Long before Rachel Talalay was a Doctor Who director of note, she made the frankly underrated Tank Girl movie. I can't claim to be an expert on the comic - I've read a couple of strips, nothing big - and the liberal use of Jamie Hewlett's artwork throughout is 100% cooler than anything caught in live action, but as a quirky, fem-driven, punk Mad Max, it's a lot of fun. I admit, it took me a while to accept Lori Petty in the role, her voice a little too babyish for the character, but once we're out of the somewhat bleak "origin" portion, and she played Tank Girl's insolence as a super-power more and more, I got into it. The girl power and female gaze of this thing would fit today's cinematic landscape, probably better than 1995's, and I love that they go for it and throw in a musical number. There's in fact a lot of musical cred to this thing, from the cool soundtrack supervised by one Courtney Love, to featured roles for Ice-T (who along with Reg E. Cathey, plays a kangaroo warrior) and Iggy Pop (as a perv). It might be worth it just for the many recognizable faces, including an early role for Naomi Watts. Tank Girl's tone is hard to nail down, with the first act a little violent for the cartoonishness that comes later, but it still left me with a satisfied smile.
I got this in a bunch of VHS tapes from a family friend. Not sure what the heck it was but into the garbage it goes and never have to see it again. 2hrs of my life wasted though...
It has energy in abundance, but that energy is not channeled very well. The tank-as-phallic-symbol is overdone, and makes it seem like a one joke movie. As another commenter noted, it gets very conventional (and incongruously so) for the third act
This was pure fun, Lori Petty as the title character was hilarious (although I could see how someone might find her irritating). The meshing of different styles really worked for me and I particularly loved the short animated sequences. It's such a shame then that the third act had to go and become so formulaic and cliche, you could really tell where the studio had messed with this. Oh well, still a lot of fun and it's always great to see Malcolm Mcdowell hamming it up as a villain.
An underrated flick based on a comic book. It's very funny and has some great acting from Lori Petty, Naomi Watts and Malcolm McDowell. And the soundtrack is awesome.
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Long before Rachel Talalay was a Doctor Who director of note, she made the frankly underrated Tank Girl movie. I can't claim to be an expert on the comic - I've read a couple of strips, nothing big - and the liberal use of Jamie Hewlett's artwork throughout is 100% cooler than anything caught in live action, but as a quirky, fem-driven, punk Mad Max, it's a lot of fun. I admit, it took me a while to accept Lori Petty in the role, her voice a little too babyish for the character, but once we're out of the somewhat bleak "origin" portion, and she played Tank Girl's insolence as a super-power more and more, I got into it. The girl power and female gaze of this thing would fit today's cinematic landscape, probably better than 1995's, and I love that they go for it and throw in a musical number. There's in fact a lot of musical cred to this thing, from the cool soundtrack supervised by one Courtney Love, to featured roles for Ice-T (who along with Reg E. Cathey, plays a kangaroo warrior) and Iggy Pop (as a perv). It might be worth it just for the many recognizable faces, including an early role for Naomi Watts. Tank Girl's tone is hard to nail down, with the first act a little violent for the cartoonishness that comes later, but it still left me with a satisfied smile.atryeu
I got this in a bunch of VHS tapes from a family friend. Not sure what the heck it was but into the garbage it goes and never have to see it again. 2hrs of my life wasted though...Duke of Omnium
It has energy in abundance, but that energy is not channeled very well. The tank-as-phallic-symbol is overdone, and makes it seem like a one joke movie. As another commenter noted, it gets very conventional (and incongruously so) for the third actTheFace78
This was pure fun, Lori Petty as the title character was hilarious (although I could see how someone might find her irritating). The meshing of different styles really worked for me and I particularly loved the short animated sequences. It's such a shame then that the third act had to go and become so formulaic and cliche, you could really tell where the studio had messed with this. Oh well, still a lot of fun and it's always great to see Malcolm Mcdowell hamming it up as a villain.Gary OldMan
Absolutely awful.1/10
Misantrop
An underrated flick based on a comic book. It's very funny and has some great acting from Lori Petty, Naomi Watts and Malcolm McDowell. And the soundtrack is awesome.jlfitz
Lori Petty is atrocious.tekness
Underrated.julex
I watched this movie when I was about ten and it traumatized me