10 Most Underrated 1990s Sci-Fi Movies

10. Tank Girl

The '90s had its fair share of comic book adaptations - the most famous of course being the three offerings from the Burton/Schumacher Batman franchise. Unfortunately, this was long before the superhero renaissance that we're living in today - a renaissance that some of those Batman films were directly responsible for - so some of the more experimental films in the genre failed to make an impression. Tank Girl was one of them.

Based on the comic series of the same name, the sci-fi film that starred Lori Petty in the titular role bombed at the box-office, pulling in only $6 million (which, against a $25 million budget was not good) and polarizing critics. And yet, this writer can't help but feel that it deserved a little (or a lot) better than that.

Though not the best that the genre has to offer, Tank Girl is one of the better early examples of the all-too scarce female-led superhero film - mostly due to the fact that Petty is absolutely sensational in the leading role.

Yes, reception has softened towards the film over the years, with many now seeing it for the fun futuristic flick that it is, but that will never change the fact that more people should have been talking about Tank Girl when it was released.