Tank Girl Collector's Edition Blu-Ray Review
We weren't wrong. Tank Girl the movie became a mish-mash of ideas that never came together in any real story. Rachel Talalay, the films director has long blamed studio meddling, budget changes and a hurried shooting timeframe for most of the flaws. She is right in the sense that several scenes weren't even shot - and were animated in post production to make connective tissue for the film. The claim, however, doesn't hold up under scrutiny though because the film doesn't satisfy any of the joyous over the top attitude and instead plays as an R rated comedy that tries to entertain sugar-high year old kids.
There are a few things that are worth seeing - Lori Petty works her tail off to play the role and she tries to bring life to a script that just can't be revived. But they can't escape the plot, which is riddled with holes and never in any reasonable way comes together.
Tank Girl never caught on as a cult classic because of the confusing storyline. But Tank Girl makes for a good companion piece to 'Mallrats' for me, as a reminder of an era when comic books were uncool.
Tank Girl is presented in 1080P with a 31Mbps AWBR, a stream of 35Mbps. This should be a solid encode - and the colors are very good. But what makes Tank Girl problematic is the way in which it was filmed. The presentation in 1080P highlights all of the framing errors, cinematography errors and makes the film look completely jumbled and cut together from scrap pieces.
This makes for a viewing experience that isn't very pleasing. It may be the best we will ever see this film, but that doesn't mean the higher resolution doesn't also highlight all of the production flaws that went into this work.
Sometimes, things just don't work out. Tank Girl, the 1995 Comic Book turned a movie fell into a series of comic book turned failed film. We sometimes forget before the current onslaught of successful comics turned films, how often this happened. 1995 brought us Tank Girl, a film that was riddled with an ongoing production fight, mixed values and a story that just never found cohesion.
Studio: Shout! Factory
Distributed By: Shout! Factory
Video Resolution and Encode: 1080P/AVC
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA
Subtitles: English
Rating: R
Run Time: 1 Hr. 44 Min.
Package Includes: Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy
Disc Type: BD50 (dual layer)
Region:
Release Date: 11/19/2013
MSRP: $24.97
The Production Rating: 2/5
We weren't wrong. Tank Girl the movie became a mish-mash of ideas that never came together in any real story. Rachel Talalay, the films director has long blamed studio meddling, budget changes and a hurried shooting timeframe for most of the flaws. She is right in the sense that several scenes weren't even shot - and were animated in post production to make connective tissue for the film. The claim, however, doesn't hold up under scrutiny though because the film doesn't satisfy any of the joyous over the top attitude and instead plays as an R rated comedy that tries to entertain sugar-high year old kids.There are a few things that are worth seeing - Lori Petty works her tail off to play the role and she tries to bring life to a script that just can't be revived. But they can't escape the plot, which is riddled with holes and never in any reasonable way comes together.Tank Girl never caught on as a cult classic because of the confusing storyline. But Tank Girl makes for a good companion piece to 'Mallrats' for me, as a reminder of an era when comic books were uncool.
Video Rating: 3.5/5 3D Rating: NA
Tank Girl is presented in 1080P with a 31Mbps AWBR, a stream of 35Mbps. This should be a solid encode - and the colors are very good. But what makes Tank Girl problematic is the way in which it was filmed. The presentation in 1080P highlights all of the framing errors, cinematography errors and makes the film look completely jumbled and cut together from scrap pieces.This makes for a viewing experience that isn't very pleasing. It may be the best we will ever see this film, but that doesn't mean the higher resolution doesn't also highlight all of the production flaws that went into this work.
Audio Rating: 4/5
Special Features Rating: 3/5
Overall Rating: 2.5/5
Reviewed By: MattCR
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