Tank Girl (1995) BONUS TRACK

SINOPSIS

Tank Girl is a 1995 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Rachel Talalay. Based on the British post-apocalyptic comic series of the same name by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett that was originally published in Deadline magazine, the film stars Lori Petty, Naomi Watts, Ice-T and Malcolm McDowell. Set in a drought-ravaged Australia years after a catastrophic impact event, it follows the antihero Tank Girl (Petty) as she, Jet Girl (Watts) and genetically modified supersoldiers called the Rippers fight "Water & Power", an oppressive corporation led by Kesslee (McDowell).

After reading an issue of the Tank Girl comic she had received as a gift, Talalay gained permission from Deadline‍ '​s publisher Tom Astor to direct a film adaptation. She selected Catherine Hardwicke to be the production designer, and worked closely with Martin and Hewlett during the film's production. Tank Girl was filmed primarily in White Sands, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona. The film's critically praised soundtrack was assembled by Courtney Love, and the Rippers makeup and prosthetics team was headed by Stan Winston. Winston's studio wanted to work on the project so much that they cut their usual prices in half in order to meet the film's budget.

Tank Girl was financially unsuccessful, recouping only about $6 million at the box office from its $25 million budget, and receiving mixed to negative reviews from critics. Martin and Hewlett have since spoken poorly of their experiences in creating the film. Talalay blamed some of the film's negative reception on studio edits which she had no control over. Despite the negative critical reception and box office failure of the film, it has been cited as an example of a comic book film with a cult following, and it is also noted for its feminist themes.

In the year 2022, a comet strikes the Earth, causing an 11-year drought. By 2033 most of the little remaining water is held in reserve by Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell) and his Water & Power (W&P) corporation, which uses the water to control the population. Rebecca Buck—"Tank Girl" (Lori Petty)—is a member of a commune in the Australian outback that operates the last water well not controlled by the corporation. In an attack on the commune, W&P troops kill Tank Girl's boyfriend, Richard (Brian Wimmer), and capture Tank Girl and her young friend Sam (Stacy Linn Ramsower). Kesslee tortures and enslaves the defiant Tank Girl rather than killing her. Jet Girl (Naomi Watts), a talented but introverted jet mechanic who has given up trying to escape W&P, urges Tank Girl to make less trouble for their captors, but Tank Girl refuses. Among other forms of torture, W&P personnel push her down into a long pipe and fill it with water.

The Rippers, mysterious warriors, slaughter guards at the W&P compound, then escape undetected. Kesslee uses Tank Girl to lure the Rippers into the open, but they gravely wound the W&P boss and let Tank Girl and Jet Girl escape. Jet Girl steals a fighter jet from W&P and Tank Girl steals a tank, which she heavily modifies. The girls learn from the eccentric Sub Girl (Ann Cusack) that Sam is working at a sex club called Liquid Silver. They infiltrate the club, rescue Sam from a pedophile, Rat Face (Iggy Pop), and then humiliate the club's owner, "The Madame" (Ann Magnuson), by making her sing Cole Porter's "Let's Do It" at gunpoint. W&P troops break up the song and again capture Sam. Tank Girl and Jet Girl wander the desert and find the Rippers' hideout. They learn that the Rippers are supersoldiers created from human and kangaroo DNA by a man called Johnny Prophet. Tank Girl befriends a Ripper named Booga (Jeff Kober), while a Ripper named Donner (Scott Coffey) shows romantic interest in Jet Girl. Despite the objections of the Ripper T-Saint (Ice-T), who is suspicious of the girls, the Rippers' leader Deetee (Reg E. Cathey) sends the pair out to capture a shipment of weapons. The girls bring the crates back, but most of them are empty. After finding Johnny Prophet dead in one of the containers, the girls and the Rippers realise that W&P has tricked them.

The girls and the Rippers sneak into W&P, where they are ambushed. Kesslee, whose wounds had been reconstructed by the cybernetic surgeon Che'tsai (James Hong), reveals that Tank Girl had unknowingly been bugged. Deetee is killed. While the Rippers turn the tide of the battle, Jet Girl kills Sergeant Small (Don Harvey), who had earlier sexually harassed her. Kesslee reveals that Sam is in the pipe, and her life is in danger from the rising water. Tank Girl uses her tank to kill Kesslee, then pulls Sam out of the pipe. The film ends with an animated sequence showing water starting to flow freely. Tank Girl drives down rapids, pulling Booga behind on water-skis, then takes them over a waterfall, shouting for joy.

TRADUCCIÓN

Tank Girk es una película de ciencia ficción de 1995 post apocalíptica y basada en el cómic del mismo nombre. TANK GIRL (Lori Petty) es una chica anarquista que vive luego del impacto de un cometa contra la TIERRA en AUSTRALIA la que es dominada por una CORPORACIÓN OPRESIVA.

Se trata de que ellos pelean por los derechos de la poca AGUA que queda en el planeta y TANK GIRL es una de las pocas personas que poseé AGUA que no es controlada por la corporación.