Waterworld

Waterworld

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Movie Review: "Nothing's free in WATERWORLD."
Summary: 5 Stars

Now, to my real review. WATERWORLD takes place at some point in the fairly distant future. Global Warming has melted all the ice and snow in the world, covering it with water (hence, the title, WATERWORLD.) People now have crummy establishments known as "Atolls" to live on, as well as surviving boats. The Mariner (Kevin Costner) is a drifter who seems to be the flesh and blood embodiment of Aquaman, since he has webbed toes and gill slits behind his ears, affording him a significant advantage in the high seas.

The Mariner's adventures occur when he agrees to protect Helen (Jeann Tripplehorn) and her adoptive child Enola (Tina Majorino) from the "Smokers", pirates who, unlike everyone else in WATERWORLD, speed across the seas on gas-powered boats, are led by the infamous Deacon (Dennis Hopper, fresh out of the action-classic SPEED), and who want Enola for the tattoo on her back.

And, oh, this is no ordinary tattoo. It is supposed to be a map to the mythical "Dryland", and the Smokers would do anything to rule it.

And off the plot goes. It's full of action, and alot of sticks-to-you-like-glue-images, particularly in the scene where the Mariner takes Helen on a trip benath the sea to see the ruins of the "ancient" world. The particular city the see is, of course, Denver. And the filmmakers must've felt compelled to stuff the movie with as much action as possible. The Mariner rather quickly is involved in a fight with the inhabitants of an Atoll when they discover his gills.

There's plenty of CGI visual effects work to give the movie the perfect look of the post-apocolytice future. In one of the action scenes, the Mariner shoots some kind of cannon on his boat that launches a very cool looking kite into the sky to make his boat go even faster.

The Mariner's boat, by the way, has to be one of the most elaborate movie sets I've ever seen. It has outrigger fittings to keep it from tipping over (now that's a good idea), a cool wind chime to get the boat still while not sailing, which can then be converted into a massive sail, and a net on either side that can double as a trampoline.

You may even find a dash of humor here and there in WATERWORLD. Some of it is intended, like in the scen where The MAriner offers Heln the eyeball of a giant fish, before eating it himslef, or when the Deacon has reconstructive surgery for his eye, which ends up looking "like s---." Then there's some unintended comedy, like in the scene at the Atoll where the Mariner is trapped in a cage while the Smokers are attacking, and Helen agrees to let the Mariner out only if he takes her and Enola with him.

Like he was really gonna say no, just to stay in that cage and die.

For people looking for post-apocalytic adventures, WATERWORLD is a perfect piece of non-stop fun, right in the ranks with the TERMINATOR epics, and even one or two MAD MAX's.

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