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Year of Release:

1995

Duration:

104 minutes

Country of Origin:

USA

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Reviewed Version Rating:

UK Pal VHS 15

Final Thoughts:

As you can tell I'm not a big fan of this movie. It's Silly with a capital "S", and although in some places this is endearing, it just never takes anything seriously. Thus we don't care about the characters, we don't care about what happens and we aren't excited when there's any action. For a film in this genre surely this is inexcusable?

I do recognize that all my complaints are aimed at things that aren't actual mistakes. They are all complaints about artistic styling and storytelling rather than camerawork, acting and props, and that there are a large amount of people who might like this film. Where it succeeds is in being a film that does not try to be something it isn't. It never claims to be anything else and it does exactly what it says on the tin. For the non-PA crowd this is not a problem, but for us PA fans it really doesn't have much to offer.

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Regular Movie Goers Reaction:

Probably quite popular. Not one to concentrate on though.

For the PA Collector:

An important PA for your collection. The genre had died down by 1995, and Tank Girl could have revived it. Unfortunately it was not to be and there have been few PA released since then.

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Links / External Reviews:

http://www.mutantreviewers.com/rtank.html

Includes a good description of deleted scenes.

"Complete with a Cole Porter song and dance number, Ice-T looking somehow appropriate as a kangaroo manimal, and an amusingly believable cameo by Iggy Pop as a post-appocalyptic brothel visiting pervert, Tank Girl straps on a missile brassiere and fires away with enough laughs to cure hangovers, lower taxes, and incite world peace."

http://www.moria.co.nz/sf/tankgirl.htm

"Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin created the comic strip Tank Girl in 1988 for Issue #1 of Deadline magazine. Tank Girl embodied a freewheeling anti-authoritarian anarchism, well before the whole riot grrl image came into fashion. The comic became a cult favourite and was adopted by feminists, became a symbol for gay rights marches (because of its overtly lesbian themes) and even appeared as a series of fashion layouts."

http://www.cinemademerde.com/Tank_Girl.shtml

"If you saw this movie in the theater and didn’t care for it much, like a few people I’ve talked to, you might want to review it again, as I get the sense that it wasn’t quite what people expected at the time, and often watching something again, knowing what it’s going to be, one can appreciate it on its own terms."

http://www.thezreview.co.uk/reviews/t/tankgirl.htm

"It is surprising in a way that America took to Tank Girl with it's very British in-jokes about Keith Chegwin and Tucker's luck. I can only put American's liking for Tank Girl down to the same reasons they loved The Sex Pistols i.e. as a hip fashion statement, loving the clothes and the look but to a certain extent missing the whole point of the band."

Countries Released:

Worldwide.

DVD Release Info:

The DVD is quite rare but maintains a low price, so should be very easy to track down on the net. No extras apart from a trailer.

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Our Score:

 3 out of 10

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