How well you'll tolerate this utterly unhinged quasi-feminist comic book fantasy depends on your Lori Petty threshold. As the title character--a smartass riot grrrl who rolls through a fanciful postapocalyptic landscape in a tank, occasionally pausing to snuggle and bicker with her
mutant kangaroo boyfriend (Ice-T) -- Petty's onscreen virtually nonstop, and her hyperkinetic mugging, jerking, whining, and sassing wears thin after a while. Still, Rachel Talalay's film is colorful, transgressive, and energetic; you may be annoyed but you won't be bored. With an up-to-the-minute
score supplied by alternative rock's leading lights.
Released:
1995
Rated:
R
Length:
103 mins