In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land (www.imdb.com).
Director: Kevin Reynolds (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)
Starring: Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanna Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino
The biggest problem with Waterworld, like other major blockbuster flops, is its lack of substance. On a bleak, watery surface, is a promising, beautifully created cosmos, with plenty of love and respect put in to its composition. On the inside is a reserved, desolate hero (Costner) wasted by a dull script and even duller characters. His nonchalance towards Helen (Tripplehorn) and youngster Enola (Majorino), who accompany him on his mission to find land is incoherent, like an anti-hero without the engaging essentials. His companions are just as bad, weakened by a bombastic script, with Dennis Hopper's comical baddie getting the brunt of it. There's potential throughout this film, but not enough intensity to keep us entertained.
2/5
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