If Waterworld had more action beats like this sprinkled throughout the film than the entire thing would be an unmissable action extravangaza."THE FUTURE.
For a PG-13 action movie, this is a totally brutal death that comes out of nowhere! I also love the scene where Costner swings on a chain and fires his gun at a moving car on the boat. The Mariner guns it and rams the jet ski right into the "Smoker" and smashes him into a metal pole. A "Smoker" tells the Mariner to bring the jet ski in slow but can't tell who is on the ski. My favorite occurs when Costner steals a jet ski and waits out in the fog outside of the Deacon's boat.
There are some very bad ass action beats in the finale though. However, even the finale on the Exxon Valdez can't seem to excite me like the opening Atoll action scene. The only other action in the film are a few small beats in the second act and than the big finale on the Exxon Valdez. It pulls you into the film right away and makes you not want to leave the couch (or the theater back in 1995). The Atoll invasion near the beginning of the film is the biggest and longest set piece in the entire film.
Unfortunately, Waterworld has too little action in it. I am talking about films that exist in a realistic world where real characters get in on the action. And I am not talking about stylized films like Sin City or 300 that use CG to create comic book styled imagery. Whenever I see a film that is heavily animated ( Star Wars Prequels, the Transformers series), I feel so distant from everything in the film. Contemporary films should take note of this because all of the green screens and CGI in the world can't make something more engaging or realistic than a practical set. Real stunt men and real sets go a long way in immersing the audience into a film's unique world. Because all of the action and images on the screen are real, the film feels far more exciting and engaging than any CGI action scene Michael Bay could have conjured up. The massive village sets, boats, and on sea locations are so impressive that it is no surprise that over $175 million was poured into this movie. I have to stress that Waterworld's strongest asset is its practical sets and action scenes.
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