Tank Girl

Tank Girl
by Rachel Talalay

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Actor: Don Harvey, Ice-T, Jeff Kober, Lori Petty, Naomi Watts
Director: Rachel Talalay
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Producer: Aron Warner
Producer: Christian L. Rehr
Producer: John Watson
Producer: Pen Densham
Writer: Alan Martin
Writer: Jamie Hewlett
Writer: Tedi Sarafian
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-04-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)

DVD Reviews of Tank Girl

DVD Review: What?
Summary: 5 Stars

What? What's not to like? This is a fave of mine - Lori Petty is just the best and right choice for her character. Science Fiction at its most enjoyable. A cult classic to be enjoyed (and shared) again and again. What are you waiting for? Order it now!

DVD Review: an all-time fave
Summary: 5 Stars

I love, love, love this movie!!! Lori Petty, Malcolm McDowell, Ice-T, and all staying true to the comic book/graphic novel nature of the original Tank Girl I fell in love with in junior high. Post-apocalyptic rebels vs the evil establishment, and catch phrases you'll quote for years!

DVD Review: One of the Best
Summary: 5 Stars

The 90s were a time for action flicks with leading men who could bench press the collective weight of the cast & crew, the leading ladies had sex appeal that would turn a gay man straight and a straight woman gay, and premises that were so paper thin you almost felt guilty enjoying what you were watching.

So that's why in 1995, when this "action flick" dared to be different, and cast a little-known actress in the lead role and a gangster rapper wearing a mutant kangaroo suit as support, with a story based off an obscure British comic, audiences turned their backs and ran. Critics hated it, the creators of the comic series hated it, and the director and star hated what the studio did to it,and somehow, the few people who did see it (it grossed $4 million on a $25 million budget), loved it.

The movie is incredibly fast-paced, the visuals are very there, and the story is entertaining at all points. Lori Petty embodies Tank Girl, Naomi Watts shines in a pre-fame role, Malcom McDowell is (as always) the perfect villain, and even Ice-T, in one of his first acting gigs, does pretty well behind Stan Winston's (incredible) make-up.

Even as a "comic book movie," which is quickly becoming it's own genre, this stands out as one of the best.

DVD Review: Happy I found a copy of this
Summary: 5 Stars

It's a sweet movie and the person that had it keep the movie in great condition.

DVD Review: classic film baby
Summary: 5 Stars

one of my favorite movies of all time.... you know that is if you like low budget b movies. overall, it's funny and it is great for a collector like me.

Description of Tank Girl

If you're into in-your-face visuals, outrageous action sequences and non-stop explosive laughs, this is your "rip-roaring power surge of a movie" (L.A. Weekly). The year's 2033 and since a humongous meteor hit earth, the world just hasn't been the same. No Movies, No Cable TV, NO WATER!!! A mega-villain, Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell), the leader of Water & Power, holds the world in his grasp since he controls all the H2O down to the last drop...or so he thinks. Two colossal enemiesstand in his way: (1) The Rippers - an army of half-men/half-kangaroo people whose sole purpose is to bring down the W & P, and (2) a chick with a tank and tons of attitude - a.k.a. Tank Girl (Lori Petty). Kesslee had better get a grip on reality and his water jugs because not even a run in her stocking is going to stop her from saving the planet.

The Year is 2033. Earth has been clobbered with a comet, civilization has been destroyed, and it hasn't rained in 11 years. Nearly all the water on the planet is controlled by the evil Water and Power company, which is in turn controlled by the even more evil Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell). Who stands in the way? Some mysterious mutants called the Rippers and, of course, Tank Girl. Lori Petty plays Tank Girl, the wisecracking, defiant heart of the movie, as kind of an inner child gone wild. Unfortunately Petty can't quite carry a movie on her own--her zingers frequently fall flat and she seems to be continually worried that we still like her. Luckily there's Naomi Watts as Jet Girl to save the day: smart, shy, and inherently way more appealing than Tank Girl. Tank Girl is based on the comic of the same name, and it is visually an eye-popper. It's worth watching for the insane set and costume designs alone. --Ali Davis

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