Animonday: Heavy Metal 2000
Animonday’s a little late this week, because having watched this drivel last night I really couldn’t be bothered writing it up and went to bed instead. So 24 hours later here it is.
A madman’s looking for the fountain of youth (they call it something different but that’s what it is) and out to stop him is the impossibly buxom warrior woman, Julia. That’s about it for plot, which would be fine if the visuals were up to snuff but while it was only made in 2000 this looks like 80s Saturday morning kids animation, with added tits and gore of course.
While it’s an 18 certificate this is anything but adult, the humour is of a juvenile nature and the action violent and gory but cartoonish, the less said about the nudity the better. The heavy rock soundtrack featuring Pantera, Queens of the Stone Age and Billy Idol amongst others, is ineptly used, with the songs mixed to low to be really heard and yet loud enough so you can’t hear anything else clearly. They’re also dropped in at inopportune moments.
Anything good? Well Michael Ironside is wonderfully over the top as the villain, Tyler and Billy Idol surprisingly effective as an alien priest. Still it’s hard to imagine this appealing to anyone, except perhaps teenage geeks too shy to spank the monkey while watching real, three dimensional women.
