Poseidon Movie
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Mayday
While ringing in the new year aboard the cruise ship Poseidon, a giant wave crashes into the ship and flips it upside down. A ragtag group of survivors realize their only chance is to make their way to the deepest bowels of the ship, now at the top, if they are going to have any chance of getting out.
| Josh Lucas | John Dylan |
| Kurt Russell | Robert Ramsey |
| Jacinda Barrett | Maggie James |
| Richard Dreyfuss | Richard Nelson |
| Jimmy Bennett | Conor James |
| Emmy Rossum | Jennifer Ramsey |
| Mike Vogel | Christian |
| Mía Maestro | Elena Gonzalez |
| Andre Braugher | Captain Michael Bradford |
| Kevin Dillon | Lucky Larry |
| Freddy Rodríguez | Marco Valentin |
| Kirk B.R. Woller | Chief Officer Reynolds |
| Kelly McNair | Emily |
| Stacy Ferguson | Gloria |
| Gabriel Jarret | First Officer Chapman |
| Wolfgang Petersen |
5.60 out of 10 (16345 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Disatrous Disaster Film
posted on 28 Aug 2009I usually do not rate a movie so low. Especially for my first review. But this movie deserves it. The cast is good, that is what I can say. But in this movie, the best that they do is show how scared the characters are. The idea for the movie is good. Unfortunately, Wolfgang Peterson screwed up on it. There are many characters in this movie. Three of them died. Two of them are low class citizens. The richest survived. Crowe's character managed to sacrifice his life just to reverse the propellers of the ship(I do not really know why this would be necessary for a ship anyways). There is a boy who somehow managed to stay on a fixed piano when the ship flipped. The piano should have fallen off, but as if that wasn't a miracle, its amazing that later the boy would just end up in strange places, so that the movie could be further delayed for some "action". Really amazing. The characters themselves are amazing. They are supernatural. They happen to be able to hold their breath for a long time (just try holding your breath during the underwater sequences), dive from high places and not hit the floor, let alone stand the freezing water. There are explosions everywhere, the famous "Hollywood" explosions that are far away from reality. Its a wonder that there is any oxygen on the ship. Those huge flames would have sucked it all up. And as usual, there is a happy ending, with the characters miraculously finding a life boat in an ocean with no other debris from the ship. Characters complain about marriages, spend time standing for a total half hour observing the damage of the ship, and waiting for any people who are afraid of confined spaces. Anybody would leave anyone behind who they don't know for the sake of their survival. All during a disaster. This movie really needs more effort, it was boring as well. Nothing to interesting for this movie. Its shame enough that all of the movie on now are just remakes of stories, books, myths, and other popular culture items. But this movie is just terrible, don't sit through an hour watching this movie.
Poseidon gets flipped and nine people try and get out and survive.
posted on 26 Aug 2009I just went to go see this, and it was awesome. The actors were amazing and they made it seem so real that you honestly started to feel like you were there. You really get into it, and you care about the characters and start to relate to how it would be like if you actually were there. There were moments in this movie that scared me so much because you can just picture yourself in that position. I mean, you're trying to escape and there's water rushing in, and your mind is racing trying to find a way out. It's just so amazing and life-like, it's incredible. I definitely would recommend that you go see this. But I gotta warn you, it gets pretty damn suspenseful.
Better than the remake!
posted on 26 Aug 2009This remake is better than the original(in my opinion)! Poseidon rocks with energy and action, but not the type of action that would make most crowds cheer, the kind that would make most crowds cry because the action is often tragic in this movie. One can only imagine what these actors had to go through to film the numerous underwater scenes that take throughout the movie! I might get crucified for this one but I enjoyed this movie more than "Titanic"! Poseidon should be well on its way to an Oscar nod(for visual effects) this year! In order for one to get the full effect of this movie, I suggest one to kick out the extra dough and go see this movie in IMAX! You will not be disappointed!
I wouldn't give this a 0
posted on 26 Aug 2009Other than a few special effects that could actually have been better I thought the dialogue, script and SOUND was terrible. I had this movie "given" to me as a gift and unfortunately had to watch it to please the person who gave it to me.I found myself annoyed at the writer's ability to make the women look weak, whiny and absolutely USELESS (constant whining, screaming, crying, whimpering) while the males carried them somewhat like excess luggage that hampered their efforts to save them all through the ordeal.Now hey...Im not sure, but if I was an actress and read the script I would have been rather upset that there was at no time or place where a woman was of any use. I guess if you need the cash its better than doing porn. It became quite writer(s) didn't like women that much...(gay/bitter/bad divorce ...who knows) but made sure the whiners (all women of course) never survived) Other than that it was pretty generic as far as disaster films go and there was no effort made to improve the story.I think I'll give it away...really don't care that it was a gift.
