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\"\"<\/a>Waterworld<\/em><\/strong> over the course of 20 years has washed away (so to speak) some of the negativity related to its lackluster box office set against its tremendous budget. Watching all these years later, and the long awaited Ulysses Cut no less, I found it to be a really fun apocalyptic action-thriller.<\/p>\n

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Waterworld<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Science Fiction, Action, Adventure<\/span>
\nArrow Video | NR \u2013 135 min. \/ 176 min. \/ 178 min. \u2013 $49.95 | January 22, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 02\/18\/2019 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Kevin Reynolds
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Peter Raider and David Twohy (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino, Michael Jeter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Featurettes, Galleries, Trailers, TV Spots
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes (slip case)
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>48.98 GB (Theatrical Cut), 48.50 GB (TV Cut), 48.77 GB (Ulysses Cut)
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>37.65 Mbps (Theatrical Cut), 36.36 Mbps (TV Cut), 36.32 Mbps (Ulysses Cut)
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Arrow Video provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Note: <\/strong>For this review, I watched the \u201cUlysses\u201d Cut so my comments pertain to that version, which runs approximately 43 minutes longer than the Theatrical Cut.<\/p>\n

I have not seen Waterworld<\/em><\/strong> in a very long time, probably last saw it on VHS in 1997 or 1998 (don\u2019t recall watching it on DVD). So with that said, with my limited time and only would be able to watch one of the three cuts, I chose to check out the long awaited \u201cUlysses\u201d version as I do have some memories of the theatrical cut and chose to sit down for this nearly 3-hour epic post apocalyptic action-adventure. And you know what? It actually wasn\u2019t half bad.<\/p>\n

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Although not without its problems, there were times it felt a scooch too long, this was just an incredibly entertaining film that at times has an old-timey swashbuckling vibe combined with the watery post-apocalyptic wasteland (so to speak), a la Mad Max<\/em>, and with Kevin Costner\u2019s charisma combined with Jeanne Tripplehorn\u2019s feisty persona and Dennis Hopper chewing up the scenery as only Dennis Hopper could do, especially back in the 90s (see Super Mario Bros.<\/em> and even Speed<\/em>).<\/p>\n

The film not only had the dubious notoriety of being the largest budgets \u2014 Titanic<\/em> would take the crown two years later \u2014 with a $175 million budget ($292 million today), it also found director Kevin Reynolds (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves<\/em>) butting heads with not only the studio, but Kevin Costner himself, who would take the film across the finish line when Reynolds quit. Thankfully, unlike Justice League<\/em>, and probably because Costner\u2019s part in directing was perhaps a fraction, there were no noticeable differences in their styles.<\/p>\n

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In the end, Waterworld<\/em><\/strong> is hardly perfect, but it was an incredibly entertaining flick and even richer in story thanks to the nearly three-hour Ulysses Cut which added more plot that was entirely removed in the theatrical cut, including a nice reveal at the end. Costner and Tripplehorn were great together and Hopper made for an absolutely fun villain.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The 3-disc set is contained in a clear HD keep case, which has reversible artwork, which side slides into a hard outer cover. Also inside is a double-sided poster and a 58-page booklet<\/strong>. Inside the case are 6 production still cards. Discs 2 & 3 have \u201cThe TV Cut\u201d and \u201cThe \u2018Ulysses\u2019 Cut\u201d respectively, no features on either of those discs.<\/p>\n

Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld<\/em> (1:42:22; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is a newly produced and feature length making-of retrospective documentary that features new interviews with director Kevin Reynolds, screenwriter Peter Rader and many others, though Costner, Tripplehorn and Majorino were archive interviews. Still, even without the core cast this is a well done featurette delving into the origins of the project, how it became so expensive and its legacy.<\/p>\n

Dances with Waves (9:20; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is an archival featurette showing the film\u2019s production.<\/p>\n

Global Warnings (22:21; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Film critic Glenn Kenny explores the subgenre of end-of-the-world Hollywood blockbusters.<\/p>\n

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