Product Details

• Actors: Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts, Don Harvey, Jeff Kober
• Directors: Rachel Talalay
• Writers: Alan Martin, Jamie Hewlett, Tedi Sarafian
• Producers: Aron Warner, Christian L. Rehr, John Watson, Pen Densham
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• VHS Release Date: March 24, 1998
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (127 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304773382
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #102,963 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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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

From The New Yorker

Lori Petty does her tough-talking best to breathe some life into the comic-book action, but it's not enough. The film, which bursts into musical numbers and animation from time to time, is meant to be anarchic, and there are some fun bits (Tank Girl's knee pads are made from crushed doll heads), but, like some other daredevil misfires ("The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai," "Earth Girls Are Easy"), it's underwritten and overdirected. It concerns a future in which water is power, and it's as dry as dust. With Malcolm McDowell, Naomi Watts, and Ice T. Directed by Rachel Talalay. Written by Tedi Sarafian, from the British comic-book series by Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin. -Bruce Diones
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure entertainment, May 4, 2001

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Lee Gaiteri (Syracuse, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tank Girl (DVD)

Tank Girl is, make no mistake, a campy B sci-fi. It lives up to the genre perfectly, keeping a light, humorous tone in a world so dark that it would make most of us hide under the bed. It's probably no surprise that someone like Tank Girl would survive the apocalypse.

Lori Petty's character is perfectly witty, a girl who plays it large and in charge even when things are at their worst. She can kill an armed man and then answer the irritated stares of his buddies with "What?" While McDowell's character tries to break her in for a mission, she spends all her time coming up with lines to really get under his skin--and succeeds.

The complaints of some accusing McDowell of hamming up the role of the villain are unfounded; he not only plays the role perfectly, but does it so well that I don't think anyone else could have done it. He's playing the stereotypical megalomaniac bad guy, yes, but on top of that he adds a touch of class and intelligence. His repartee with Tank Girl proves he's nearly a match for her wit with flippant remarks. He's a very bright guy with an ingenious solution to an ongoing problem, who's simply flummoxed by the dauntlessly rude spirit of his opponent. McDowell is brilliant enough as an actor to get all these characteristics across. Bravo.

The plot gives us a nice, reasonable adventure without being overly simplistic; the campy tone prevents it from getting any more complex. The off-the-wall antics of Tank Girl bleed over at times from the character to the movie itself, which gets a bit goofy (in a good way) in parts where you'd never otherwise expect it to. In the middle of the film they break into a musical number in the silliest of venues--it might not be logical but it's a whole lot of fun. All this is carried along by a soundtrack pretty well suited to the film, arranged appropriately enough by Courtney Love.

For sheer entertainment (though not a family film, if that wasn't obvious), Tank Girl is really worthwhile. The DVD is noticeably light on features, but for the price I can live with it. If you enjoy a movie that doesn't take itself seriously, Tank Girl is for you.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful CULT favorite of mine., March 4, 2001

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Miss D. AwesomePants "Amazon Junkie" (Hoboken, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tank Girl (DVD)

I first saw this movie when i was 16 (now 21)... and i fell in love from the very beginning. I'd never call this "quality cinema," but it is thoroughly entertaining, and quickly became one of my favorite movies. The color is breath-taking, Lori Petty is absoltuely beautiful, sexy, funny, wonderful, etc. And this is just a kick-a#$% grrrl-power movie, without the corporate cheese that tends to come in the package. It is a fantasy world that i ventured to often as a teenager... and now with a DVD version, the journey can continue. ENJOY!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tank Girl DVD! no extras???, February 10, 2001

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Jason karlson (HULL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tank Girl (DVD)

From the first minute I saw the movie I was hooked, the charcters are fantastic and the film just so rich in design and content.

It's also one of the funniest things i've seen in ages with the humour pouring from it!

I was however sad to hear that many scenes had been cut from the film and that a DVD would never be released. I started up an internet protest to get MGM to release it on DVD with the footage and here it is! This DVD is out due to the fans who protested for it!

I am still angry that have not included ANY extras or the cut footage and after much arguing with MGM i dont think they ever will replace the footage! Anyway check out www.tankgirldvd.8m.com to see what bits they have not included on this disk and sign our online from to try to get them to put more stuff on the disk! theres still time!!