Waterworld

Waterworld is a sci-fi movie released in the year 1995 and Kevin Costner was the co-producer of the film. Kevin Reynolds directed the film. The film was a big budget movie, but the movie was a no-show at the US box office. But Waterworld was quite successful in the overseas market. Besides co-producing Waterworld, Kevin Costner acted in the film as the protagonist

The film Waterworld is set up in an imaginary time in the future when the world has been deluged by water because of global warming. The survivors of the inundation are four groups of people. The Drifters, Atoll dwellers, Smokers and Slavers constitute these 4 groups. Kevin Costner plays the lead role as a drifter who sails on the boat alone and has some weird features on his body that includes a pair of gills and webbed feet. The smokers are simply pirates and the slavers are never shown in the movie, but are only mentioned. The Atoll dwellers live in floating constructs that are named Atolls. In Waterworld, Jeanne Tripplehorn plays the role of Helen and Tina Majorino is cast in the role of Enola. Enola is the little girl who has a tattoo on her back. The tattoo bears the map of the Dryland, which is being searched by the people of the water world. Though Waterworld was nominated at the Oscars for Best Sound; the film won the ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films. At the same time, it has won the Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor and Kevin Costner won the Razzie Award in the Worst Actor category. Waterworld’s director Kevin Reynolds too was nominated as the Worst Director in the Razzie Award. The film had a disastrous impact on the audiences and it has been frequently referred as “Mad Max on Jet skis”. The film was a huge flop from a commercial point of view.

Actually, Waterworld can be placed in the genre of science fiction movies. The movie could have achieved greater audience response if the director had put in a little more effort in the film. The film has certain controversial scenes that generated frenzy among the audiences. One such scene was the portrayal of Kevin Costner, drinking filtered urine because of scarcity of water. In Waterworld, Kevin Costner is shown as a person devoid of any human passion. This is mainly because the character underwent some genetic mutations. But, ironically, he gets back those lost passions once he comes close to Helen and Enola. Though director Kevin Reynolds had the courage of creating something new by discarding the hackneyed plots, the American audience put thumbs down to his efforts. However, the film did very well outside America. Wikipedia

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