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Heavy Metal: Special Edition
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| Rated
R |
| Runtime:
1hr 30min |
| Starring:
Voices of John Candy, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy |
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MFG
Rating: 4/5
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DVD
Features
Video:
Given that is animated, do not expect anything special from the video quality, but
this is widescreen enhanced at least.
Audio: The
Dolby Digital 5.1 track absolutely rocks. The music is loud and
brilliant and it makes excellent use of the rear speakers when appropriate.
Extras: Tons of them
on this DVD including deleted scenes, commentary, photo gallery, Heavy Metal magazine cover
gallery, documentary and both pencil and cel portfolios.
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DVD
Quick Take
If you've never heard
of this movie, chances are you aren't going to like it. If however you are one of the
people who rocked out to this thing at a midnight movie back in the 80's, then this
DVD is a must have as it is the absolute ultimate way to enjoy Heavy Metal.
The movie is actually
a collection of short stories from the Heavy Metal magazine loosely bound together
around the theme of this evil green glowing orb. Forget the plot, what this movie is
really about is enjoying animated naked chicks and violence in a SciFi setting while rocking out to a
heavy metal sound track. If that sounds cool to you, then you need this DVD.
This isn't Disney, put
Junior to bed before you watch this. When I say violence and naked chicks, I'm not
kidding around. We're talking full frontal nudity and lots of blood all set to the soothing
sounds of bands like Black Sabbath.
If you don't have Dolby
Digital 5.1 capability yet, this is one of those DVDs that if you hear it on someone's
system that does, it'll make you start calculating the remaining limits on your credit
card. It just flat out rocks. You also get a ton of extras including missing scenes
and a ton of Heavy Metal art. My only complaint with the DVD is that for some goofy
reason it defaults to Prologic instead of Dolby Digital 5.1, and the Prologic track
isn't even in the same league as the Digital track.
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Billy Bob
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this DVD to your collection
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Gun Play
Pretty darned
violent even though animated.
Blood & Gore
Seems like
someone gets impaled or otherwise turned into a bloody mess in every scene.
Car Chases
Not even spaceships can keep up with a New York cabbie.
T&A
Ok, so it's animated, but we get huge hooters and full
frontal nudity repeatedly.
Chuckles
A couple of silly
moments, but this isn't a laugh riot. |
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