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Tank Girl

1995
Comedy
Sci-fi
1h 44m
Based on the British cult comic-strip, our tank-riding anti-heroine fights a mega-corporation, which controls the world's water supply. (imdb)
Directed by:
Rachel Talalay
Written by:
Alan Martin Jamie Hewlett Tedi Sarafian
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Starring:
Naomi Watts Naomi Watts Malcolm McDowell Malcolm McDowell Iggy Pop Iggy Pop Lori Petty Lori Petty Don Harvey Don Harvey James Hong James Hong Ice-T Ice-T Jeff Kober Reg E. Cathey Reg E. Cathey Robert \ Robert 'Rock' Galotti
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Genres:
Comedy, Sci-fi, Action, Adventure
Country:
USA
Language:
English
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Tank Girl

1995
Comedy
Sci-fi
1h 44m
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spleenspleen
Rated 21 Sep 2014
61
27th
If Tank Girl were a superhero, her x-power would be making unfunny penis jokes in a voice reminiscent of a squeaky dog toy.
Rated 21 Sep 2014
indyatmnINDYATMN
Rated 27 Aug 2019
30
2nd
20 points for the stuntwoman surfing on the tank's gun & 10 for Watts being very easy to watch, but the rest of this is AWFUL. It's likely all of this would be far more tolerable as a wild Bakshi-like cartoon bc the imagery would carry the day, but this is basically Bugs Bunny in an R-rated world of interspecies humping, incest jokes, profanity, & threats of rape & pedophilia. Tonally bipolar, the film has Bugs insuring that nothing is at stake while wanting us to care when a good character dies
Rated 27 Aug 2019
suture_selfSuture Self
Rated 05 Dec 2012
6
54th
For a split second this movie turned me into a lesbian cyber-punk rocker. Unfortunately, it's so cracked out and the nonsense is so unrelenting you can't help but give up. I feel kind of dirty. I don't know, this thing is a mess. It's fun but sickly. I'm confused. Why can't this be good? Maybe I should read the comics.
Rated 05 Dec 2012
anomalyAnomaly
Rated 01 Jun 2008
55
23rd
It's kind of entertaining in a wacky, cheesy way on its own, but the fact that it doesn't really resemble the comics drags it down. The insane animated segments are great, which seem to be the only way to capture the essence of the comics. Basically means that FLCL is as close as we'll get to the style Tank Girl should be presented in.
Rated 01 Jun 2008
netazedNetaZed
Rated 04 Sep 2007
10
1st
i think that the soundtrack was actually an original recording of Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett crying and punching walls.
Rated 04 Sep 2007
djrossdjross
Rated 14 Aug 2007
15
0th
If this is fun, I hate fun.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
lrampartllrampartl
Rated 14 Aug 2007
22
5th
I'm not sure what reason I could give to recommend this to anyone.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
seryxaSeryxa
Rated 04 Dec 2009
0
15th
A muddled attempt to transfer the British comic strip by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett to the screen. It is all flash and no substance or narrative, lacking in imagination and presenting a future that is more familiar than most pasts; brief cartoon interludes suggest that an animated approach might have been more successful.
Rated 04 Dec 2009
fenixdownfenixdown
Rated 02 Apr 2015
85
92nd
Punk rock filmmaking at its finest.
Rated 02 Apr 2015
lumpnboylumpnboy
Rated 09 Jul 2017
15
1st
From the director of 'Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare' (1991), which was better, and awful.
Rated 09 Jul 2017
supersuiSuperSui
Rated 19 Mar 2017
50
23rd
Joe Ryder is one of the crappiest friend's I've got in my life.
Rated 19 Mar 2017
cubalCubal
Rated 17 Jan 2008
79
67th
A weird but ultimately enjoyable flick. Tanks, Kangaroo-men and a world without water, and 's good.
Rated 17 Jan 2008
tegotetabtegotetab
Rated 01 Dec 2009
35
8th
This made me want a shower, an antacid and to read. I'm not exactly sure why, I just know I was glad to see it end.
Rated 01 Dec 2009
spidercrusoeSpiderCrusoe
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
12th
The punk attitude got annoying quickly. An uninspired filming style.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
ofallpiecesofallpieces
Rated 12 Sep 2008
80
57th
Horribl...y amazing! As far as movies go, this one sucks pretty hardcore, but I can't seem to stop being entertained by it. Guilty pleasure.
