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Summary: It's not masterpiece theatere, but..
Review: Tank Girl (played convincingly by Lori Petty)is a fun grrrl action film.Although the theme is supposed to be about human survival after a major geological/metorlogical nuclearish disaster, it pokes gender, and class relations. A handfull of rich white men control the world's water supply with millitary force and apparently spend much of their leisure time at a girle club where all of the women (unsuprisingly) are altered to look alike) The women who ultimately engineer the saving idea are punkish (anarcha-feminists? ) who defy society expectations of what is appropriate for women. Even though the graphic juxtapositions seem to be a cheap imitation of the comic book/reality style pioneered so well in the 1960's Batman TV series, and Ice T's inclusion in the cast, it is still a good story line. I've seen this movie several times, and even though she is much less of a cultural compromise than Buffy (who also saves the world, but looks more conventional)Tank Girl rocks. When the movie came out, I was actually planning to streak my hair fushcia in homage to this great character. The soundtrack (produced by Courtney Love) is also worth getting!
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Summary: this movie sucks how come yu people are giving it props!?
Review: Tank Girl... see it. You wanna know why? Because this movie is so bad you'll laugh your ass off! It's about goat/kangaroo/retards trying to save something. A scene that will forever live in my mind is when they're done eating dinner they just start dancing in a circle for no damn reason. But watch this movie because after it you'll want to kill the director and pull you're eyes out.
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Summary: ultimate cult flick
Review: how do I do this justice? Only in my Fellini days did I watch films more than once. I've watched this one 5 times and I'm still laughing, still relishing the humor. It unfolds easily... but it keeps unfolding each time I watch it and hasn't grown stale. I just watched it again and it drove me here to urge you - this is the best stuff! No cliche goes unexploited. social mockery? don't even start. ... just a comic book really.
sure. Try it. Totally fun.
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Summary: Fun but not really funny
Review: "Tank Girl" isn't a sci-fi epic that plays it straight. In "Girl" Rebecca struggles to survive on an Earth ravaged by collision with a comet in 2020 (uh oh, that's not too far down the way...) and hasn't seen a day of rain since. Much of the power is held by the corporate fascists of "Water Power". Some shadowy mutants (called Rippers) challenge WP directly, but most like Rebecca (Lori Petty, the Tank Girl of the title) just try to keep to themselves, survive on their own without going insane.
Though it starts with one of the oldest premises in the history of sci-fi films, books and comics (a lone hero or band takes on a corrupt larger power in a post apocalyptic setting) "Girl" quickly becomes less a movie than a "motion comic book". (In many scenes, the film uses comic art to document the action.)Rebecca is a flighty type - into old movies (starring Doris Day), songs (later on, she forces the evil Madam to sing Cole Porter's "Let's Make Love") and just about everything that had been pre-modern before civilization was destroyed. Captured by WP, Rebecca is used as bait by the evil WP Boss, to lure in the "Rippers". The evil WP boss, Keslee (Malcom McDowell using his tried&true evil routine) knows that the Rippers (who tear through WP installations as if they didn't exist) are his only obstacles to total power. Unfortunately, the bait works better than the trap - the Rippers appear, but destroy all the WP troops and severely injure Keslee. Rebecca is freed, and stealing one of WP's tanks, sets off across the desert to reunite with her commune and revenge herself against WP. Ofcourse, being Rebecca, nothing she does is straight - requiring her to dress her tank up much as she's costumed herself. With the help of "Jet Girl" (the always satisfying Naomi Watts), Rebecca tears up the terrain and seems to have a lot of fun. Unfortunately, Keslee remains alive and figures a way to use Rebecca to bring the Rippers to him - again. I guess they realized thay had to go the glam route because "Girl" had such a derivative story. Unfortunately, the movie doesn't really know how to turn Rebecca's flamboyance into a story in itself. Lori Petty gets some cool zingers (her own face is a special effect - as in the scene when she first sees her tank, played against the theme to "Shaft"), but the script decides against trying to be both funny and exciting at the same time. This is one of those films that makes perfect sense until it's over. By the time the credits are rolling, you're probably asking yourelf "what the....?"
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Summary: Light, and enlightening!
Review: I first saw this movie when I was in a very grouchy, anti-social mood. The beginning was not promising but my husband wanted to see it, so we kept watching. 15 minutes into the film I was laughing out loud, and it kept getting better. Lori Petty is perfect in her role. And her side-kick Jet (I've forgotten her "real" name) is wonderful too. I really identified with Jet and find that Tank Girl and Jet's examples of independent, pro-active thought and action are inspiring. That makes it sound boring, but the movie really is good. The musical, the sexy-kangaroo piece, and the tank itself are all ideas that will stay in your mind for a long time! (PS I am well over 25!)
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Summary: Amusing Story, Smokin' Hot Villain!
Review: Hear ye, hear ye! Malcolm McDowell proves downright luscious in "Tank Girl" - when doesn't he - but the story is moderately bearable, having amusing characters and outrageous costumes. One thing I wasn't happy with was the fact that there. are. absolutely. NO extra features aside from trailers, which was extremely disappointing!!!! I know that there must be outtakes and interviews somewhere, but why they weren't included on the DVD remains a mystery worthy of Mulder and Scully.
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Summary: "To the bat tank!"
Review: There is just something about this movie. It ranks on my top 5 list of all time favourite movies. Lori Petty is kick [tail], wears kick[en] clothes and does the weirdest things to her hair. Her sidekick Jet is just awesome. But lemme tell ya', nothing beats the fighting Kangaroos. This movie is sci/fi-comedy, has an awesome sountrack, can be quite silly at times, and is wholly entertaining. Kick back and relax when watching this movie. Alcohol will only intensify the sensations.
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Summary: spare me the critique
Review: If you're looking for the next amazing work of cinema... keep looking.. Tank GIrl is a FUN movie, that's it. I love the comics, and if you do too i'll warn you now... don't expect the movie to match the comics at all... but it is a fun movie, with lots of quotables and if you want a giggle, this will do it... people who pan it have a certain problem... no sense of humor :)
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Summary: If you like campy kick it up a notch
Review: I decided to give this a re write. This is a campy futuristic, Cole Porter tune,Betsey Johnson fashions,Mutated Kangroos breed to be soliders,water depletion movie. After I saw this movie I was a Lori Petty fan. This is a wild chick film. I read the reviews Ms. Petty remarked about the script "She was Tank Girl".In the future water is precious . It's your David vs Goliath type story. Where a major corporation monopolizes a precious life giving substance. How the little guy goes up against a company. It's more to the story so find out for yourself.
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Summary: Started Out Great
Review: The opening scenes, including the torturing of a defiant Tank Girl by evil Malcolm McDowell, were fantastic and great fun; then it all goes downhill FAST. It's almost as if they'd switched directors and writers after a half hour, when the film crests creatively: then Tank Girl inexplicably starts performing onstage; and from this point on TANK GIRL's a loser. The film just plain limped home.The writers shot their creative wad on the opening scenes, then left town; whoever took over the helm played up the campy side in the lamest, most unimaginative way. It never recovered. A major disappointment. And I liked Lori Petty as TG too; it just went NOWHERE!
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