Tank Girl (1995)

United Artists
Directed by Rachel Talalay
My rating: BOMB
IMDb
(DVD, MGM)

Lori Petty is a riot grrl in the year 2030. Despite the barren landscape, mutants and lack of water, she always has perfect makeup and a new set of stylish clothes to wear. I could not figure out how she got all of those 70s punk rock t-shirts in 2030, especially after a comet destroyed civilization. She lives in a sort of punk rock commune with her boyfriend and a little girl with a potty mouth. The "Water and Power" company are lead by the evil Malcolm McDowell and are attempting to corner the market on water by violence. They kill her boyfriend and kidnap the girl. Lori, with the help of a nerdy Naomi Watts, goes after the girl and McDowell. Things start out self-consciously hip but bearable, until the parody of a 1928 Cole Porter musical which is just embarrassing to watch. The arrival of a gang of rapper-kangaroo mutants sends it spiraling into bad movie hell, from which it never recovers. It's a likely candidate to make the Bottom 100 of all-time.