Rated 12 Sep 2008
closefriendCloseFriend
Rated 15 Mar 2015
49
21st
Tank Girl exemplifies what happens when a film doesn't have a singular, unified vision. One can feel all the points when someone ripped something out and replaced it with something inferior. Eventually I just found myself feeling sorry for Lori Petty having to think of something edgy to scream every five seconds. The film just has so many ideas and so little attention paid to cohesion and consistency. The laughably dated production design doesn't help. I liked the soundtrack, though.
Rated 15 Mar 2015
thedenizenTheDenizen
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
6th
Ice-T plays a fucking mutant kangaroo.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
scottathonScottathon
Rated 07 Mar 2010
8
1st
I only saw like the last 40 minutes, but I think I got the gist of it.
Rated 07 Mar 2010
velvet_croweVelvet Crowe
Rated 09 May 2011
22
14th
I haven't read the comics and probably never will, but this movie on its own merits is terrible. It builds up to a somewhat moody atmosphere but then decides to be wacky, stupid, annoying and unfunny in every conceivable way. Like, what? The movie feels like it's really inconsistent which is made much worse by its insufferable protagonist and how much an incoherent mess the whole package is.
Rated 09 May 2011
redactedredacted
Rated 16 Apr 2012
3
0th
I actually hate tank girl as a person/character. Also there are mutant kangaroos for whatever reason and fuck the punk movement.
Rated 16 Apr 2012
stainStain
Rated 27 Jan 2009
0
8th
Bleah. Loud, juvenile, and annoying... and that's not even starting on the sheer ridiculousness of logistical support for a tank in a post-apocalyptic world
Rated 27 Jan 2009
deathbeedeathbee
Rated 06 Sep 2010
12
2nd
i hate this movie. with a passion
Rated 06 Sep 2010
aushabfanaus_hab_fan
Rated 02 Dec 2006
60
8th
Waste of time
Rated 02 Dec 2006
doctor7doctor7
Rated 08 Mar 2008
34
21st
It's not downright awful but it's pretty close. So many points in the movie are just flat out stupid and unfunny. There are the occasional glimmers of entertainment though and I did honestly enjoy the animated comic segments. But almost everything else was just garbage.
Rated 08 Mar 2008
sagesledgeSageSledge
Rated 09 Apr 2017
75
51st
"Tank Girl" is a by no means some underappreciated masterpiece, not in the slightest, but it's harmless, campy, inventive, and mind-bogglingly surreal fun that absolutely refuses to cater to anyone who happens to be out of the loop, which sadly happened to be just about every member of the moviegoing audience at the time. It's not without its faults, but "Tank Girl" is nothing if not unique.
Rated 09 Apr 2017
picklemanPickle_Man
Rated 09 Oct 2019
80
55th
Bubblegum pop-punk Mad Max. Bears a lot of stylistic and tonal similarity to other mid to low budget 90s studio sci-fi. Totally didn't expect to find this, but Lori Petty's performance here is clearly an ENORMOUS influence on Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn. It's kind of dumb and almost obnoxiously twee, but it's totally fun if you can turn your brain off for a while. Also Ice-T is a... kangaroo-man? This is probably the sort of thing that's considered a travesty by fans of the original comic.
Rated 09 Oct 2019
aaaaaaarrgggaaaaaaarrggg
Rated 18 May 2011
43
22nd
This flashy film version of the Martin-Hewlett comic character really tanked at the B.O. but it's not that bad. The direction of Talalay (_Freddy's Dead_, _Ghost in the Machine_) lacks the light touch this sort of thing requires but the cast does its best to hold your interest. Favorite exchange: McDowell: "How does it feel knowing you're about to die?" Petty: "You tell me!"
Rated 18 May 2011
alex_watkinsAlex Watkins
Rated 23 Mar 2015
4
70th
It's like a feminist Australian Johnny Mnemonic. In other words: totally my shit. I really dig the multimedia mash-up wavelength it's operating on, particularly the animated sequences (purportedly used as fill-ins when the budget was insufficient, but nonetheless an awesome change of pace). And I fuckin' love Lori Petty.
