Top 30 Greatest Movies of All-Time # 17
Title: Tank Girl
Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away: Lori Petty and Ice T.
Introduction: I probably stumbled across this movie on Showtime back when it was first around. The visual of it is an experience in itself, but it also opened up my world to post apocalyptic type material. Also, with songs by Hole, Bush and yes even Face to Face in the movie, how could my teenage mind not watch it?
Location: Mostly in a desert, which is funny since it’s mostly about water.
Plot: Set in the future, a giant bad guy company controls what is a limited supply of water. They literally suck the water matter out of people, kill them and then drink them. Lori Petty (who is the Tank Girl) goes around with a group of friends bucking the system. Eventually, she meets up with some government made mutants that are part kangaroo and a full out war is on against the man. It’s a look into the future, perhaps, but altogether not an unlikely consequence of the way we are currently living.
Acting: It’s really good. If it seems over the top at times, it is only because it is meant to be. This is the definitive Lori Petty role for me.
Production: It looks good. And I mean, it really is a movie that you could watch on mute and still take something from it.
Sex/Nudity: Nope and nope.
Special Effects: The clothes themselves in this movie are a tribute to what the future could be like. It’s like Mad Max, but without the S&M.
Overall Verdict: This was one of my favorite movies as a kid and remains so to this day. Everything I watch or read that’s post apocalypse I owe to this movie. It’s a movie that I just never tire of for some reason. Comedy, action, sci-fi… It has it all and does it so well. Finding out this was based on a comic book just sweetened the deal.
The List Thus Far:
(17) Tank Girl
(18) The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl
(19) Big Trouble
(20) The Devil’s Rejects
(21) Raiders of the Lost Ark
(22) Beetlejuice
(23) Escape From L.A.
(24) Howard the Duck
(25) Cabin Fever
(26) Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
(27) Uncle Buck
(28) Donnie Darko
(29) Demolition Man
(30) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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