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Tank Girl [VHS] | ![Tank Girl [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510PJAJA1KL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Rachel Talalay
Actors: Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts, Don Harvey, Jeff Kober
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: Video
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Rating:  117 reviews
Sales Rank: 111059
Format: Color, NTSC
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 106 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6303492525
UPC: 027616521439
EAN: 9786303492520
ASIN: 6303492525
Theatrical Release Date: March 31, 1995
Release Date: September 1, 1998
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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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 Makes You Wonder: What Ever Happened To Lori Petty? February 25, 2010
Richard Ross
This is a dumb movie but at least it's a fun one. Easily ranks as a cult classic and boasts set designs from 'Twilight' director Catherine Hardwicke and choreography by 'Hairspray' director Adam Shankman. It also has a mousy Naomi Watts in a crucial supporting role. And for better or worse Lori Petty.
The year is 2033 and two groups of resistance fighters are locked in a bloody battle with the maniacal Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell) who is on a mission to snatch up what's left of the world's water. After a meteor destroyed nearly everything H20 has become scarce and Kesslee is determined to control it all. He even kills his own men just for the water in their bodies. The first group of resistance fighters is led by a man who happens to be the boyfriend of one Tank Girl (Lori Petty). Along with his daughter and a few of their fellow soldiers him and Tank Girl live in a beach house with plenty of pot growing in the basement. When Kesslee learns of the group's hideout he has his men destroy the place and kill everyone in the process. Only Tank Girl and her boyfriend's daughter escape. Tank Girl is forced to work in Kesslee's mines after she refuses to help him wipe out the other resistance group: genetically engineered half man/half kangaroo soldiers called the Rippers. While working in the mines she befriends a shy pilot named Jet (Naomi Watts). Jet is in constant danger of being raped by one of the guards so Tank Girl steps in and protects her. The two bide their time while hatching an escape plan. When they see their opportunity they make off with a Jet piloted jet plane and Tank Girl in a mammoth tank of her own. The two wander the wasteland searching for water and their like minded allies the Rippers hoping to team up with the beasts so that they can wipe out Kesslee once and for all.
The film doesn't make things that easy for the girls. They find themselves in all kinds of bizarre situations that add to the film's eccentricity. Rather than limiting themselves to being a sci-fi/action movie, the filmmakers throw in plenty of other genres as well. Petty's rapid fire banter wouldn't be out of place in a 30's screwball comedy, true to the story's comic book origin there are plenty of comic strip panels used instead of live action to further the story along and there is even an out of nowhere but delightful musical number set to Cole Porter in a futuristic brothel. Oh, there's also horny, sax playing kangaroos as well. The film packs a lot into an hour and a half. Not all of it is successful or even logical but what makes it such a fun film is that everyone involved plays by their own rules. The acting is good and manages to stand out which is all the more impressive considering the background chaos taking place. McDowell is menacing and amusing the way he usually is and Watts does a good job turning Jet from a shy girl into a tough hero. She steals plenty of scenes whenever she's next to Petty since it doesn't seem like Petty could comprehend Watt's restrained less is more performance. If Peter Travers of Rolling Stone can boldly claim, as he often does, that an actor gives a performance that "deserves to be legendary", then I'm gonna do the same here. Petty gives a performance that deserves to be legendary if only to show what happens when you get the opportunity to headline a big budget movie only to see the film and your career tank (no pun intended) thanks to an over the top, often grating performance. But hey that's what makes the movie memorable her all or nothing attitude. You just have to learn to take the good with the bad when it comes to 'Tank Girl'. It's definitely an experience.
 Shes just a girl, shes just a girl, the girl you want! February 20, 2010
Brett Husebye (Michigan)
Movie is funky and punky. A sort of killer kangaroo's meet punk rock girl. A kind of movie that basically teaches women one thing, stick up for yourself and have fun doing it.
Fun, Fun, Fun February 14, 2010
Willy D. Reviewer (San Francisco,CA)
This is a film based upon a cartoon. Have fun with it.
I bought it and watch it at least once per year.
Side note: After this film, Naomi Watts' career took off. Lori Petty has been in and out of rehab and her career tanked (no pun).
Watch them both have fun with this film.
Tank Half Full January 9, 2010
David Baldwin (Philadelphia,PA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This film has alot to recommend but also contains deficiencies. Lori Petty is kinetically bubbly as the title character and her energy carries throughout the entire film. Malcolm McDowell taps into his Alex DeLarge malevolence and creates a memorably villainous head of a Water and Power consortium. Naomi Watts, a brunette no less, impresses even though she's essentially riding shotgun to Petty. And those Kangaroo Men are way cool! The downside here is that the film seems to be more artifice than art. The art direction is way too busy. The grunge rock soundtrack is headache inducing. The jumping back and forth between live action, animation, and comic strips is equally jarring. "Tank Girl" is an interesting film without being wholly successful.
Great Mindless Entertainment December 12, 2009
David Johnson (Rush, CO)
Don't think too hard, and just sit back and enjoy this new take on the comic-book style movie. Funny, entertaining, definitely unique - worth a watch.
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