Are there different cultures elsewhere? Different adaptations to the flood? The film doesn’t care. These floating people have the entire globe to explore, but they seem to hang out in the same little corner of the sea with the same characters. There is also a certain lack of imagination in the story. Kevin Costner obviously decided to play his character as an underdog with a poker face, not entirely human, and while that is a logical choice, it is not very entertaining Mel Gibson, in a role similar to Mad Max, went for energy and good humor, and was more fun.
I’m not entirely sure, however, that I believed the scene where Deacon sets his men on fire with promises of dry land, and they all descend into the hold of the Valdez and start rowing like a Roman galley. There are a lot of amazing props in the movie, including various flying and sailing and medieval machines futuristic weapons.Īnd a few smiles, like when the deacon’s ship turns out to be the Exxon Valdez (with a portrait of Captain Joe Hazelwood still on display).
The relationship scenes are pretty grim, aside from a long-delayed kiss and a breathtaking tour under the waves to visit a drowned town. He does so, reluctantly, then finds out the Smokers want the girl because she has a map tattooed on her back that shows the way to land. Mariner would do just as well to throw Helen and the girl overboard, but we know the obligatory result: he’ll end up liking them. He is forced to agree, and soon they are sailing the high seas and bickering (“This is my boat, and I had it as I like it”). (It’s kinda weird to see Hells Angels guys doing the same basic water ski stunts perfected 50 years ago in all of those footage of Esther Williams at Cypress Gardens.) Mariner is released by Helen, whose price is that he has to help her and a young girl named Enola (Tina Majorino) escapes. The Smokers’ Attack on the Atoll is a virtuoso action sequence, featuring stunts where guys on jet skis speed up a ramp and fly over the walls of the atoll, landing in the lagoon inside.
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