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Tank Girl Details

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In the year 2033, the world's water supply is controlled by Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell), a maniacal dictator who presides over the Water & Power company. Tank Girl (Lori Petty), a tough punk water poacher, struggles alongside her comrades to deliver the valuable resource to parched persons around the globe. But when Tank Girl is .. Read more

Starring Lori Petty, Malcolm McDowell, Ice-T, Naomi Watts
Director Rachel Talalay
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller

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Tank Girl

In the year 2033, the world's water supply is controlled by Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell), a maniacal dictator who presides over the Water & Power company. Tank Girl (Lori Petty), a tough punk water poacher, struggles alongside her comrades to deliver the valuable resource to parched persons around the globe. But when Tank Girl is captured by Kesslee, he makes her work as one of his human automatons in the W & P mines. Her fate goes from bad to worse when Kesslee makes her a proposition: She can go free if she agrees to exterminate the ravenous Rippers--half-man, half-kangaroo beasts. But before she's forced to answer, along comes Jet Girl (Naomi Watts), who rescues Tank Girl from Kesslee's clutches. Now these two spunky chicks will do whatever it takes to destroy Kesslee and hydrate the desert planet. The film is based on the comic book by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett.

Starring Lori Petty, Malcolm McDowell, Ice-T, Naomi Watts, Jeff Kober
Director Rachel Talalay
Studio MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 39 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language English
Dubbed French, German, Italian, Spanish
Hearing-impaired English, German
Subtitles Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
Released DVD: 25 Jun 2001
Production year: 1995
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews (6) of Tank Girl

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    On its release, this was denounced as a travesty, a terrible Hollywoodisation of the cult comic on which it's based. And, yes, this gets nowhere near the sassy black spark of the original, yet those unfamiliar with its source will find it goofy, undemanding fare. Lori Petty is the Tank Girl of the title, demonstrating an early manifestation of “girl power” as she takes on evil Malcolm McDowell in a water-starved post-apocalyptic world. Director Rachel Talalay never quite gets a handle on the mix of comedy and futuristic action, but Petty is surprisingly credible in the lead and McDowell is suitably over the top as the villain. However, the most fun comes from watching hip rapper Ice-T playing a poetry-loving half-man/half-kangaroo.

    • Radio Times
  • A muddled attempt to transfer the British comic strip by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett to the screen. It is all flash and no substance or narrative, lacking in imagination and presenting a future that is more familiar than most pasts; brief cartoon interl

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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  • 6 out of 7 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Silly In All The Right Ways

    This is not a great film. The acting is nothing special. It jumps from live action to cartoonish animation and back. The plot is fragmented. There are holes you could drive a tank through...and indeed they do that. The special effects are unspectacular. And the prosthetic make-up can be seen peeling off some of the characters is places.

    But it's a movie of a comic-strip and it is made in a very comic-strip fashion. That could be a huge turn-off...but for me it worked. Approach with low expectations...but with an open mind you might be pleasantly surprised.

      • Martin McCarthy from Glasgow, Scotland
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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Tanked up

    I have seen this film a few times and I always enjoy it. The film is just a great good versus evil film with a very cheesy chick flick feel. As the film title suggests it’s got a tank and a girl in it!

    Set in the near future when water is power, the plot is basic and easy to follow. The outcome is predictable but nonetheless it is great entertainment. Plenty of funny moments and cheeky lines. Costumes are very cheerful and camp.

    Recommend seeing if you’re into action or cheesy films or chick flicks, it’s got something for everyone. It’s even got a cabaret show scene in it too.

    Fun film.

      • maattmoo from Manchester
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    • In the year 2033, the world's water supply is controlled by Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell), a maniacal dictator who presides over the Water & Power company. Tank Girl (Lori Petty), a tough punk water ...