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Tank Girl

In the future, the odds of survival are 1000 to 1. That's just the way she likes it.

1995 · 1h 44m · R Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Directed by Rachel Talalay

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Overview

After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth, the planet has become a desolate, barren desert by the year 2033. With resources scarce, Kesslee, head of the powerful and evil Water & Power Corporation, the de facto government, has taken control of the water supply. Unwilling to cower under Kesslee's tyrannical rule, a pair of outlaws known as Tank Girl and Jet Girl rise up, joining the mysterious rebel Rippers to destroy the corrupt system.

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Rotten

Lori Petty does her tough-talking best to breathe some life into the comic-book action, but it's not enough.

Bruce Diones, New Yorker
Rotten

An aspiring cult film that would rather be cute than dangerous.

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh

The movie version of the graphic comic book is a classic case of kitchen-sink filmmaking, in which the principals have thrown everything into the stew, hoping enough will stick to the audience.

Leonard Klady, Variety
Fresh

Lori Petty does a nice job in the title role of this enjoyable 1995 feature based on the postapocalyptic SF comic book and set in the year 2033.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten

Generous souls may try to blame this travesty of the Deadline comic-strip on the studio execs who forced director Talalay to tone down and re-edit her cut.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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