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In a future where earth is covered with water many cling to legends of a mythical place called dryland. One childs wonderous secret may hold the key to its whereabouts and thus the survival of the human race. Bonus features: production notes talent bios film highlights and theatrical trailer. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 04/12/2005 Starring: Kevin Costner Jeanne Tripplehorn Run time: 136 minutes Rating: Pg13Amazon.com
Let's be honest: this 1995 epic isn't nearly as bad as its negative publicity led us to expect. At the time it was the most expensive Hollywood production in history (it had a Titanic-sized $200 million budget), and the film arrived in theaters with so much controversy and negative gossip that it was an easy target for ridicule. The movie itself, a flawed but enjoyable post-apocalypse thriller, deserves better. Waterworld stars Kevin Costner as the Mariner, a lone maverick with gills and webbed feet who navigates the endless seas of Earth after the complete melting of the polar ice caps. The Mariner has been caged like a criminal when he's freed by Helen (Jeanne Tripplehorn) and enlisted to help her and a young girl (Tina Majorino) escape from the Smokers, a group of renegade terrorists led by Dennis Hopper in yet another memorably villainous role. It is too bad the predictable script isn't more intelligent, but as a companion piece to The Road Warrior, this seafaring stunt-fest is adequately impressive. --Jeff ShannonSimilarProduct
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Customer reviews
The greatist movie that never was 
by .. ()
Waterworld is the perfect example of a director's dream that was flushed down the toilet. It had the capability to be the best movie of all time, but it was killed by a bad editing staff. I'm sure most people have never seen it, but there is another version of WaterWorld that was never released for the public, except through an airing on ABC in 1998. The original cut for the movie is 4 and a half hours long, and it would have been longer. There was a slave trading camp scene that was never shot because the set was sunk by a storm. The editing crew decided that no body would want to sit in a theater for 4.5 hour, so they cut out 2 hours of dialog. Thats 2 hours of story sent to the trash. I think that it was originally planned to release the full length version, but the idea was dropped when it bombed at the box-office. This is one truely amasing movie, that had the makings to be a modern epic. All the sets actually were floating on water, and all the mariner's boat footage was shot at sea. The story was inspiring, and the plot made you open your eyes to what is happening in our world. At 4.5 hours, a budget of $150 mil, and over 5000 extras, it was a movie of power and prestige. Too bad no one will ever know.
Excellent, unique, and HIGHLY ORIGINAL sci-fi movie! by .. CQ DX (Ohio, USA)
Some critics have absolutely no clue! 'Waterworld' is a GREAT 'apocalyptic genre' sci-fi action movie, with a highly original plot and great action. As far as I know, no once else before had attempted a movie based on the premise that our Earth had experienced a mass melting of our polar ice caps, which in turn submerged almost the whole planet, and made basic survival challenging. Granted though, much of the film's post-apocalyptic desperation and fighting for survival in a world of scarce commodities reminded me of the the 'Mad Max' series, especially with the tone and color of the set decorations, but that's OK and to be expected with this kind of plot. Costner, Hopper, and Tripplehorn were first rate with convincing roles, and I really enjoyed the hopeful ending. The elaborately constructed, surreal sets and costumes alone make this film a surefire bet!
WHERE IS THE UNCUT EDITION?!??! by .. actionlog (Escondido, CA USA)
i love this movie, it is a FANTASTIC movie! but there is 45 minutes (or more) of extra footage that has been cut out! RELEASE THE UNCUT VERSION, PLEEEAASSE!!!
A great movie by .. Tiffanie (USA)
I'm a little confused as to why this movie gets so much negative response. I personally really enjoy it and find the entire movie to be a great adventure. I Love the gadgets and advancements the Mariner (Costner) has on his awesome sea craft. It's great to see modern items we take for granted to be held in such high regards in their world.
It takes little more than a halfway decent imagination to fill in blanks the film doesn't spell out for you word-for-word. I like that there are pieces to the puzzle you're left to conclude yourself. Who knows what may have happened to cause Costner's character to mutate (for those of you who've not seen this movie, it's a slight mutation, not a freakish show of sorts. He simply has gills behind his ears and webbed feet) -- a lot of radiation and nuclear hazards exsist in the world -- who's to say he didn't run into a pile of hazardous waste at some point prior to or even during the appocalyptic glacier-melting that helped advance his evolved state? It's a great movie to get lost in and allow your imagination to go wild. 5 stars.
Good Film by .. Draac (Boston, Ma)
Not a "great" film but a "good" film. If you liked Mad Max then you should like this film. It's like Mad Max on the water...:+)