🎬 Music, Science Fiction

Metal Messiah

"A trip through the mind-warp of a future that's already here. Metal Messiah is Fog, Flags, Lights, Future Sights, Christ Crucified, Hitler Idolized, Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide, Tomorrow, Today!"

⭐ 3.4/10 1978 1h 16m Dir. Tibor Takács

About this movie

A bizarre sci-fi rock opera like little else being produced under the banner of Canadian film at the time, Metal Messiah is about an enigmatic metallic-skinned stranger trying to stop society's self-destructive obsession with rock and roll. Anchored in Toronto's live music scene if the late 1970s, this dystopian parable was the feature film debut of local music impresario and director Tibor Takács. Working with screenwriter Stephen Zoller, Takács' film is a crudely crafted, episodic work that plays out like a glam version of Amos Poe's avant-punk NYC flick The Foreigner (1978), but with even more ambition, attempting to scale to the bombastic rock opera heights of films like Phantom of the Paradise (1974) and Tommy (1975). (from: http://www.canuxploitation.com/review/metalmessiah.html)

Quick facts

Year
1978
Runtime
1h 16m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 3.4/10
Votes
5
Genre
Music, Science Fiction
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Music 🎭 Science Fiction 🎬 Tibor Takács 👤 Richard Ward Allen 👤 David Hensen 👤 Liane Hogan
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Questions about Metal Messiah

Metal Messiah has a runtime of 1h 16m (1 hour and 16 minutes).
Metal Messiah was directed by Tibor Takács and released in 1978.
Metal Messiah is a Music, Science Fiction film (1978).
The cast of Metal Messiah includes Richard Ward Allen, David Hensen, Liane Hogan, John Paul Young, Phillip Cairns.
Metal Messiah has a TMDB rating of 3.4/10 based on 5 votes.

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