Interesting and highly impressive special effects, but a weak story and no character build-up. An average suspense / adventure / drama flick.
posted on 24 Aug 2009Director Wolfgang Petersen (The Perfect Storm, Air Force One) has been known for his films dealing with death, disaster, and destruction; ranging from hurricanes, to ship-at-sea disasters, airborne viruses, epic and Greek battles, hijack situations, government assassinations, and deep-sea submarine battles. Unlike many directors in Hollywood, Petersen is interested in sometimes only using special effects to make his movies an instant classic, both at the box office and for audience viewers nationwide. When I heard that Wolfgang Petersen, along with some of the crew members from The Perfect Storm, was making a modern-day remake to Irwin Allen / Ronald Neame / Paul Gallico's film The Poseidon Adventure (1972), I was in shock and could not wait for the release of this film into theaters. My parents and I caught one of the first showings, and this is what we thought.Poseidon (2006) has a very weak story, with no character build-up before the big disaster strikes. You learn a little bit more about the characters as the film comes to an end. There is only about fifteen minutes of right-side up, and then it's upside down. The characters were not people that you would get to know and like. You don't really care whether they live or they die.However, Poseidon did have interesting and highly-impressive special effects that took a long time to accomplish with the use of CGI, Green Screen, and Blue Screen. The ship turning over was a very entertaining moment in the film. Congratulations to Wolfgang Petersen for that. The ballroom breach was impressive, because of the way it was all put together. As the passengers are crawling, climbing, and swimming through the ship, the fire, and water, and the falling objects were all put together in a timely fashion, so when an event does occur, it occurs with style and high entertainment.All in all, I'm not saying Poseidon is a bad movie. Because, it is not. It is an average suspense / adventure / drama flick that will keep you in suspense, but will leave you asking yourself, "Did I miss the story?" "What was the story?"8 / 10 star rating.
A disaster flick for the MTV generation
posted on 24 Aug 2009Poseidon (2006) does not even try to pay tribute to its predecessor, the much better The Poseidon Adventure (1972), neither does it attempt to put itself in a class all its own. By filling the cast with the latest up-and-comers—including Emmy Rossum (The Phantom of the Opera [2004]) and Mike Vogel (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [2003])—topped off with Kurt Russell (The Thing [1982]) and Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws [1975]) and a cameo by Fergie to boot, the film leaves much to be desired.By turning the film into a special effects bonanza, director Wolfgang Petersen fails miserably. The effects in the original film—which boasted the talents of such actors as Gene Hackman (The French Connection [1971]) and Shelley Winters (The Diary of Anne Frank [1959])—were simpler and much more effective. There is also no set-up for the disaster whatsoever. Whereas it takes about 45 minutes in the original film for the action to get started (all this time is used to somewhat humanize the somewhat cardboard characters) here the rogue wave that is the cause for the entire Poseidon disaster hits within the first twenty minutes, giving us absolutely no time to even get a good look at all of the characters involved, let alone remembering their names! There is no mood, and certainly no atmosphere, something the original film depended on (and succeeded at).It is tried (pathetically) to evoke some sort of sympathy for these characters, but sadly, there is hardly any to give, exceptions given to Mia Maestro as the doomed stowaway, Elena and Richard Dreyfuss for daring to appear in such claptrap as this. There is no drama. Remember in the original, how sad we all felt watching Shelley Winters die trying to save a fellow passenger? Here, the sequence is omitted in favor of an off-screen death. What a terrible mistake. Even that could have helped redeem this big wet mess.
A mixture between "Titanic" and "The perfect storm"
posted on 22 Aug 2009"Poseidon" is the remake of "The Poseidon Adventure" 1972 classic. I would like to watch that movie, but if it is as bad and boring as this remake, I'll never watch it. This film is boring and very short, but has good special effects. The script is very simple, but the assembly and the soundtrack are not bad. It seemed like Wolfgang Petersen made a mixture between his "Perfect Storm" and "Titanic", but obviously the result is awful.The story begins in New Year's Eve, when ocean liner "Poseidon" capsizes after being swamped by a big tidal wave. The survivors will try to survive and escape from the sinking ship.The cast is not bad. Their performances were not bad. But Kurt Russell and Josh Lucas acted as the great heroes in the film, but they don't know how to play a good hero.This film is depressing, exhausting and will give you a bad headache. Don't go see it if you don't want the headache I had. I can't believe that Wolfgang Petersen has made this movie, because I loved other of his movies like "Troy" and "The Neverending Story". Sincerely, Petersen, you have disappointed me.
