Fire and Ice

1983 "It's a magical world you'll never want to leave."
6.5| 1h21m| PG| en
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In this animated tale, a tiny village is destroyed by a surging glacier, which serves as the deadly domain for the evil Ice Lord, Nekron. The only survivor is a young warrior, Larn, who vows to avenge this act of destruction. The evil continues, however, as Nekron's palace of ice heads straight towards Fire Keep, the great fortress ruled by the good King Jarol. When Jarol's beautiful daughter, Teegra, is abducted by Nekron's sub-human ape-like creatures, Larn begins a daring search for her. What results is a tense battle between good and evil, surrounded by the mystical elements of the ancient past.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!
Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
Helllins It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.
Woodyanders Brave and resourceful young warrior Larn not only vows to gets revenge on the evil Nekron after Nekron murders everyone in his village, but also attempts to rescue the beautiful princess Teegra from Nekron's foul clutches. The rugged and mysterious Darkwolf helps Larn out. Director Ralph Bakshi and noted illustrator Frank Frazetta are to be commended for not making this film a cutesy and wholesome piece of Disneyesque lightweight family fare; instead it's a dark and fairly gritty rough'n'tumble affair with a serious tone, startling moments of savage violence, vigorous and exciting action set pieces, and a funky array of odd and often lethal creatures (Nekron's simian subhuman flunkies in particular are pretty grotesque and detestable). The exquisitely fluid and vivid animation that was done with rotoscoping over live actors and actresses possesses a remarkably lifelike quality. The characters and the dangerous world they inhabit is designed with tremendous flair and imagination, with buff larger-than-life heroes, eminently loathsome baddies, and an incredibly gorgeous and voluptuous damsel in distress who isn't as helpless as she initially appears to be. Moreover, the basic simplicity of the story gives this movie a winningly unpretentious charm: Larn and Teegra make for appealing protagonists, Darkwolf rates as one amazing bad-ass dude, and Nekron sizes up as an exceptionally hateful and arrogant villain. The excellent voice work by the cast warrants extra kudos, with especially fine contributions from Steve Sandor as the formidable Darkwolf, Leo Gordon as kindly king Jarol, and Susan Tyrell as Nekron's venomous witch mother Juliana. Francis Grumman's robust orchestral score hits the rousing spot. William Kraft's crisp cinematography boasts neat occasional use of wipes. An extremely cool and enjoyable flick.
paul1645 I'm probably one of the few reviewers here who is not an animation geek.I'm a very simple viewer and watch things purely for the entertainment value they were intended for. All those behind-the-scenes "extras" (such as who Bakashi is, past and previous works, history of the actors, etc.) and other trivia I leave to the geeks who enjoy that kind of stuff. Truthfully, I don't care much about all of that.That said, I decided to watch this one because of my geek friends who recommended it, plus it was actually available on Netflix streaming.The animation is well-drawn and fun, nostalgic to the "Thundarr" cartoons I used to watch as a kid, except with better body representations, excellent for the animation techniques available at the time. The muscular lines of the hero are nice, and the princess is one hot number spending the entire film barefoot and wearing only a scant minimum thong (the occasional "nipple poke" views are a nice touch too).Some of the effects could use a little work, like that of the ever-growing glacier which seemed a bit too choppy to me, but the motion of the characters was actually very well done.Not much in the plot department, simple good (Fire) vs. evil (Ice) in a fantasy world with a few bits of sword and sorcery thrown in for good measure.And the dialog is second-rate, quite cheesy, but most animated films are not meant for that anyway. And fortunately, there really isn't very much of it.I say give this one a shot. It's not going to blow you away, but it's a good way to kill an hour and a half with sufficient action and eye candy that you won't be totally bored.
adnan tanvir Don't get fooled by the lower rating of this animated movie. This is one of the most under rated animated movies I have seen so far. Just by seeing screen shots, I decided to watch the movie. I thought its rating would be more than 8 and I was quite shocked to see the lower rating here. This movie is totally as I thought it would be. Its a battle between fire and ice, love and hatred, peace and chaos. I like all the main characters including negative character 'Nekron'. All the characters were portrayed beautifully and carefully. The movie was interesting enough to watch in one go without being bored for a moment. It was dramatic, it was romantic, it was passionate and also sometimes violent and cruel; It was epic. Above all, this movie also provides good lesson. I will always remember it as an exceptional great animated movie.
newkfl I was pretty impressed with the graphics and animation of Fire and Ice. It was very nice to see some decent, colorful and somewhat simple animation for a change. I thought that the artists took their time to display to their audiences what they really wanted to show. They did not overdo it and made it exciting at the same time. It was a classic battle of good versus evil with some twists and turns throughout the storyline, but I would not have expected anything lesser from these artists. The story moved very well and I would recommend it to some of my other friends. It was very nice to see how the plot ended. I was not really surprised, but somewhat relieved. Check it out!!!