| | | In 2033, justice rides a tank and wears lip gloss.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Theatrical Version, Aspect Ratio 1.95:1
The year is 3022 and it isn't pretty--a wasteland of bleak desert and relentless sun, a hard ribbon of azure sky punctuated by eerie white dunes. It's the devastated aftermath of a cosmic cataclysm that has robbed the earth of its life-giving resource, water. That simple compound has become the world's most valuable currency in a dangerous society populated by mutants, killers and thieves. Water is power and the Water and Power Company, headed by its ruthless CEO, Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell) has both. The odds of survival in this desolate, unforgiving universe are a thousand to one. And that's just the way Rebecca Buck a.k.a. Tank Girl (Lori Petty) likes them. A spiky-haired, bawdy, clever, insolent, beer-chugging, cigarette-dragging, renegade smartass, she's Water and Power's worst nightmare--the perfect post-apocalypse heroine. Her weapons are charm, wit, impudence, sexuality and an independent tank. Her army: a cadre of feared, underground Special Forces known as the Rippers. He mission: to defeat the twisted Kesslee, to liberate the water supply, to recklessly right wrongs and to have an immense blast. Not necessarily in that order. Never underestimate the power of a Girl and her Tank! Sexy, smart, outspoken and humongously irreverent, Tank Girl takes on the villainous Water and Power Company, and a raucous, eye-popping, head-banging action-adventure tale ensues.
"...vast and surprisingly enjoyable quantities of attitude..." San Francisco Examiner
"This movie kicks major butt!" Sixty Second Review
"...dives into the bag of filmmaking tricks and chooses all of them." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Editor's Note
In the year 2033, the world's water supply is controlled by Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell), a maniacal dictator who presides over the Water & Power company. Tank Girl (Lori Petty), a tough punk water poacher, struggles alongside her comrades to deliver the valuable resource to parched persons around the globe. But when Tank Girl is captured by Kesslee, he makes her work as one of his human automatons in the W & P mines. Her fate goes from bad to worse when Kesslee makes her a proposition: She can go free if she agrees to exterminate the ravenous Rippers--half-man, half-kangaroo beasts. But before she's forced to answer, along comes Jet Girl (Naomi Watts), who rescues Tank Girl from Kesslee's clutches. Now these two spunky chicks will do whatever it takes to destroy Kesslee and hydrate the desert planet. The film is based on the comic book by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett.
Plot Summary
In the year 2033, an evil dictator hoards water in the Australian desert until a spunky, punky girl steals a tank and joins up with an army of mutant kangaroo men to restore justice. TANK GIRL is based on the action-packed comic book by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett. The alternative soundtrack features Belly, Björk, Devo, Hole, Ice-T, Iggy Pop, L7, Stomp, and Veruca Salt, and the riotous cast includes Iggy, Ann Magnuson, and Malcolm McDowell.
| Features | Widescreen Version Enhanced For 16x9 TVs | | English Dolby Digital 5.1 | | French Dolby Digital 5.1 | | Spanish Dolby Digital Stereo | | French Subtitles | | Spanish Subtitles | | Theatrical Trailer | | Scene Access | | Interactive Menus |
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 12/6/2006 |
| Running Time: 103 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 1001735 | | UPC: 00027616860354 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...[The film] oozes slapdash flash and snarky attitude....[Petty] is as infectious as her Boopish voice..." 04/03/1995 p.4DVariety
"...There are dazzling pyrotechnics, state-of-the-art makeup, a lavish song-and-dance production, [and] nifty animation..." 04/03/1995 New York Times
"...TANK GIRL is a comic-based movie with the flashy pop style of a real comic book....TANK GIRL has a likeable brashness..." 03/31/1995 p.C10 Premiere
"[A] delectable cult movie with an effervescent, disheveled, and drug-evocative charm." 03/01/2005 p.110 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 7 of 10
...it germinates into a high-spirited, madcap example of film making run amok. Certainly, this movie isn't art, but it sure is fun.... Nothing is sacred--this movie pushes the envelope as far as it will go, and the result is an offbeat and energized juxtaposition of action and comedy.
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