Review of Heavy Metal 2000 (2000) by Raji K — 19 Dec 2016

Nearly 20 years after the first original Heavy Metal movie, the movie Heavy Metal 2000 is released. The story for Heavy Metal 2000 is finding the key to grant immortality. A mysterious space time fluid grants a person immortality, but the downside is that drinking this liquid causes one to go insane. A crystal is said to be the key to unlocking unlimited a fountain containing infinite source of the liquid. An excavator Tyler comes across the key accidentally as he is mining. He becomes insane instantly, and begins killing everyone in his path as he searches for the source of the liquid with the key at hand.

The heroine of the film Julie is located in Eden, and Tyler kills her father, and captures his sister in the process and hunt for the liquid source. Julie vows to get revenge and she travels where Tyler goes to kill him. She chases him across, futuristic cities, molten lava planets, and a desert planet Oroboris. She finds him especially hard to kill as he is able to take vials of the liquid and maintain temporary immortal status. To make matters worse Tyler acquires an army of vile armored lizards, and he plans to do an all attack on unlock the permanent key for immortality. . The film ends with a violent battle between the lizards and the protectors of the key, and of course Julie and Tyler.

Heavy Metal 2000 is by no means a film anyone should take super seriously to be enriching or enlightening. The story is pretty one dimensional, but it is entertaining enough. Julie makes for a sexy heroine, and the metal infused tracks in the background combine well enough for the movie's purposes. The soundtrack includes artists such as Monster Magnet, Pantera, System of the Down, Sinisstar and Billy Idol to name a few. The animation is off and on throughout the film and is particularly rough in the computer animation sequences. Julie's design and character keep the film afloat, but the film is a far cry from the originality of the first film.

-12.19.2016.