10 Underappreciated Comic Book Movies That Deserve A Second Chance

It's the not too distant post-apocalyptic future where all the men are shallow, one-dimensional villains and only Tank Girl (Lori Petty) can thwart their machinations.

There’s an unwritten rule that if you’re making a futuristic fantasy, then your female lead has to be a piece of eye candy who takes a lot of showers and at one point fights off an army while wearing a leather cat suit. Not only does the film flout this law, but Rachel Talalay is one of the few female directors to helm a comic book movie (another is Lexi Alexander of Punisher: War Zone fame) and the soundtrack (put together by Courtney Love) is comprised mainly of female-fronted rock bands.

The film’s production designer was Catherine Hardwicke, who later became a director in her own right, most famously with Twilight. Throw in Lori Petty as a punk heroine with attitude to burn, and you’ve got a movie whose attitude towards women is very different from Barb Wire.