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Heavy Gear - The Dragon's Shadow
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767892889
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767892887
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: 08902
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: August 13, 2002
Running Time: 99 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
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Editorial Review:
Part gladiator battle and part Japanese giant robot demolition derby, rock 'em, sock 'em Heavy Gear puts the "extreme" in extreme sports. Slickly produced in the CGI style of Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles, this TV series, about a mechanical whiz kid who wants nothing more than to be a Heavy Gear ace, is based on a hit video game and it shows. The premise of battles between warring "platoons" on a far-off planet, played out as a series of bread-and-circuses arena games, is a tad absurd. For sheer spectacle, however, these robot wars are like a wild fantasy of professional wrestling, right down to the colorful good guys, the villainous bad guys, and the screaming crowds hanging on every ground-shaking pile-driver punch. Though originally shown on TV, the series has been rated PG-13 for "pervasive action violence." The mecha-violence is bloodless but almost nonstop at times and does put characters in life-threatening situations, so parents of younger kids should be wary. --Sean Axmaker
In a science fiction universe four thousand years in the future Terra Nova is an Earth-like planet made up of the North and South hemispheres territories that have been in conflict with one another for centuries. Soldiers on both fronts use battle instruments called Heavy Gear - powerful armor of gigantic proportions that combine the maneuverability of heavy infantry and the armament of light tanks - to fight each other. Beneath these conflicts lay rich storylines that tell of love politics and religion.System Requirements:Starring: Greg Ellis Charles Shaughnessy Lukas Haas Clancy Brown Running Time: 98 Min. Copyright Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 043396089020 Manufacturer No: 08902
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Good graphics .. no plot.
Heavy Gear is a CGI animated show, derived from a videogame of the same name, about the adventures of young mechanic who gets to realize his dream of becoming a robot warrior.
While the graphics and animation are extremely well done, the show is clearly targeted at a fairly young audience (8-13). Older viewers expecting a show with the sophistication of Starship Troopers will be disappointed. Each episode is more or less a 1/2 hour CGI movie that feels like a video game session (put a bunch ... Read More
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