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Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)

Heavy Metal 2000 poster
Directed by
Michel L. Lemire, Michael Coldewey
Genre
fantasy film, action film, science fiction film, adventure film, speculative fiction film, adult animated film
Country
Germany, United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 255 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman named Julie goes on a quest to protect a powerful cube from a tyrannical ruler named Lord Tyler. She fights through various alien worlds and enemies to keep the cube from falling into his hands.

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What happens

Heavy Metal 2000, also known as Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.² outside North America, is a 2000 Canadian direct-to-video adult animated science fantasy film produced by Jacques Pettigrew and Michel Lemire, and directed by Michael Coldewey and Lemire. Starring the voices of Michael Ironside, Julie Strain, and Billy Idol, the film is the follow-up to the 1981 animated cult film Heavy Metal, which is based on the fantasy magazine of the same name. The story is based on the graphic novel, The Melting Pot, written by Kevin Eastman, Simon Bisley and Eric Talbot. The film was made by CinéGroupe, a studio based in Montreal, Quebec. It received generally negative reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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