Review of Waterworld (1995) by John L — 11 May 2011

Its fairly decent. Some funny moments, and some good action scenes, but overall its an average film.

This review of Waterworld (1995) was written by John L on 11 May 2011.

Waterworld has generally received mixed reviews.

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