Tank Girl (1995)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Rachel Talalay

Writers (WGA):

Alan Martin (comic strip) and
Jamie Hewlett (comic strip) ...

Release Date:

31 March 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

In 2033, justice rides a tank and wears lip gloss

Plot:

Based on the British cult comic-strip, our tank-riding anti-heroine fights a mega-corporation, which controls the world's water supply.

Plot Keywords:

Tank | Jet | Kangaroo | Part Animated | Based On Comic

Cast

Lori Petty	...	Tank Girl
Ice-T	...	T-Saint
Naomi Watts	...	Jet Girl
Don Harvey	...	Sgt. Small
Jeff Kober	...	Booga
Reg E. Cathey	...	Deetee
Scott Coffey	...	Donner
Malcolm McDowell	...	Kesslee
Stacy Linn Ramsower	...	Sam
Ann Cusack	...	Sub Girl
Brian Wimmer	...	Richard
Iggy Pop	...	Rat Face
Dawn Robinson	...	Model
Billy L. Sullivan	...	Max
James Hong	...	Che'tsai

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and sexuality.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 (w) | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R | Canada:14A

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Company:

Trilogy Entertainment Group

Trivia:

Immediately after Malcolm McDowell's first scene, Lori Petty's costume (bowler hat, eye makeup) recalls McDowell's costume in A Clockwork Orange (1971).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Near the end, when Rebecca and Kessless are fighting, she kicks him off the platform and when he lands with his cybernetic arm trapped in the gear you can see his real hand in a large gap in the fake hand.

Quotes:

Sgt. Small: What the hell is that?
Trooper Wayne: Sounds like Cole Porter, sir.
Sgt. Small: [points his gun] End it!
Trooper Wayne: Sir!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Jarhead (2005)

Soundtrack:

Disconnected

Great fun and visually interesting, with some wonderful one-liners and buckets of attitude.

One of the best films ever based on a comic, Tank Girl should not be taken seriously, but it's enormous fun, and a badly needed send-up of all those testosterone-pumped action movies. Instead of the usual male buddies, you have two sassy young woman, while a genetically modified and not very bright kangaroo plays the part of the Bond girl. All the leads perform well, particularly McDowell as the villain, and the script has some great one-liners, even if the plot is pretty dumb (it's a comic, ok? Get over it.)