Poseidon
When a rogue wave capsizes a luxury cruise ship in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, a small group of survivors find themselves unlikely allies in a battle for their lives. Preferring to test the odds alone, career gambler John Dylan (Josh Lucas) ignores captain’s orders (Andre Braugher) to wait below for possible rescue and sets out to find his own way to safety. What begins as a solo mission soon draws others as Dylan is followed by a desperate father (Kurt Russell) searching for his daughter (Emmy Rossum) and her fiancé (Mike Vogel), a young couple who hours before couldn’t summon the courage to tell him they were engaged and now face much graver challenges.
Along the way they are joined by a single mother (Jacinda Barrett) and her wise-beyond-his-years son (Jimmy Bennett); an anxious stowaway (Mia Maestro) and a despondent fellow passenger (Richard Dreyfuss) who boarded the ship not sure he wanted to live but now knows he doesn’t want to die. Determined to fight their way to the surface, the group sets off through the disorienting maze of twisted steel in the upside-down wreckage. As the unstable vessel rapidly fills with water each must draw on skills and strengths they didn’t even know they possessed, fighting against time for their own survival and for each other.
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Cool!! - hilkayaker
Emmy Rossum is one of my favourite actors. she is still amazing. I loved the storyline. I enjoy the natural disaster type movies. Especially when there are no supernatural type disturbances. Very interesting plot, loved the special effects. Even Fergie was in it! Although I loved it, my fiance was bored and didn't take to it as much. We didn't think it was a waste of time though!!Poseidon - lex2
Good special effects but nothing original, the acting was decent but does not create a connection with the characters. The plausability of the story is also very low as the wave comes out of no where and tips the ship. Most anyone with experiance of the seas would relize that waves do not rise up out of calm seas and that there should have been more "chop" prior to the big wave. Also to climb up into the hull of a capsized liner instead of toward the side to get to a lifeboat does not make much sense. The ending is also interestingly far fetched as our charaters escape the hull to have the only liferaft afloat waiting for them so they do not drown. Plus a passanger liner that has sent a distress call with thousands abord have only 2 helecopters show up that could at most seat 24. This should give the viewer an idea of what to expect...visually great but not much story and emotionally flat. Wait for it on TV unless you like special effects and big disaster movies.Watch the original Poseidon Aventure instead - monkey1
Well as far as disater movies go...it was really good. Very exciting, amazing special effects, edge of your seat kind of thing. BUT if you have seen the original from the 70's, this will be a disappointment. I LOVED the original. The caharacters had much higher stakes. The group was led my a preacher who was losing his faith through the film, but had to be strong for the people who followed him because he was a man of the cloth...great internal struggle. (And trust me, I am no a fan of the church.) The Shelley Winters character broke your heart over and over again, and you saw the characters that you loved, die. It was much more honest and brutal, and real. So my recomendation, is to watch the original film. It was so much better. This film isn't bad, it's actually quite good. The acting was great, some situations took your breathe away, and I loved that there was a gay character. It's just that the original is just so much better.
Hollywood likes to make everything and everyone, sexy and beuatiful...and this story is neither of those things, and it's more gut-wrenching when it isn't.
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Cool!! - hilkayaker
Emmy Rossum is one of my favourite actors. she is still amazing. I loved the storyline. I enjoy the natural disaster type movies. Especially when there are no supernatural type disturbances. Very interesting plot, loved the special effects. Even Fergie was ...Poseidon - lex2
Good special effects but nothing original, the acting was decent but does not create a connection with the characters. The plausability of the story is also very low as the wave comes out of no where and tips the ship. Most anyone with experiance of the seas ...Watch the original Poseidon Aventure instead - monkey1
Well as far as disater movies go...it was really good. Very exciting, amazing special effects, edge of your seat kind of thing. BUT if you have seen the original from the 70's, this will be a disappointment. I LOVED the original. The caharacters had much ...