Film Snail

5.4

Tank Girl

R·1995·104m

Action

Comedy

Science Fiction

Fantasy

Action

Comedy

Science Fiction

Fantasy

Summary

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.

Cast

Lori Petty

Rebecca / Tank Girl

Naomi Watts

Jet Girl

Malcolm McDowell

Kesslee

Ice-T

T-Saint

Jeff Kober

Booga

Reg E. Cathey

Deetee

Scott Coffey

Donner

Don Harvey

Sgt. Small

Ann Cusack

Sub Girl

Iggy Pop

Rat Face

James Hong

Che'tsai

Richard Schiff

Trooper in Trench

Mary Ann Hermansen

Liquid Silver Dancer

Stacy Linn Ramsower

Sam

Brian Wimmer

Richard

Dawn Robinson

Model

Billy L. Sullivan

Max

Charles Lucia

Capt. Derouche

Ann Magnuson

The Madam

Harlan Clark

Additional Ripper

Doug Jones

Additional Ripper

Ata Scanlan

Additional Ripper

Alvarez Wortham

Additional Ripper

Roz Witt

Dr. Nikita

Brixton Karnes

Pilot

Will 'Nahkohe' Strickland

Razor Ray

Charles Robert Harden

Zack

Tom Noga

Foreman

BoJesse Christopher

Town

John David Bland

Trooper Wayne

Jo Farkas

Sand Hermit

Stanton Davis

Father

Jillian Balch

Mother

Kane Picoy

Trooper #1

Troy Startoni

Jet Pilot

Beth DePatie

Prostitute

Clayton Landey

Guard at Front Entrance

Roger Bohman

Technician

Frank Walton

Trooper in Basement

Richard Scott Sarafian

Flyer Trooper

Aaron Kuhr

Trooper at Pump Hanger

Kelly Cousineau

Young Rebecca

Chief Gordon

Trooper

Kelly Kerby

Trooper

Jim Sullivan

Semi Driver

William A. Doyle

Dig Site Worker

Robert 'Rock' Galotti

Long Hair

Peer Ebbighausen

Flyer Pilot

Aurorah Allain

Liquid Silver Dancer

Kristie Capozzoli

Liquid Silver Dancer

Anne Fletcher

Liquid Silver Dancer

Carla Garrido

Liquid Silver Dancer

Heather Hendricks

Liquid Silver Dancer

Carolyn Kusian

Liquid Silver Dancer

Letha M. Lamb

Liquid Silver Dancer

Larissa Lanoue

Liquid Silver Dancer

Holly Manville

Liquid Silver Dancer

Corey William May

Liquid Silver Dancer

Kristianne Reed

Liquid Silver Dancer

Lynette Ruiz

Liquid Silver Dancer

Ryoko Sawaishi

Liquid Silver Dancer

Joie Shettler

Liquid Silver Dancer

Wes Veldink

Liquid Silver Dancer

Dee Dee Weathers

Liquid Silver Dancer

Anacia Weiskittel

Liquid Silver Dancer

Nikki Whitfield

Liquid Silver Dancer

Kimberly Wolfe

Liquid Silver Dancer

Daniele André

Prisoner

Anthony Auriemma

Trooper

Kristen Fick

Model

David Horn

Trooper

Robert 'Roby' Hutchinson

Water Power Guard

Keith Jefferson

Desert Trooper

Dave Lawrence

Brothel Patron

Brian Patterson

Bouncer (uncredited)

Cynthia Shope

Hand Maiden

Frank Welker

Special Vocal Effects (voice)

Crew

Director

Rachel Talalay

Comic Book

Jamie Hewlett

Comic Book

Alan Martin

Screenplay

Tedi Sarafian

Reviews

Geronimo1967

April 14, 2023

Malcolm McDowell is the megalomanic "Kesslee" who in a post-apocalyptic Earth is determined to control the most important substance left to man. Water. Meantime, a rag-tag collection of miscreants consisting of the eponymous, "Harley Quinn" style character (Lori Petty), "T-Saint" (Ice-T) and "Jet Girl" (Naomi Watts) who are marauding around with a tank and a jet decide together with some angry kangaroos and "Booga" (Jeff Kober) that vengeance will be their's. What now ensues is a really derivative, repetitive and frankly rather dull semi-animated action adventure that rehashes just about every theme in the book and over-relies on the characterisations that are seriously under-delivered by a cast that are simply not up to the task. McDowell just hams it up the whole time and the dialogue is beyond banal. Rachel Talalay could have done so much more with the sort of "Mad Max" elements of the story, but instead allows this to just drift into a puerile, attitudinal, drama that offers little to engage and a suite of visual effects that we have seen loads of times before. There's a brief appearance from Iggy Pop and the "rippers" bring a certain, welcome, randomness to this otherwise really rather uninspiring flop. Sorry, but I wouldn't bother if I were you.