All Hell Breaks Loose

All Hell Breaks Loose is a 2006 American adult animated black comedy film directed by Robert Thomas based on his 2001 animated short, The Teleportation Squad!.

The film was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and ArtStar Animation from a screenplay by Trevor Wells, John Stukabov and Thomas. It featured the voices of Mark Webber, Jesse Bradford, Desmond Harrington, and Aaron Eckhart.

The film was released theatrically in the United States on July 14, 2006 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and recieved mixed reviews from critics, who praised the darkly comedic tone, black humor, lack of pop culture references, and vocal performances of Webber, Bradford, and Harrington, but criticized the gritty animation style, plot, and a fondling scene between Curtis and a female lust devil.

Plot
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Cast

 * Mark Webber as Jack
 * Jesse Bradford as Curtis
 * Desmond Harrington as Bruce
 * Michael McKean as unnamed carnival owner
 * Aaron Eckhart as The Devil

Production
ArtStar Animation originally set up the project in 2002 as an animated comedy for Warner Bros. Pictures, who later dropped from the project in February 2004.

A month later, ArtStar announced that All Hell Breaks Loose was picked up by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures as the film's new co-producer and distributor. MGM and ArtStar also confirmed that the film would still have an R rating and be released in theaters. Production began in mid-2004 with Mark Webber, Jesse Bradford, and Huntley Ritter joining the main voice cast.

Release
After getting picked up by MGM, All Hell Breaks Loose was originally scheduled for release on October 28, 2005. In March 2005, MGM pushed back the film's release date to July 14, 2006 in order for ArtStar to spend more time on animation production.

The MPAA gave the film an R rating for 'strong crude sexual content, pervasive language throughout, and some violence' in April 2006. In the United Kingdom, the film was given a 15 certificate by the British Board of Film Classification for "frequent coarse language and sex references." In Canada, the film received 14A certificates in most provinces, and a 13+ certificate in Quebec. In Australia, it was rated R18+ (Restricted to 18 and over) by the Australian Classification Board for 'High impact animated sexual violence' but because 20th Century Fox had no confidence in the film's international release, they never appealed the rating.

The film's first official trailer was released online in early January 2006, and was later attached to the theatrical release of Hostel. A second trailer was later attached to the theatrical release of MGM's Basic Instinct 2 before releasing online shortly after.

Box office
All Hell Breaks Loose ended up grossing $14 million in North America and $3 million worldwide.

Possible reasons for its box office flop included that it was overshadowed by much more successful animated films such as Cars and Barnyard, the film's R-rating which prevented younger audiences from seeing the film, and lackluster marketing.

The film also tanked in other countries, where it only grossed $172,468 in Australia. This is mostly attributed to the film's R18+ rating (with "High impact animated sexual violence" as the description) in that country, which was primarily used for Japanese anime and hentai material at the time.

Critical response
Upon its release, All Hell Breaks Loose received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 44%, based on 68 reviews. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100, based on 10 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.

Home media
All Hell Breaks Loose was released on DVD on November 14, 2006 by MGM and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.