Heavy Metal 2000

Heavy Metal 2000
DVD cover
Directed by
  • Michael Coldewey
  • Michel Lemire
Screenplay by
Based on
Produced by
  • Jacques Pettigrew
  • Michel Lemire
Starring
CinematographyBruno Philip
Edited byBrigitte Brault
Music byFrederic Talgorn
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Tristar Home Video
Release date
  • July 10, 2000 (2000-07-10)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Heavy Metal 2000 (also known as Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.² outside North America) is a 2000 Canadian adult animated science fantasy film produced by Jacques Pettigrew and Michel Lemire, and directed by Michael Coldewey and Lemire. Starring the voices of Michael Ironside, Julie Strain, and Billy Idol, the film 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. It received negative reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.