Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2
I indulged in the sequel to 1981's animated cult SciFi movie, Heavy Metal. I saw Heavy Metal many, many years ago -- the early 1990s I think. I remember the movie as being confusing -- but that didn't matter. Heavy Metal, like the sequential art magazine that inspired it, was very much adult, with a good dose of bloody violence, nudity and sexuality. Definitely not the Disney fare. The animation of the original was quite fluid, and the tunes -- well, the tunes were heavy metal. This production, believe it or not, was Canadian. (I just found out.)
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2 is the second animated movie in the series. The animation is nothing special, although it does combine hand-drawn cells with computer animation. Like the first movie, it also features a hard music score. This time around, the movie is based on the comic Melting Pot, by Kevin Eastman, Simon Bisley (one of my favourite artists) and Eric Talbot -- and stars an animated, and scantily clad Julie Strain [adult site] -- who's married to Eastman I believe. This movie, like the first, has a glowing green thing that promises much power, but drives the holder completely insane. The glowing green thing is found by some miners in space, and it takes over Tyler, who commandeers a heavily armed ship, killing anyone who opposes him. The glowing green thing is a key that will unlock a doorway, leading to magical waters that gives the drinker immortality and invincibility. Tyler, with his new crew, then scours space looking for traces of the magical water. He comes across Eden, a F.A.K.K. (Federation Assigned Ketogenic Killzone -- ie. extremely dangerous to life) 2 planet -- who's inhabitants seem to have some of that magical water as part of their biological make up. Tyler destroys the civilization, and proceeds to extract the magical water from the bodies of the inhabitants. Unfortunately for him, he misses Julie in his raid -- and she proceeds to hunt him across the universe, for revenge.
Overall, it wasn't a bad movie. In today's world of hard-hitting anime, this second installment of Heavy Metal isn't as risque as the first. It's nothing deep, nothing that needs you to work at to understand -- and for a fanboy, it will do just fine to pass the time.
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2 is the second animated movie in the series. The animation is nothing special, although it does combine hand-drawn cells with computer animation. Like the first movie, it also features a hard music score. This time around, the movie is based on the comic Melting Pot, by Kevin Eastman, Simon Bisley (one of my favourite artists) and Eric Talbot -- and stars an animated, and scantily clad Julie Strain [adult site] -- who's married to Eastman I believe. This movie, like the first, has a glowing green thing that promises much power, but drives the holder completely insane. The glowing green thing is found by some miners in space, and it takes over Tyler, who commandeers a heavily armed ship, killing anyone who opposes him. The glowing green thing is a key that will unlock a doorway, leading to magical waters that gives the drinker immortality and invincibility. Tyler, with his new crew, then scours space looking for traces of the magical water. He comes across Eden, a F.A.K.K. (Federation Assigned Ketogenic Killzone -- ie. extremely dangerous to life) 2 planet -- who's inhabitants seem to have some of that magical water as part of their biological make up. Tyler destroys the civilization, and proceeds to extract the magical water from the bodies of the inhabitants. Unfortunately for him, he misses Julie in his raid -- and she proceeds to hunt him across the universe, for revenge.
Overall, it wasn't a bad movie. In today's world of hard-hitting anime, this second installment of Heavy Metal isn't as risque as the first. It's nothing deep, nothing that needs you to work at to understand -- and for a fanboy, it will do just fine to pass the time.
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