Rated 23 Mar 2015
nathan_sNathan S
Rated 29 May 2011
2
21st
Can't rightly be called a good movie, but it's fun for what it is: a cheesy, campy, exaggerated, cartoonish B-level sci-fi flick.
Rated 29 May 2011
misterlizardmisterlizard
Rated 22 Mar 2011
60
61st
Should be terrible, but it doesn't take itself at all seriously and this makes it quite enjoyable. Downright silly in places and Malcolm McDowell is hamming his socks off. I've no idea how it compares to the comic.
Rated 22 Mar 2011
joseywalesjoseywales
Rated 21 Oct 2009
55
27th
This movie is a trip!
Rated 21 Oct 2009
demorestDemorest
Rated 10 Jan 2012
1
6th
Faux-irreverent junk written by people whose conception of punk is derived from VH1. Props to Malcolm McDowell for keeping this joint real.
Rated 10 Jan 2012
pianosamaPianoSama
Rated 03 Aug 2021
65
45th
A cult classic if there ever was one. Such an oddity even for the era, to the point where its mere existence is actually pretty baffling. That being said, there are things to like: Ice T as a kangaroo. Lori Petty having the time of her life. Naomi Watts being Naomi Watts. The undeniable feminist & counter-culture overtones. The potentially LGBTQ undertones. The sheer originality. But sadly, all of those things are jammed into a movie that's so poorly written it just never really works.
Rated 03 Aug 2021
cpreviewcpreview
Rated 05 Aug 2012
6
43rd
Truly, this movie is just strange. We get everything from bizarre, over-the-top scenes, to dances, to massive killing, all wrapped in truly odd dialogue. Tank Girl and Jet Girl make a terrific combination, but this movie is just not meant to be taken seriously. NOBODY takes the plot seriously - the entire cast knows how wierd this looks and continually seem to provide meta-comments to that effect.
Rated 05 Aug 2012
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 14 Aug 2007
15
7th
I'm figuring this should be pretty damn disappointing even if you're into this kind of trash comic-book adaptation.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
andaghandagh
Rated 14 Jul 2013
30
6th
Malcolm McDowell is in charge of the Red Ribbon Army which is locked in a war with a group of about 6 half kangaroo half human things created by some guy because I guess he played too much Tekken. Meanwhile, Lori Petty plays a low IQ version of Cyndi Lauper whose negligence on guard duty causes her housemates to all get shot up. Her breathtaking idiocy also means her friend little girl keeps getting kidnapped. Anyway, this movie is really dumb and the only redeeming factor is Naomi Watts.
Rated 14 Jul 2013
bofbof
Rated 01 Jan 2018
48
21st
It wants to be a cult movie so bad. And it is, so bad. But as hangover movies go at least it's better than Ivanhoe. Rewatch: Honestly, the first half is a ton of anarchic fun. But the joke gets old and the finale drags. There's a reason most great punk albums are less than 40 minutes.
Rated 01 Jan 2018
graveyardtangraveyardtan
Rated 26 Mar 2015
85
71st
Tank Girl is my wife
Rated 26 Mar 2015
ayavaronAyavaron
Rated 16 Feb 2010
40
26th
Beautiful sets and costumes, poor writing. Ultimately not bad, sort of cool.
Rated 16 Feb 2010
glumpy99glumpy_99
Rated 16 Jan 2022
78
55th
Wildly entertaining, throw-everything-into-the-blender actioner has the look of 90s mainstream action/sci-fi (DEMOLTION MAN and JUDGE DREDD inspired and inspiring) and elevated by a fun, whackadoo performance from Petty (Margot Robbie somewhere is furiously taking notes). A certain unevenness of tone is to be expected, and the action finale is too rudimentary, but has a nice feel for its gritty, dystopic world; a flamboyant McDowell seems to be having a ball as the “Talking Killer” deluxe!
Rated 16 Jan 2022
pigletPiglet
Rated 26 Jul 2009
68
51st
Deserving of it's cult status, but appeals more to the female population, I would gather.
Rated 26 Jul 2009
overratedoverrated
Rated 05 Jun 2010
11
5th
Owwww. My brain. Owww. Owwww.
Rated 05 Jun 2010
peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 20 Sep 2008
62
14th
Cheesy as it gets, with a ridiculous story and inconsistent acting. It's still fun as an over the top comedy thanks mostly to Petty's intensity and Malcolm McDowell being Malcolm McDowell.
