Shadow Raiders - Uncommon Hero (Vol 1)
by Raul Inglis, Owen Hurley, Dwayne Beaver, James Taylor (XVIII), Colin Davies
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Actor: Janyse Jaud, Jim Byrnes, Michael Dobson, Michael Donovan (III), Roger R. CrossDirector: Colin Davies, Dwayne Beaver, James Taylor (XVIII), Owen Hurley, Raul Inglis
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-02-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Adv Films
Movie Reviews of Shadow Raiders - Uncommon Hero (Vol 1)
Movie Review: The Secret's Out
Summary: 5 Stars
Shadow Raiders is a quite pedestrian title for such a ground breaking series. This show began as a simple tie-in for the War Planets toys, but Mainframe Entertainment kicked it up a notch, creating an involved backstory and peopling? the planets with an extensive roster of entities. Mainframe is known for cutting-edge CGI and in-depth story lines as previously shown in ReBoot and Transformers Beast Wars, but this show took both to new levels.
Viewers may have passed on the show when it originally aired, dismissing it as another glorified advertisement for a toy line, and viewers now would hardly be attracted by the lackluster title "Shadow Raiders." But as viewers then and now have discovered, this show is one of the best kept secrets in animation. Now on DVD, at last the secret's out.
Summary of Shadow Raiders - Uncommon Hero (Vol 1)
When the evil Beast Planet destroys the Planet Tek, only Princess Tekla escapes. She crashes on the distant Planet Ice and warns King Cryos and some raiders from Planet Rock of their imminent danger. Graveheart, a Stallone-type hero made of rock, swears to fight the menace. But defeating the Beast Planet's forces will require the four worlds of the solar system to abandon centuries of internecine warfare and unite. King Cryos and his feisty daughter travel with Graveheart to Planet Rock. King Mantle rejects the idea of an alliance and exiles Graveheart, but Graveheart's friend Jade joins the group. On Planet Fire, they recruit young Prince Pyrus, whose fiery hair unfortunately makes his head look like an unsuccessful flamb? dessert. The dedicated cadre fights their first major battle on Planet Bone. King Femur, a leering Gremlins look-alike, tries to play both ends against the middle and finds himself attacked by Beast. This derivative motion-capture/computer-graphics series borrows heavily from the Star Wars films: Planet Ice looks like Hoth, Planet Rock resembles Tatooine, and the space battles with the Beast Drones are lifted from the attack on the Death Star. Rated "suitable for all ages," but violence and grotesque imagery are inappropriate for children under 8. Contains the first four episodes: 1. "Behold the Beast," 2. "On the Rocks," 3. "Born in Fire," 4. "Bad to the Bone." --Charles SolomonAnimation DVD Video
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