Tank Girl
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Movie Reviews of Tank Girl
Movie Review: "Tank" You Girl
Summary: 5 Stars
I have never seen, nor did I ever expect to see, and I
never plan on seeing another flick like the one I just
finished watching. It was so bizarre I LOVED IT!
First, some history.
I discovered this film on the Internet Movie Data Base
(IMDB.com) while searching for films that starred
Naomi Watts...star of the recent Holiday classic "King
Kong". I knew she was a great actress after watching
her star with Sean Penn in "21 Grams", but I never
knew she was the co-star of a film entitled "Tank
Girl".
All you have to do is take a look at the cover of the DVD box and it makes a statement in itself. .
It is one of the strangest, most enjoyable, offbeat
films I have ever seen. Set in the year 2033, the
true star is Lori Petty...a solid, rigid, comedic
performance that ranks right up there with many dingy
blondes...however Lori is actually the smartest dumb
blonde I've ever seen on film.
If you just wanna have fun, see "Tank Girl". It'll
completely blow you away. There is no way I can prep
you for this film. The box states it is a definite
4-star production and (I quote), "This movie kicks
major butt!" That it does! Along with special
effects that go beyond Hollywood. This film (coming
from a psychedelic Sixties nut like me) is a total
trip.
There are not too many films out there that I can give
a rating of 10 to without it being a box office smash,
but this unknown nugget is a must for anyone wanting
to just have fun and be blown away (literally). Naomi
plays a naive worker that befriends Lori and they go
on a rampage of the new millennium. No more from me.
I never give away a plot. Just rent it and enjoy.
Turn up the sound, kick back, take the phone off the
hook, and ENJOY!
Movie Review: Definitive Cult Film of the 1990's
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a killer flick! How do I describe it? The Adventures of Xena Across the Eighth Dimension? Gwen Stefani Beyond Tuhnderdome? "Dune" goes cyber-ska?This film is a sci-fi-post-apocalypse-post-holocaust-feminist-action-adventure-coming-of-age-comedy, so naturally it was destined to cult-hood! Good! It belongs on the list of great cult films!
What makes this film so great? It is off-beatness. Great casting. Killer sets and special effects. Lucas said that behind every sci-fi story is a human story. Tank Girl, part of the folk on the fringes of a post-apocalyptic society, is motivated by the murder of her lover by the Water and Power Corp, sort of a 1984-Brazilesque mega-conglomerate that controls electricity and water processing. Imagine Hitler running your local utilities. Isn't that Mr. C. Montgomery Burns?
Another aspect is the opposing tension between Tank Girl and Kesslee, which reminds us of Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter from "Silence of the Lambs": male-female, old-young, strong-weak, rich-poor, experienced-naive, sociopath-sane, boring-fun. And behind it is a subtle sexual tension-though, gladly it is never realized.
To their credit, they adapted the underground comic correctly to the screen, and you even see quick animated excerpts from the comic as links between the scenes. The Mask, Mystery Men, and The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles helped pave the way for this, and of course the godfathers of all comic-to-movie metamorphoses are Batman and Superman.
You could tell they cast was having fun with their weird script, and that energy shows through. A great lighthearted film that has something for everyone!
Movie Review: ULTIMATE chick flick....
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, I didn't just like this movie, I love, LOVE this movie. Yes, its campy, yes the plot line is bizarre, No I can't get a guy to watch it with me (but they won't watch Earth Girls are Easy either) but I just love this movies humor and girl power without being GI Jane.
Yeah, the Rippers (aka Kangaroo people) are a little scary, but they are genetically engineered kangaroo mutants who happen to be trying to find their creator. (I got over the Rippers scariness when Rebecca and Jet were high on helium and then doing that stupid dance.)
I think about this movie when I am down because most of the movie had me laughing my head off. But I guess this tells you about my personality because this movie isn't for everyone. Don't watch this movie expecting to learn anything or have a plot to follow. Just sit back, and enjoy the cartoons...and the fact that one of the main characters is a tank!
While I didn't know this was a comic first, I'm curious to see them now. But since I generally won't watch a movie if I've read the book, I can understand why the people that read the comic didn't like the film. To them I have to say I'm sorry, because I still adore this cartoon/movie. But I will admit that knowing now that this was supposed to be an Australian flick explains a lot...I always thought this had kind of a Mad Max feeling too it.
BTW, it really would have been cool if they had done outtakes etc on this movie, so I do agree there...
Movie Review: Comicbook Mania At It's Best!
Summary: 5 Stars
Tank Girl is a contender for cult film status as we speak! This has to be the best film ever done in the comic character genre! It is just so funny,belly laugh,funny!!! Lorie Petty was perfection as Rebecca Buck,our own favorite Tank Girl. Naomi Watts played straight woman to Petty's manic force with equal aplomb. The Rippers(kangaroo-human mutants) added to this mix of meyham and merriment! Booga(Tank Girl's love interest)was adorable. Jeff Kober(in a very rare comedic turn for this great character actor)managed to keep Booga the vigilant warrior,yet infuse the character with the innocent,childlike qualities,as called for in the original source material! Ice-T,grumpy,profoundly arrogant,scored as the Ripper,T-Saint. Malcolm McDowell,as the wickedly dark,Kesslee,finishes out the stand-out members of the cast.
The DVD of Tank Girl was a quality production,but simply the film,itself. There were no extras and this was a bit disappointing. There was a lot of controversy between the director of Tank Girl,Rachel Talalay, and the studio over the edit of the film. It would have been just grand if a lot of the deleted footage could have been added to the DVD. A director's commentary and reflections from the cast would also have been a welcome addition. However,on the whole,the DVD of Tank Girl is well worth the buy.
Movie Review: One of the Best
Summary: 5 Stars
The 90s were a time for action flicks with leading men who could bench press the collective weight of the cast & crew, the leading ladies had sex appeal that would turn a gay man straight and a straight woman gay, and premises that were so paper thin you almost felt guilty enjoying what you were watching.
So that's why in 1995, when this "action flick" dared to be different, and cast a little-known actress in the lead role and a gangster rapper wearing a mutant kangaroo suit as support, with a story based off an obscure British comic, audiences turned their backs and ran. Critics hated it, the creators of the comic series hated it, and the director and star hated what the studio did to it,and somehow, the few people who did see it (it grossed $4 million on a $25 million budget), loved it.
The movie is incredibly fast-paced, the visuals are very there, and the story is entertaining at all points. Lori Petty embodies Tank Girl, Naomi Watts shines in a pre-fame role, Malcom McDowell is (as always) the perfect villain, and even Ice-T, in one of his first acting gigs, does pretty well behind Stan Winston's (incredible) make-up.
Even as a "comic book movie," which is quickly becoming it's own genre, this stands out as one of the best.