Rated 20 Sep 2008
recklessmessrecklessmess
Rated 22 Mar 2022
27
15th
Every single one of these points is for the soundtrack, which was epic in 1995.
Rated 22 Mar 2022
nick_hamdenNick Hamden
Rated 03 Jun 2013
60
47th
Shit. Ice-T as a kangaroo? Go for it guys.
Rated 03 Jun 2013
triletrile
Rated 14 Aug 2007
10
13th
Hahaha. What a crap. Too bad they cut the cagoroo sex scenes :)))))))))))
Rated 14 Aug 2007
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 24 Sep 2010
55
19th
Not good by any means but there is some interesting visuals mixed in with the "look how campy we are" feel.
Rated 24 Sep 2010
ultrightultright
Rated 15 Mar 2022
11
25th
Films I went to on dates that I wish I could forget, exhibit one. It's just like a cartoon, but designed for four-year-olds, but the four-year-olds who will not be going into gifted classes and instead will get a masters degree in eating paste.
Rated 15 Mar 2022
errorabbiterrorabbit
Rated 08 Dec 2008
89
89th
KAAAANGAROO MUTANTS
Rated 08 Dec 2008
kavuKavu
Rated 03 Mar 2024
62
34th
Quite comfortably the weirdest movie I've seen in a while. At times hilarious and entertaining. At other times just plain weird and quite bad.
Rated 03 Mar 2024
teeceeteecee
Rated 14 Mar 2011
15
9th
Kult er ikke lig med dårlig kvalitet...denne udgave er elendig..
Rated 14 Mar 2011
ununniliumUnunnilium
Rated 23 Jan 2021
18
8th
This movie is just a complete overload. It's got too much horny (so much of it bound up in threats of sexual assault), too many lingering shots of torture, too many rapid cuts, too many theoretically-wacky jokes. I respect that they put a female character fully in the "action protagonist" role in 1995, and let her fight and have someone fridged for her and be sexually forward. But Tank Girl by herself is almost too much, and cramming in everything else makes the whole experience *far* too much.
Rated 23 Jan 2021
yiannosYiannos
Rated 03 Aug 2019
45
13th
I'm not putting Tank Girl in the red because it was an attempt to do something slightly different with a comic book adaptation, despite its obvious pandering to the 'grunge' generation. Petty was well cast in the title role, and there are some neat visual flourishes, but the script is a mess, and the one liners fall flat. The action packed finale is OK, but it's all attitude with no perspective that tries way too hard to be 'cool' and cute rather than sexy and subversive.
Rated 03 Aug 2019
elfflameElfflame
Rated 27 May 2008
63
6th
I think you have to be a fan to enjoy this one.
Rated 27 May 2008
bookhouseboybookhouseboy
Rated 30 Sep 2015
17
9th
#14#, popcorn, Naomi.W!/10a5, oldies(2) }*{ #90s#, story
Rated 30 Sep 2015
trash_puppetTrash Puppet
Rated 05 Feb 2014
10
97th
10/10 would bang...bang bang :D
Rated 05 Feb 2014
q31Q31
Rated 17 Mar 2008
71
8th
Some good parts, some not-so-good parts, some downright bizarre parts....some will like it, some won't.
Rated 17 Mar 2008
12yots12yots
Rated 14 Sep 2013
80
71st
pretty
Rated 14 Sep 2013
itsalladreamItsalladream
Rated 29 Mar 2008
20
2nd
Silly film
Rated 29 Mar 2008
stflyst_fly
Rated 23 Aug 2007
35
35th
Ok
Rated 23 Aug 2007
beautyblissBeautyBliss
Rated 02 Jan 2019
65
21st
Campiness level 100. Gets some points for girl power, though.
Rated 02 Jan 2019
croweycrowey
Rated 27 Nov 2021
35
20th
How obnoxious! About as edgy as an Avril Lavigne video.
Rated 27 Nov 2021
uksubsUKSubs
Rated 14 Aug 2007
8
5th
Tank Girl is one of the great disappointments in movie history. I remember the great excitement when renting this movie and the utter disappointment in watching it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
snakefood89SNAKEFOOD89
Rated 09 Apr 2010
77
17th
Kinda cool but weighed down by crap effects, limited and choppy action scenes, goofy looking 'rippers', and of course Ice T. Still fun and oddball, plus the script is pure trash-camp gold!!
