6.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Heavy Metal (1981)
Heavy Metal (1981)
Overview
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Female Combat: Yes
Viewer Rating
6.2
Overview
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Heavy Metal is an anthology film that explores diverse sci-fi and fantasy narratives, with its central conflicts and individualistic solutions largely apolitical and genre-driven, preventing it from explicitly promoting a specific political ideology.
The film features primarily traditional casting without intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative does not present a critical portrayal of traditional identities, instead focusing on genre-typical themes and character archetypes.
Secondary
The film features Taarna, a warrior, who engages in and wins multiple close-quarters physical fights against male barbarian opponents using a sword. Her victories include defeating a group of barbarians and their leader.
Heavy Metal, an animated anthology, does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on action, fantasy, and adult-oriented sci-fi without exploring diverse sexual orientations or gender identities.
The animated anthology film 'Heavy Metal' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its diverse segments explore fantasy, sci-fi, and adventure narratives, focusing on physical transformations and heroic journeys rather than gender identity or transition.
Heavy Metal is an anthology film adapting various stories and characters from the magazine. The characters are either original to the film's segments or directly adapted from specific comic stories, maintaining their established gender from the source material. There are no instances of characters whose gender was changed from prior canon.
Heavy Metal is an animated anthology film adapting various stories from the magazine. The characters are either original to the film's segments or their on-screen racial depictions align with their comic book source material, precluding any race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.6
6.5
Critic Ratings
6.6
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