A spirited mix of George Miller and Roger Corman on the open seas, Kevin Reynolds' "Waterworld" is an apocalyptic Western adventure that wears its influences on its sleeve en route to rating as a fully immersive and terrifically memorable experience. Though known more by its budget than its cinematic value at the time of its release, "Waterworld" proves an obviously ambitious and exuberantly entertaining exercise.

Taking place on an Earth covered by water after the polar ice caps have melted, "Waterworld" focuses on Kevin Costner's laconic Mariner, a sea-bound wanderer soon tangled in future-world drama involving bounties and mythical dryland. Like a Western anti-hero, Mariner's desire to simply live is encumbered by those needing his assistance.

The narrative is built…

Really, if I wanted Mad Max 2 on water then I'd just watch it in the fucking bath.

Waterworld has been around long enough to have shrugged off a lot of its reputation as an over-expensive flop, but what it can't shake off is that it really is way too boring for way too much of its ridiculous running time.

There's a lot to explore here, so perhaps its running time is justifiable. But Kevin Reynolds doesn't justify it by spending far too much of its two-thirds on Kevin Costner being a miserable turd, and certainly way too much of it on him being an extremely dislikeable character. It's also just far too slow.

Where it excels is in its…

Mad Max: Watery Road is a 1995 movie that is batshit insane and widely regarded as terrible. But is it? My girlfriend thought so.


This movie is bad on a mythic proportion. I’d heard stories about it from people and had steered clear for so many years, but I like to make up my own mind.

This movie isn’t good, but it definelty isn’t bad. It’s hugely ambitious, even by today’s standards. Kevin Koster gives a pretty mediocre performance as the titular character but it’s the other people who really bring the world around him alive, especially Dennis Hopper (If this movie was being based purely on Dennis Hoppers entertainment value then it would be a hard 5!). The giant…