Tank Girl hit theaters when I was 15, and I fell in instant love.

It had everything an angsty ’90s-era teen could want in a film: a postapocalyptic future setting; a kickass antiheroine who had a righteous ’do (Lori Petty, bleached blonde and shaved), a mutant kangaroo boyfriend (Ice-T in solid special-effects makeup), a jet-flying BFF (Naomi Watts), and crew of genetically modified super soldiers; and a plot that pits them all against an oppressive corporation with a nefarious leader (Malcolm McDowell). And the soundtrack, goddamn was it ever good, with cuts by Björk, L7, Hole, Portishead, Belly, and Veruca Salt, among others. Add an Iggy Pop cameo, an unconventional storytelling style, and a unique stylized look, and you’ve got a comic-book movie unlike any that came out back then, nor much like the many that have followed in the more than two decades since its release.

Tank Girl will be screening at Central Cinema starting tonight through next Tues., July 3. For more Seattle movie times, click here. Check out the original trailer below:

...and a cool 10-minute look at its conception and creation: