A girl is among the few survivors of a dystopian Earth. Riding a war tank, she fights against the tyranny of a mega-corporation that dominates the remaining potable water supply of the plane... Read allA girl is among the few survivors of a dystopian Earth. Riding a war tank, she fights against the tyranny of a mega-corporation that dominates the remaining potable water supply of the planet.A girl is among the few survivors of a dystopian Earth. Riding a war tank, she fights against the tyranny of a mega-corporation that dominates the remaining potable water supply of the planet.
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- TriviaRachel Talalay cast Lori Petty in the lead role because "she is crazy in her own life and [the film] needed somebody like that."
- GoofsNear the end, when Rebecca and Kesslee are fighting, she kicks him off the platform. When he lands with his cybernetic arm trapped in the gear, his real hand is visible through a large gap in the fake hand.
- Crazy creditsBoom Operator - Freddy Potatohead
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: The Worst Films of 1995 (1996)
- SoundtracksArmy of Me
Written by Björk (as Bjork Gudmundsdottir) and Graham Massey
Performed by Björk (as Bjork Gudmundsdottir), Graham Massey, Nellee Hooper and Marius De Vries
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment/Mother Records/One Little Indian Records
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Even comics characters need at least two dimensions
The main problem I had with this otherwise appealing movie is that Lori Petty's Tank Girl has exactly the same attitude toward virtually every incident in the movie... good, bad, otherwise. And while it's a really sharp and cool attitude, the movie might have soared if instead of merely being an attitude it had been a personality. Then, arising from this Tank Girl personality, a whole range of interesting emotions could have been emerged, adding variety and a chance for excitement to build instead of plateauing in the first few minutes. Because even in a romp of a pic, you still need to care about the characters. And it's a whole bunch easier to care about a person than it is to care about an attitude.
Still, I had good fun watching this movie. The "Feeling a little inadequate?" scene is a minor classic. And by chance I happened to watch this movie the same day I saw "Mulholland Dr." and I still have a very difficult time recognizing that Naomi Watts is the same person in both films. She's excellent in both, but so very different. Ice-T, Jeff Kober, and Reg E. Cathey do a surprisingly effective job of creating characters from underneath their Ripper make-up... they're so good that one of the best parts of Tank Girl is just watching and listening to them.
This isn't a movie to go into with high expectations. Read all the negative comments, take them to heart, and then watch the movie anyway. It will make Tank Girl a pleasant surprise.
Still, I had good fun watching this movie. The "Feeling a little inadequate?" scene is a minor classic. And by chance I happened to watch this movie the same day I saw "Mulholland Dr." and I still have a very difficult time recognizing that Naomi Watts is the same person in both films. She's excellent in both, but so very different. Ice-T, Jeff Kober, and Reg E. Cathey do a surprisingly effective job of creating characters from underneath their Ripper make-up... they're so good that one of the best parts of Tank Girl is just watching and listening to them.
This isn't a movie to go into with high expectations. Read all the negative comments, take them to heart, and then watch the movie anyway. It will make Tank Girl a pleasant surprise.
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- Also known as
- La guerrera
- Filming locations
- White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA(desert scenes)
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- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,064,495
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,018,183
- Apr 2, 1995
- Gross worldwide
- $4,064,495
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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