Hopper is the standard-issuevillain of the 1990s, and his appearances would grow tiresome if he weren't sogood at them, adding weird verbal twists that make his characters seem smarterand more twisted. Theleader of the Smokers is Deacon (a chain-smoker, of course), played by DennisHopper as another of his violent cackling loonies. 'Pure dirt! 3.2 kilos!' He trades it for cash, spendssome of it at the bar, and meets Helen ( Jeanne Tripplehorn), the bartender.Then he offends the locals by refusing to contribute to their gene pool, and islocked in a cage when the fortress comes under attack from Smokers - renegadeoutlaws who prowl the seas in souped-up jet skis. He goes to trade at a big floating 'atoll,' which islike a seagoing version of the post-apocalyptic city in 'Mad Max BeyondThunderdome.' He has something they want. Marineris a loner, a 'mutie,' or mutant, with gills behind his ears, andwebbed feet. But like so many science fiction movies, this onebypasses the best possibilities of the genre: Instead of science andspeculation, we get a lot of violent action scenes. Iwould have welcomed more of those details about the global floating culturethat Mariner is a part of. Then he gargles, and spits on his little lime tree, so we know howhe gets fresh water and vitamin C.

Cut to Mariner ( Kevin Costner), aboard his trimaran, a sailingvessel that looks made out of spare parts from 'Mad Max.' The firstshot of an action hero is supposed to set the tone for a movie remember yourinitial glimpses of James Bond or Batman, and compare them with'Waterworld,' which shows Mariner peeing into a bottle, pouring thefluid into a home-made chemistry set, cranking a handle to process it, and thendrinking it. Themovie begins with the trademark Universal globe spinning in space, and then wesee the polar ice cap melting while a deep voice (not James Earl Jones for achange) sets the story in 'the future,' when all of the Earth iscovered in water.

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