A gritty seafarer navigates a waterlogged future, protecting a girl with a map to dry land from menacing pirates.
Epic and pulpy. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Starz and YouTube (free).
It stays inside its PG-13, with some innuendo or implied sex and some strong language.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated PG-13.
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In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
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