Heavy Metal (Blu-ray) R
by Various Artists

A Step Beyond Science Fiction
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  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: June 14, 2011
  • Originally Released: 1981
  • Label: Sony Pictures

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 38,849
Rating: 3.5/5 -- Heavy Metal has been animated with great verve, and scored very well, with music much less ear-splitting than the title would suggest.
New York Times
Aug 31, 2004
Initial segments have a boisterous blend of dynamic graphics, intriguing plot premises and sly wit that unfortunately slide gradually downhill. Full Review
Variety
Mar 26, 2009
Archly stunted and incalculably influential Full Review
CinePassion
Feb 13, 2010
...Highly enjoyable...
Total Film
Jun 1, 2000
The film is a laudable attempt to present the world of cartoon movies to another type of audience. [Full Review in Spanish] Full Review
Espinof
Sep 9, 2019
Some of the animation is first-rate, particularly in the more modest comedy segments, and even the heavy set pieces have greater flash and dazzle than anything Ralph Bakshi mustered around the same period. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Apr 16, 2007
Rating: 2/5 -- In 1981, this may have been state-of-the-art animation, but now it looks rudimentary, clunky, and flat. The writing, likewise, is flat. Full Review
Common Sense Media
Jan 30, 2012

Product Description:

Based on the eponymous underground magazine and original art and stories by Richard Corben, Angus McKie, Dan O'Bannon, Thomas Warkentin and Berni Wrightson, this groundbreaking cult classic served as a crossover introduction for many Americans to the aesthetic conventions associated with Japanese anime. This unique collection of six animated stories are all linked by sequences featuring a fiendish green meteorite that claims to be the cause of evil throughout the world. A combination of science-fiction, fantasy, horror, comedy, and sex against a pulse pounding heavy metal soundtrack with songs by Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Stevie Nicks, Nazareth and other 80's rock giants. The video contains a three-minute segment that wasn't included in the theatrical version of the film.

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  • Sales Rank: 33,779
  • UPC: 043396369290
  • Shipping Weight: 0.14/lbs (approx)
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