Heavy Metal 2000

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Heavy Metal 2000
Directed by	Michael Coldewey Michel Lemire
Written by	Simon Bisley R. Payne Cabeen
Starring	Michael Ironside Julie Strain Billy Idol
Cinematography	Bruno Philip
Distributed by	Lionsgate/Sony Pictures Entertainment (DVD) Starz Network (TV)
Release date(s)	2000
Running time	88 min.
Country	United States / Canada / Germany
Language	English
Preceded by	Heavy Metal (1981)
Followed by	Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.² (2000)
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Heavy Metal 2000 is the 2000 sequel to the 1981 animated cult film Heavy Metal, based on the fantasy magazine of the same name. The story itself 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.

1 Plot
2 Game adaptation
3 Soundtrack album
- 3.1 Track listing
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Upon discovery of a shard of what could be the Loc-Nar (the evil orb/glowing green ball of doom from the original movie), a miner named Tyler (voice of Michael Ironside) becomes possessed by an insatiable hunger for power and a thirst for immortality. On his way to a planet which has a fountain of immortality, Tyler makes a pit stop at a planet designated F.A.K.K.² (Federation-Assigned Ketogenic Killzone) because its inhabitants carry some immortality water in their bodies. Tyler abducts a few people and kills the rest, but misses one: Julie (voiced by B-movie queen Julie Strain who is also Eastman's wife). She is described by Tyler as "a 6-foot bitch with a talking rock", the sole survivor enraged by Tyler's careless rampage. She vows to avenge her family and kill Tyler before he reaches the fountain—unaware that her sister Kerrie (Sonja Ball) is actually still alive. She is aided by a mysterious alien named Odin (Billy Idol), Zeek (a.k.a. the talking rock (who always refers to Julie as "soft one")) and reluctantly by Germaine, a former member of Tyler's highjacked crew left abandoned after he attempted to protect Kerrie, Julie's Sister.

Their search takes them to a space station that appears to be a hot bed of sleaze and depravity. After Tyler almost rapes a waitress in a strip club, Julie intervenes and attempts to kill him. However, Tyler uses a serum his doctor created to immediately regenerate even his most fatal injuries. At that point, he blows up the club with grenades.

Julie then tracks Tyler to a desert planet where he discovers a war-like race of reptilian beings. He challenges their leader to a deathmatch in which he is almost killed, and wins by throwing the leader into the lava pit, making him the reptiles' new lord.

[edit] Game adaptation

The film had a sequel, a video game titled Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.², in which the player assumes the role of Julie as she fights to save Eden from an evil entity called "GITH". The game is set some time after the film and features cameo appearances of several movie characters, for example, Julie's sister Kerrie, the pilot Germaine (now married to Kerrie), and resurrected Tyler.