Heavy Metal 2000

Heavy Metal 2000
DVD cover
Directed by	Michael Coldewey Michel Lemire
Produced by	Jacques Pettigrew Michel Lemire
Screenplay by	Robert P. Cabeen Carl Macek
Based on	The Melting Pot  by Kevin Eastman Simon Bisley and Eric Talbot
Starring	Michael Ironside Julie Strain Eastman Billy Idol
Music by	Frederic Talgorn
Cinematography	Bruno Philip
Editing by	Brigitte Brault
Studio	CinéGroupe Animation Das Werk Helkon Media
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release dates	October 17, 2000 (2000-10-17)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Canada Germany
Language	English

Heavy Metal 2000 (also known as Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.² outside North America) is a 2000 animated science-fiction film produced by Jacques Pettigrew and Michel Lemire, and directed by Michael Coldewey and Lemire. It stars the voices of Julie Strain, Michael Ironside, and Billy Idol. It 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.

Plot

In an asteroid excavation, space crewman Tyler (Michael Ironside) and his colleague find a green crystal that is rumored to be the key to a fountain of immortality, however, it makes whoever touches it insane. Tyler ends up killing his mining partner, and takes over the ship, killing most of the resisting crew except for Dr. Schechter, and the pilots Lambert and Germain.^[1] His search for the planet with the fountain leads to Eden,^[2] a planet that is designated F.A.K.K.² (Federation-Assigned Ketogenic Killzone to the second level), but has inhabitants whose bodies carry the immortality fluid. Tyler invades Eden, and kills the Edenites, but captures some so he can extract their fluids. He also keeps Kerrie for his own purposes, but when Germain resists the idea, he is left on Eden.

Kerrie's sister Julie (Julie Strain Eastman), who survived the attack, finds Germain, and they team up to follow Tyler. At a renegade space station, Julie finds Tyler at a strip club and critically injures him, however, he ingests a vial with the immortality serum and heals.^[1] In the ensuing gunfight, Tyler blows up the club. Julie escapes the explosion; she and Germain board a shuttlecraft that latches onto Tyler's ship with a tractor beam before it jumps into hyperspace. Discovering them mid-travel, Tyler tries to shake them off, but the fight causes the hyperspace to collapse and the two ships to crash.

Julie wakes up on the desert planet called Oroboris, and meets a mysterious sage named Odin (Billy Idol) and his assistant, Zeek, a rock-like creature, both of whom are guardians to the fountain. Elsewhere, Tyler's ship is totaled and most of his crew and abductees are dead. Tyler orders Dr. Schechter to extract Kerrie's fluids. He explores the planet and finds a race of reptilian beings, which he conquers by defeating their champion and then their leader in a death match. Julie enters the reptilian city disguised as a woman that the reptiles found for Tyler. That night, she seduces Tyler, but when she tries to kill him, Zeek captures her and takes her back to Odin. Julie infiltrates Tyler's ship where she discovers Kerrie is still alive. She takes out Dr. Schechter, frees Kerrie, and escapes as the complex explodes. As a result, Tyler vows to make Julie immortal so he can "screw her and kill her every hour of every day for all eternity". With only three vials of serum, he orders his troops to storm the citadel where the immortality fountain is located.

At the citadel, Julie undergoes a ritual where she is outfitted in skimpy armor. She, Kerrie, and Germain help the fountain's guardians defend against Tyler's army. Tyler drops the last serum and kills Lambert. He is about to put the crystal into the fountain's final lock but is stopped by Julie. A fight ensues where Tyler appears to have the advantage, until Odin intervenes, which allows Julie to kill Tyler.^[2] Odin reveals himself to be the last of the creatures responsible for creating the fountain, and tries to claim it as his own. However, Zeek pulls the crystal key from the pedestal, locking Odin inside the fountain chamber, and heads to outer space. As Germain and Kerrie help Julie, Zeek wraps the crystal into another asteroid.^[2]

Cast

The characters' voices are provided by the following:^[1]

• Michael Ironside as Tyler
• Julie Strain Eastman as Julie
• Billy Idol as Odin
• Pierre Kohn as Germain St. Germain
• Sonja Ball as Kerrie
• Brady Moffatt as Lambert
• Rick Jones as Zeek

also with^[1]

• Arthur Holden as Dr. Schechter
• Jane Woods
• Luis de Cespedes
• Terry Scammel

Video game and sequel

The film had a video game about the events after Heavy Metal 2000, 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.

After the release of Heavy Metal 2000, a third Heavy Metal movie has been in various stages of development since. During 2008^[3][4] and into 2009,^[5] reports circulated that David Fincher and James Cameron would executive produce, and each direct one of the eight to nine segments for, a new animated Heavy Metal feature. Kevin Eastman would also direct a segment, as well as animator Tim Miller, with Zack Snyder, Gore Verbinski and Guillermo del Toro attached to direct segments. However, Paramount Pictures decided to stop funding the film by August 2009^[6] and no distributor or production company has shown interest in the second sequel since.^[7] In 2011, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez announced at Comic-Con that he had purchased the film rights to Heavy Metal and planned to develop a new animated film at the new Quick Draw Studios.^[8]

Soundtrack album

Heavy Metal 2000 OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	April 18, 2000
Genre	Heavy metal, alternative rock, alternative metal, industrial metal, hard rock
Length	73:47
Label	Restless
Heavy Metal film soundtracks chronology
Heavy Metal OST (1981) Heavy Metal 2000 OST (2000)
Heavy Metal 2000
Alternative cover used for the "clean" edition of the album.

The Heavy Metal 2000 OST is the 2000 soundtrack album to the film of the same name. The album features music by bands such as Pantera, Coal Chamber, Apartment 26, Billy Idol, Monster Magnet, System of a Down, Queens of the Stone Age, Puya, and other prominent alternative metal and hard rock bands. The album also features industrial-oriented selections, two tracks by alternative rock artists (Bauhaus and Queens of the Stone Age) and one hip hop track by Twiztid and Insane Clown Posse.

Track listing

1. "F.A.K.K. U" — 1:44
2. "Silver Future" by Monster Magnet — 4:29
3. "Missing Time" by MDFMK — 4:35
4. "Immortally Insane" by Pantera — 5:11
5. "Inside the Pervert Mound" by Zilch — 4:07
6. "Dirt Ball" by Insane Clown Posse and Twiztid — 5:33
7. "Störagéd" by System of a Down — 1:17
8. "Rough Day" by Days of the New — 3:18
9. "Psychosexy" by Sinisstar — 4:02
10. "Infinity" by Queens of the Stone Age — 4:40
11. "Alcoholocaust" by Machine Head — 3:38
12. "Green Iron Fist" by Full Devil Jacket — 3:51
13. "Hit Back" by Hate Dept. — 3:52
14. "Tirale" by Puya — 5:34
15. "Dystopia" by Apartment 26 — 2:56
16. "Buried Alive" by Billy Idol — 5:10
17. "Wishes" by Coal Chamber — 3:06
18. "The Dog's a Vapour" by Bauhaus — 6:44

References

External links

• Sony Picture official site for the movie
• Heavy Metal 2000 at the Internet Movie Database
• Heavy Metal 2000 at allmovie
• Heavy Metal Magazine fan page
• Discogs master release page