Maurice Ripke stars as The Rider, a stranger cruising the drags of a drug ravaged future in search of the ultimate high, TANK! Along the way he meets up with The Babe, a beautiful but dangerous woman, whom The Rider believes he can use as a trade for his next hit. But when his deal goes sour, The Rider barely makes it out alive. Now, with an army of drug fiends and thugs close behind, The Rider returns to settle the score and get his last fix!"TANK" was created as part of the 2007 SXSW Grindhouse 101 Trailer Competition hosted by filmmaker Robert Rodriguez. It was shot over the course of two days in various locations in and around the city of Austin, TX.The Moving Image in association with Immaculate Conceptions and RFS Productions
A Christian Cisneros dv "Tank"
Starring Maurice Ripke Ace Elliott Venda D'Abato and Joe Azzato
Production Designer Dave Winfrey, Jr. Director of Photography Chad Brewer Music by Aaron Horne
Edited by Richard Watson Produced by Christian Cisneros Jason Harper and Robert Stewart
Written by Jason Harper Directed by Christian Cisneros
What people have to say about TANK:
"It..s a perfect tribute to the grindhouse, b-movie ethos of real, goodtime action and filmmaking and if that weren..t enough, is just plain fucking bad-ass."
Louis Fowler
www.microcinemascene.com
"everything about it is great, the look, the character, the music, and the costumes, i got to say it fucking rocks."
Jason Eisener
Director - "Hobo with a Shotgun"
"TANK nailed it!"
"a lot of the entries that have been uploaded on YouTube have fallen quite far of the mark; but TANK got it 100%....damn: now I've got competition!!"
Ben Robinson
Director - "Slash Hive"
