
The stage is set for a showdown in which the fate of the human race might be at stake.

But she finds an unlikely protector in the Mariner, an evolved human who is highly skilled in sailing, combat, and can breathe underwater. With the discovery of a girl who has a tattoo of a map to the fabled ‘Dryland’ on her back, the Smokers take it upon themselves to kidnap her and use the map. Split into two factions, the ‘Smokers’ are little more than pirates using the oil left in an old tanker to fuel their craft, while the rest rely on wind and tide. The world has flooded and the remaining humans are eking out an existence trading what rare commodities they can find.

Let’s also try to forget the impossibility of the premise and, instead, just look at the film and any merits it might have. Much is known about the troubled production of tonight’s feature the spiralling budget, the tensions on-set and the box office reception are the stuff of legend, so let’s not dwell.