Rated 09 Apr 2010
plasticmarinerplasticmariner
Rated 28 Oct 2009
70
17th
It's a great movie for drinking and background, as the integration of comic scenes and action is enjoyable, but the movie is more eye candy than actual story. I suspect the comic is much more interesting and less of a punk-lite photoshoot.
Rated 28 Oct 2009
isdelthIsdelth
Rated 30 Dec 2008
67
23rd
its entertaining, i kinda like it, but it fails at representing the comics, there should be a new tank girl movie that is more true to the comics
Rated 30 Dec 2008
bunrabBunRab
Rated 16 Nov 2008
75
30th
Okay. It wasn't brilliant. It wasn't like the comic. But it still rocked like a sonofabitch. Plus, Lori Petty...
Rated 16 Nov 2008
irvinejumpirvinejump
Rated 14 Aug 2007
55
41st
Thisn is another one of those films I really wanted to like but didn't. Ice T's part is just plain annoying
Rated 14 Aug 2007
anjinashanjinash
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
24th
Not meant to be taken seriously.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 01 Mar 2007
40
19th
Could have been so.............. much better.
Rated 01 Mar 2007
myfavchordsmyfavchords
Rated 15 Dec 2011
49
5th
This movie tries hard with being stylish but it fails on ever other level. The plot is lame and the half kangaroo people are unrealistic. I have never read the comic book but it has to be better than the movie.
Rated 15 Dec 2011
kittykinskittykins
Rated 18 Dec 2007
85
56th
I miss my chelsea....
Rated 18 Dec 2007
xakkmasterXakkMaster
Rated 08 Jun 2020
45
16th
I really appreciate the ideas and sentiment here, but the movie is badly made. The Kangaroos look terrible and the jokes do not land often enough. I know people love it for how campy it is, so YMMV. The soundtrack is amazing though. Would love to see a modern remake.
Rated 08 Jun 2020
lawlaw
Rated 04 Aug 2017
65
72nd
Wrong in all the right ways. Everyone is well-cast. The movie is just the right amount of tasteless, bombastic, and camp.
Rated 04 Aug 2017
marcopolo_iiMarco_Polo
Rated 04 Dec 2008
30
23rd
Mildly engaging.
Rated 04 Dec 2008
davisty69davisty69
Rated 17 Jan 2011
71
14th
entertaining
Rated 17 Jan 2011
shewasSheWas
Rated 05 Jul 2013
37
34th
Cult, I guess?
Rated 05 Jul 2013
atgizaAtGiza
Rated 22 Mar 2010
33
19th
I have to say, it's pretty fun, if terrible.
Rated 22 Mar 2010
dustydDustyd
Rated 15 Sep 2007
50
22nd
Silly, unspectacular, but decently entertaining.
Rated 15 Sep 2007
byderByder
Rated 19 Mar 2017
35
11th
Wtf.
Rated 19 Mar 2017
lachapellelachapelle
Rated 29 Apr 2016
56
18th
In 1995 the first wave of Comic Book based movies is mercifully coming to an end. Into this mix we have the adaptation of Tank Girl. Brutally honest? Lori Petty is terribly miscast in this Grrrl power meets Mad Max meets 1984. Ice-T's growling can't save this and Malcolm McDowell mails in his laughingly bad villain. What is good is the overall aesthetic of the film and the comic book feel to the film that director Rachel Talalay achieved.
Rated 29 Apr 2016
adurraAdurra
Rated 20 Nov 2009
37
1st
Credo
Rated 20 Nov 2009
jayaprakashsjayaprakashs
Rated 14 Aug 2007
76
91st
Fun, oddball movie, decent soundtrack. I think the comics are better though.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
daxvDaxV
Rated 20 Sep 2020
65
40th
Lori Petty is fucking perfect as Tank Girl and watching Malcolm McDowell ham it up is also fun. All the shit with the Kangaroos is so freaking lame. Shares some similarities with the comic, but isn't nearly as much of a thrill ride, it's far more campy and lighthearted. Ends pretty flat but there are some really good things mixed in with the bad. I would say the humor falls flat most of the time. It's not long and retains enough of what I like about Tank Girl to be watchable.
Rated 20 Sep 2020

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