87. Tank Girl

Set in a post-apocalyptic world where there is a shortage of water, Tank Girl (Lori Petty) and her friends seem to get by with no problem.  That is until the Water & Power, who basically control this world, come to punish them for stealing water.  They kill Tank Girl's boyfriend and put her little friend Sam (Stacy Linn Ramsower) and herself into custody.  They try to get information out of Tank Girl but she refuses to talk.  Tank Girl makes friends with a shy mechanic named Jet Girl (Naomi Watts).

W&P led by Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell) decides to put a tracking device in Tank Girl and then send her across a booby trapped desert ground, assuming she will die.  However, Tank Girl makes a grand escape with the help of her new friend Jet Girl.  They roam the desert until they are found by a group of cross breed renegades.  I'm not exactly sure what they are all mixed with.  Some seem to be half man half kangaroo but I'm pretty sure there was a dog in the mix also.  Anyways, they begin to work together on a plan to take over the W&P. 

I don't even know where to begin on this.  My mind is all over the place.  Lori Petty's attitude throughout the whole movie was that of a prepubescent teen suffering from intense A.D.D.  In fact at times her voice even sounded like a child.  And she stayed that way the whole time no matter what happened to her.  It was kind of funny though to try and keep track of her ever changing hair dos.  They kept transitioning from scene to scene with the use of comic cartoons, which became a little too much as the movie went on.  We get it!  It's based on a comic book.  They don't need to remind us every 5 minutes.  And the other thing was driving me crazy was that Ice T, who got second billing, didn't sure up until more than half way through the movie.  I think he only had about 20-30 minutes of screen time.  Gah!

Rating: *

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb8OqoMraMI