If you have to see it, wait to watch it on cable instead.
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Summary: OK, but first one is much better.
Review: This movie is OK, but the first one by far is better. Some of the action scenes were completely unbelievable and although the surprise ending was good, the movie has some pretty lame dialogue. Also the fade to black before every single new scene was very annoying.
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Summary: The "Titan A.E" For Adults
Review: This movie is superior to the original in the ways of animation, plot, and pretty much every other way, as well. Unlike the trend with most animated films of this caliber, it is aimed for adults, just like the magazine it's based on. It remains loyal to the adult magazine, which someone (I hope) would expect. I think it's unfair to say it's a bad movie purely because it has gore in it, and because it's not a movie for kids. I recall dark and suppossedly serious movies being done for the child audience like "Batman & Robin" for example. Do I really have to complain about what a piece of ... that was? This movie lives up to exactly what one would expect from 'Heavy Metal Magazine': Good artwork, good story, brutal but just good guys, evil and muderous bad guys, mellow satire, blood and gore, nudity & sexuality, violence, foul language, and loud music! For the single reason that it lives up to the 'Heavy Metal' standard, that makes it a good movie.
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Summary: We've already seen this movie...
Review: Watch the last segment of the original Heavy Metal called "Tarna" instead. The plot scheme of HM2K is lifted directly from that. They took a tight short story from one film and stretched it out needlessly here. The details have changed, but it's still the same story. The same major plot points exist: "Joe Nobody" encounters weird green object that turns him evil. Newly evil bad guy slaughters docile people without warning. Babe in high heel boots hunts him down for payback. Bouncy cleavage shots ensue. Don't get me wrong, I dig the cleavage... but no one actually got down and dirty. Onscreen nudity without sex = BORING. Several scenes were torn DIRECTLY from the original movie's "Tarna" segment. Why do angry babes bent on revenge always catch the bad guys drinking at some dive bar? The one scene that brought home the lack of originality was when our heroine FAKK2 takes a dip in a pool and gets dressed in a leather bikini to do battle near the end. It was a shot-for-shot remake of Tarna taking a dip in a pool, then dressing in a leather bikini to do battle in the original movie. I do not exaggerate, they both put on their Victoria's Secret battle gear the SAME WAY. That would have been fine if this was a true sequel connected to the previous story. But this is not the case. HM2K is boring. The attempts at jokes all fall flat. You can get more bawdy humor from an episode of South Park on TV. The action scenes are clunky. The ... shots do nothing to stir the libido. There are many other faults, but the main problem is that someone thought this was a great idea and decided to waste their money to make it.
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Summary: Heavy Metal 2000 - All but there.
Review: Well it is here. The update to Heavy Metal has a quality feel to it, the sound quality is good compared to the original, the animation quality is better than the original, and the intergrated 3D animation was well done. It just doesn't do it for me. All the elements are up to date, but the story, cuts, and flow are not much to hold you. As a Heavy Metal Fan it is worth while to see. I would not recomend it to anyone otherwise. It is just a little less interesting than episodic Animé
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Summary: This is terrible: bad writing, bad acting, dumb jokes...
Review: Well, you know where I stand. When I sit down for a couple hours to watch a movie I expect to be shown something thought-out, clever, and well-rendered into the film format. Actually nothing in this is worth watching. It's not science fiction, it's stupid fiction. The best thing about Heavy Metal 2000 is the over-the-top cover art on the DVD. Here's the plot: guy finds green rock and becomes cartoonishly evil, kills a world where a buxom chick lives, chick teams up with an annoying sidekick, final showdown at a temple, some demon guy who we don't even know betrays the chick, the chick beats the bad guy and the demon 'plot twist' insertion. Michael Ironside does the 1-dimensional evil guy for his paycheck, Julie Strain can't act period, and the rest are nobodys in nobody roles. Kevin Eastman should stick to doing the Ninja Turtles because it's more his level.
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