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Lori Petty as a punk rebel with a tank in a drought-ravaged 2033, fighting the corporation that owns the water. The studio recut it, the comic's creators disowned it, and it bombed — then became a cult classic anyway on pure riot-grrrl attitude.
Kevin Costner's Mad-Max-on-water epic became shorthand for Hollywood excess before anyone even bought a ticket — the most expensive movie ever made at the time, with a sinking set, a runaway budget, and a press corps sharpening knives. Then it quietly made its money back anyway.