"They've killed Fritz!" Made by animation master Ralph Bakshi, this violent, bleak, but witty film is absolutely delightful to watch. Not a good family movie (in spite of the PG rating), this is meant mostly for teenagers and adults, and for good reason: the plot involves good wizards and fairies using magic to fight against an evil wizard who had requisitioned old war machines long after a nuclear war wiped out humanity. Of course, the evil wizard is the brother of Avatar, a wisecracking, hard-drinking, but ultimately good wizard. The villains are clearly based on the Nazis (the bad guy even finds and uses an old Nazi propaganda film, and is referred to as the Fuhrer, among other references to Hitler's Germany), while the heroes are a ragtag bunch consisting of Avatar, the daughter of the murdered president, a warrior, and one of the evil robots (who has been turned good by Avatar). The ending is simply awesome, to say the least. Much of the battle footage was taken from war films and traced over, resulting in very psychedelic combat scenes that add an extra depth to this cheaply-animated film. Listen closely for Mark Hamill's voice (his last name is misspelled in the credits though).
Rating: 90/100
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