Heavy Metal Calendar – Wall Calendar, 22 Nov. 2001

This UK/Europe MediumRare bluray is the exact same transfer and extras as the US Columbia release.Heavy Metal by its nature is a dirty looking film, with specks/hairs etc, but this is the best quality I have seen and heard the film - bar some expensive restoration this is as good as it gets - it’s definitely a HD image and the detail that is there is excellent.The audio is a lossless DTS 5.1 surround track - there is lots of good surround activity and the soundtrack especially sounds great - not massive amounts of LFE so crank the subwoofer up!!!Extras:- Feature Length Rough Cut (with optional commentary)- “Imagining Heavy Metal” Documentary- Deleted Scenes (which includes the superb “Neverwhere Land”, which is amazing even in rough form).You can get this delivered for about £8 - bargain!

This 1981 Canadian animated film is amongst the guiltiest of my guilty pleasures and even if I am aware that all the stories it contains are just a pretext to show graphic violence, sex and nudity, every time I see it I shamelessly adore it...))) Below, more of my impressions, with some very limited SPOILERS.This film begins when a mysterious and very evil green orb named Loc Nar corners a little girl and forces her to listen to Six Stories. Considering that Loc Nar is, as all evil in the world, a totallly self centered megalomaniac, all those stories are of course about Loc Nar...1. "Harry Canyon". In a quite horrible future New York a cynical taxi driver named Harry Canyon meets a damsel in distress... This story, inspired by "film noir" classics, became such a cult thing, that Luc Besson copied large parts of it into his "Fifth Element" film, with Bruce Willis character being a copy of Harry Canyon...2. "Den". A nerdy frail teenager gets sucked into a wormhole and, transformed into a superhero, meets a damsel in distress, who was about to be sacrificed to evil god Uhluhtc (in fact Cthulhu, just spelled backwards). Extremely funny, absolutely not-politically correct and life-threatening for any feminist who would watch it...)))3. "Captain Sternn". On a space station a sniggering space pirate, Captain Lincoln Sternn is on trial for crimes which are too many to be described here... An absolutely hilarious and also slightly insane story...)))4. "B-17". The shortest but also the toughest of all the stories. No humour here - it is a WWII horror story...5. "So Beautiful and So Dangerous". A scientist and a voluptuous blond secretary are abducted by aliens. The funniest, the merriest and the most out-there story in the whole film, greatly inspired by Woody Allen humour...)))6. "Taarna". Here, nobody laughs anymore - this is a story about a terrible barbarian/alien invasion and a relentless quest for vengeance. Something in the precise middle point of the triangle made of "Conan the Barbarian", "Mad Max 2: Road Warrior" and "Body snatchers". Also the BEST story in the film.After those six stories there is a short but intense and beautiful finale in which we discover what Loc Nar was after all this time - but I will say nothing more...The trasures of this film are many: excellent old style animation, lots of violence, sex and nudity, humour, zombies, aliens, busty wenches galore, hard drugs use and especially the INCREDIBLE MUSIC - all of this with suprisingly little vulgarity (not even one F bomb!).I loved this film when I was a teenager, I loved it when I was a young man and I love it now as a middle aged man, married with children. A thing to see ABSOLUTELY! ENJOY!

Based on the fantastical illustrated magazine HEAVY METAL, producer IVAN REITMAN enlists the help of some of Hollywood's animation masters to create the otherworldly tale of a glowing green orb from outer space that spreads destruction, evil , malice throughout the galaxy. Only when encountered by its one true enemy, to whom it is inexplicably drawn, will goodness prevail throughout the universe. Richly and lavishly drawn, the vignettes of the orb's dark victories include the character voices of JOHN CANDY, HAROLD RAMIS, and a pounding soundtrack by BLACK SABBATH, BLUE OYSTER CULT, CHEAP TRICK, DEVO, DONALD FAGEN, DON FELDER, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, SAMMY HAGAR, JOURNEY, NAZARETH, STEVIE NICKS, RIGGS, and TRUST. Highly imaginable and full of surprising special effects, HEAVY METAL set the standard for alternative contemporary animation. An intoxicating experience not to be missed!!! SEX AND CRIME AND ROCK'N' ROLL! This is a true pop culture animation classic.

Stupid ... Childish ... Amateur... Immature... And Awesome! Loved it... I came across this through an episode of South Park and wanted to see it for myself - Made even better when you know Kenny's drug infused trance... :D

Arrived on time 👍 , Blu-ray of , HEAVY METAL , Classic Animation inspired by the Magazine back in the 80's 🙂

I love this movie so much, the animation is obviously dated (it being a 1981 film) but it is also so stylish that you'll love it anyway. An incredible soundtrack that makes the movie very enjoyable. The story telling isnt on parr with the best of films but it is unique and engaging, which I will always love. I highly recommend getting this!

A classic , good tunes and good animation , worth a watch if you like 80's metal

Decent transfer of a cult classic. Good price. Nice upgrade from the dvd. Probably not one for a blind buy as it's an acquired taste.For anyone wondering the UK Blu-ray has all the same special features as the US sony disc but only English audio and English subtitles.