Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #64772 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-10-25
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Color, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish
• Dubbed in: French, German, Italian, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

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As long as there is a need for adolescent male sexual fantasy, there will be an audience for Heavy Metal. Released in 1981 and based on stories from the graphic magazine of the same name (possibly the greatest publication to simultaneously provoke imagination and masturbation), the film has since become the most popular single title in Columbia/TriStar's entire film library. That's an amazing fact considering just how silly and senseless the movie really is--an aimless, juvenile amalgam of disjointed stories and clashing visual styles, employing hundreds of animators from around the world with a near-total absence of creative cohesion. It remains, for better and worse, a midnight-movie favorite for the stoner crowd--a movie best enjoyed by randy adolescents or near-adults in an altered state of consciousness.

With a framing story about a glowing green orb claiming to be the embodiment of all evil, the film shuttles through eight episodic tales of sci-fi adventure, each fueled by some of the most wretched rock music to emerge from the 1980s. The most consistent trademark is an abundance of blood-splattering violence and wet-dream sex, the latter involving a succession of huge-breasted babes who shed their clothes at the drop of a G-string. It's all quite fun in its rampantly brainless desire to fuel the young male libido, and for all its incoherence Heavy Metal remains impressive for the ambitious artistry of its individual segments. Courtesy of producer Ivan Reitman (who'd just scored a hit with Stripes), voice talents include several Canadian veterans of Second City comedy, including John Candy, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy, and Joe Flaherty. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews

Heavy Metal
I bought the new revamped dvd. It said it was better than the old one. Is that nought a horible thing to read. I loved the orignal and got this. It was terrible!!! The music is very low. The last one has always been the best. Such a beautiful woman to have to save the world. They changed her face to make her look like a man in drag. Don't waste your money on this one.

This ain't 'Family Guy'
Geez, where do I start with this low-tech, Reagan-era mess? No wonder the country started going into financial debt in the early 1980s -- we had stoned losers making cartoons like this!!!

See, I rented this flick cuz I figured with a neat title like "Heavy Metal," perhaps I'd get to hear rare and fresh music from greats like Cinderella, Faster Pussycat and maybe Oingo Boingo. What I got instead was Journey and Stevie Nicks, both of whom were way past their prime even in 1981, when this "revolutionary" farce was made!!!!

As for the plot of this drivel, it's all pretty thin and tedious. The movie is separated into various stories, all of which tell about a little green "orb" that wants to inexplicably rule and slaughter the already depressing planet it inhibits, using its "evil and heavy powers." Hey, I got a better idea: Just show the world this garbage and life will perish on its own!!! The end of "Heavy Metal" is so unbelievably slow -- despite the buxom yet by-the-numbers babe we get to feast our eyes upon once again -- that you'll feel like you're in the Twilight Zone -- with no stinkin' end in sight.

In short, only fans of "South Park" and "The Wall" will find this clumsy, wavy animation admirable. For real cartoon innovation that conveys worthy messages for the masses, check out "The Simpsons" or "Family Guy," two historic cartoon series that are taking the world by storm.

P.S. The musical parts with Hagar's songs aren't bad -- it was before he joined Halen but after he slyly broke up Montrose!!!!! "Call it, HEAVY METAL THUNDER!!" Pretty cool!

Thanks for your time!!!

Excellent!
DVD arrived very, very fast and in great condition! Excellent transaction! Would definitely purchase from this seller again!