Waterworld (1995)
The polar ice caps have melted, and the earth is covered by water. The Mariner lives aboard his triple-hulled catamaran. Mariner, self-sufficient and solitary, is an outcast because he has developed functional gills and webbed feet. Looking for supplies, Mariner visits an atoll fortress where the people, frightened and half-crazed, imprison him in a cage and intend to execute him.
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October 22, 2009
While it is true that time, and the obsessive culture of the Internet, has lessened Waterworld's "Fishtar" reputation to some extent, this is still one massively flawed film.
February 13, 2001
A moderately successful guy's movie with both weak and strong elements where lots of things are brilliantly blown up and few things make any kind of sense.
January 01, 2000
Waterworld isn't Fishtar, but Kevin Costner's pricey, post-apocalyptic sloshbuckler isn't a seafaring classic either.
July 12, 2009
actually pretty good
November 16, 2014
It's borderline halfway decent. For the first 25 minutes or so, it's even actually good, in its derivative way.
June 18, 2002
It's a genuine vault at greatness that misses the mark -- but survives.
January 01, 2000
If the story seems a little waterlogged, it's still big, loud, and fun to watch.
October 30, 2009
Regardless of faults, I embrace Waterworld as the pure matinee escapism it was intended to be, readily devouring the sci-fi excitement both Reynolds and Costner are happy to dish up.
July 23, 2007
I had no idea what the characters were thinking half the time, but I had an excellent idea what they were feeling, physically.
January 01, 2000
It's one of those marginal pictures you're not unhappy to have seen, but can't quite recommend.
November 06, 2008
Waterworld drowned in bad buzz during its theatrical release. It deserves a better fate.
January 01, 2000
Has the makings of a cult movie.
