Rating: PG13
Genre:
Action
Theatrical Release: 05/12/2006(USA
Release Date: 08/22/2006
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Language, Children in Peril
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Set adrift in the vast waters of the North Atlantic for a luxury New Year's Eve party staged in the ship's magnificent ballroom, the massive ocean-liner
Poseidon receives an unexpected jolt when a rogue, 100-foot wave rolls it completely upside down, forcing the surviving passengers to fight their way to safety in
Das Boot director
Wolfgang Petersen's waterlogged blockbuster. Trapped beneath the waterline and implored by the captain to remain in place until a rescue team arrives, the panicked survivors struggle to keep their cool as the water begins to rush in, infernos blaze all around, and a loss of electricity plunges the doomed vessel into total darkness. Seasoned gambler
Dylan Johns (
Josh Lucas) isn't willing to wage his life on the prompt arrival of help, though, and as he attempts to navigate the treacherous, inverted maze of death, he is flanked by desperate band of like-minded seafarers including eight-year-old
Conor (
Jimmy Bennett) and his mother,
Maggie (
Jacinda Barrett), reticent stowaway
Elena (
Mía Maestro), suicidal
Richard (
Richard Dreyfus), and concerned father
Robert (
Kurt Russell), whose missing daughter may still be somewhere onboard along with her frightened fiancé. With a little luck and a little help from onboard waiter
Marco (
Freddy Rodriguez), the desperate team may just live to see the morning after.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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An Updated Version that Doesn't Stay Afloat.
Director Wolfgang Petersen attempts to duplicate Irwin Allen's success of The Poseidon Adventure by creating an updated version of the 1972 disaster film classic starring Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss, and Emmy Rossum which tells how the luxury cruise ship, Poseidon is capsized by a mammoth tidal wave leaving only a small group of survivors in a desperate struggle to escape to safety. Unfortunately, this updated version lacks the suspense, thrills, and excitement of it's predecessor. With Jacinda Barrett, Mike Vogel, Mia Maestro, Jimmy Bennett, Stacy Ferguson, Andre Braugher, Kevin Dillon, Freddy Rodriguez, Kirk B.R. Woller, Kelly McNair, and Gordon Thomson.
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