TANK GIRL

TANK GIRL. Rachel Talalay, dir. USA: Trilogy Entertainment Group (prod.) / United Artists ("author and creator" for legal purposes) / MGM/UA (dist.), 1995. Lori Petty and Malcolm McDowell, stars.

Based on the UK comic book (Dark Horse Comics thanked in credits). Post-apocalypse desert dystopia setting. Tank girl runs a fairly automatic if not necessary AI tank. Kessler, the Malcolm, villain, gets wounded and is re-equipped with a holgraphic head and an automated arm in the tradition of the Hand of Rotwang in METROPOLIS and the arm of the Terminator—but with postmodern kinky variations: spinning cutting blades and generally inelegant design.