Review – Heavy Metal 2000

Wow. Up until now I would have thought that just about nothing could have made me long for the original Heavy Metal movie. Amazing though it may be, this one does it. Aside from the graphic violence, harsh language and occasional nudity, this thing could run on the Cartoon Network. Indeed, the flow is periodically interrupted by fades to black that strongly suggest the intention to cut it down and run it on commercial television at some point in the future. The story loosely follows a madman’s quest for immortality and the efforts of a buxom babe bent on revenge who’s trying to thwart him. At least with the first one we didn’t get stuck with the same dumb plot the whole way through; breaking it down into vignettes allowed the animators to hedge their bets. The soundtrack is the closest this picture ever comes to the original, and even that aspect falls considerably short. Wish I’d skipped it