Fire and Ice

Fire and Ice

By Ralph Bakshi

  • Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Release Date: 1983-01-01
  • Advisory Rating: Unrated
  • Runtime: 1h 21min
  • Director: Ralph Bakshi
  • Production Company: Polyc International BV
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 9.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
6.7/10
6.7
From 292 Ratings

Description

Celebrated sword-and-sorcery artist Frank Frazetta teams up with animation director Ralph Bakshi for this high-energy animated fantasy. It's a prehistoric battle of the elements as the dissolute ruler of the Ice World, Nekron (Sean Hannon), starts a war against the fire people using a massive, advancing glacier and armies of subhuman monsters as his weapons. When he arranges to have the fire king's shapely daughter, Teegra (Cynthia Lenke), kidnapped, the adventure begins as she escapes her captors and hooks up with Lorn (Randy Norton), lone survivor of an earlier skirmish. With the aid of a mysterious dark warrior (based on Frazetta's famous painting "The Death Dealer"), Lorn and Teegra fight the armies of Nekron as well as giant monsters, lesbian sorcerers, and other comic book delights. A thunderous classical score by William Kraft adds excitement to this violent, sexy, fast-moving film. It also benefits from unusual animation techniques that nicely complement the far-out imaginations of Frazetta, Bakshi, and screenwriters Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway.

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  • Theodre's review only scratched the surface

    5
    By Lycan7rop3
    What the only reviewer here failed to mention that this is also Frank Frazettas work and line art! This alone makes it worth checking out as he is one of the last few generations best and foremost epic artists! For film enthusiasts, art students and illustrators this is a myst see and I can highly recommend it for inspiration!
  • High Fantasy at its Finest

    5
    By Theodore Schmenarigenz
    This is closer to the pulp stories of Robert E. Howard and Edgar Rice Burroughs than any film adaptation of their own works ever came. The plotting may be bare bones, but there is enough to keep you interested. The real draw, as with any good film, is in the characters. Each character is fleshed our nicely and the character designs are absolutely stunning. This is Bakshi’s best looking movie by far. Having Frazetta come on board gave this film a look completely unlike any of Bakshi’s previous films. If you are a fan of old-school pulp fantasy/adventure then this is a must watch. If you are a fan of animation then this is a must watch. This is not your father’s fantasy animation movie.

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