Fergie is the new Charo
posted on 20 Aug 2009This remake does not do justice to the original movie. This movie fails to generate any real suspense or tension as a small group of passengers try to escape from an overturned cruise ship because the filmmaker never made me care about them. I didn't even care when the main characters started getting killed off. Like in most escape movies, the group of passengers in Poseidon includes the cliché coward who is out to save himself at all costs but, fortunately for him, he dies early in the escape and avoids the rest of the movie. Conveniently, even though the ship is upside-down and flooding, much of the ship's lighting and electrical systems stay on.Stacy Ferguson (Fergie)from the Black Eyed Peas plays the singer in the band on the ship. As I watched the scene where she and the other passengers still in the ship are about to die, she reminded me of Charo.
Don't be fooled by the haters!! Great Great flick!!
posted on 16 Aug 2009Yes it's short. Yes there is minimal character development. But when you go to a movie wanting to be entertained with edge of your seat adrenaline and fantastic special effects, WHO CARES!!!! This is a pure roller coaster ride and nothing more. Poseidon sets out to do one thing and one thing only... entertain the hell out of you. I understand that some people need the underlying plot and deep character development to be satisfied by any movie. I have just one thing to say to those kind of people. "Stay home and watch "Waiting to Exhale", or "The Patient". Poseidon is not made for you! Doesn't want your money, and doesn't even want you watching it. nuff said...
don't expect too much hard fact, just enjoy the effects
posted on 16 Aug 2009OK, so its a bit lighter on the actual character depth that the original had , but it is far more exciting and does show the carnage that you would expect to happen in a disaster like this.It gets straight in to the drama, and very little getting to know about the characters. Little dropped comments give you an idea about them but nothing of any depth. Dreyfuss has little opportunity to display his talents, but it is a good return to the screen.Surprised at the body count of the escaping group, and thats a good thing.All in all well worth the pennies paid to watch it , and a future DVD purchase for me ..
Too Heavy On The CGI, Not Enough About The Characters
posted on 16 Aug 2009When word that Wolfgang Petersen — director of such fantastic films as DAS BOOT, ENEMY MINE, and THE PERFECT STORM — was slated to direct the remake of THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (now shortened to simply POSEIDON), the sizzling hype around Hollywood was immediately palpable. Production costs for the heavily CGI-laden film skyrocketed to $160 million, making it one of the most costly films of 2005 (released in 2006).Adding to the costs was an ensemble cast starring Josh Lucas (GLORY ROAD), Kurt Russell (SKY HIGH), Richard Dreyfuss (MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS), Emmy Rossum (THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, 2004), Freddy Rodriguez (LADY IN THE WATER), and Kevin Dillon (24 TV Series).Now The Poseidon Adventure (1972) wasn't that great a film to begin with, but what it did have was a catchy tune sang by Karen Carpenter ("It's Got To Be The Morning After") and a great human story surrounded by a terrible event: the capsizing of a cruise ship. Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall, Shelly Winters, and Jack Albertson rounded out that all-star cast. And although the production was a bit cheesy by today's standards, it held at its center a tale of human determination and sacrifice. This was the focus. The destruction of the ship was just the catalyst, not the focal point. Which is where Wolfgang's remake encounters significant problems.The character set-up in Poseidon is rushed, never giving the audience a sense of empathy or angst for any of the people onboard. More film time is given to the CGI water, fires, explosions, and other non-character items. Many times during the film we are yanked away from the characters in order to watch yet another explosion happen somewhere on the ship, then we're jerked back to the characters who don't really respond to it. So what was the purpose of showing the movie-watcher these things? The simple answer is because it was CGI, it was cool, it cost money, so you have to show it in order to justify your budgetary expenses.Since we're given so little time to understand or appreciate the characters' interactions with one another, when one of them dies there's no impact for the viewer. Most will probably say, "So what" when this person or that gets snuffed out by the expensive CGI water, fire, or explosion.Hollywood needs to learn that it's the people in the film audiences care about, not the "totally awesome" special effects. Sure, directors/producers can put the CGI in there and make it look nice, but it has to have an impact on the characters.
One of Petersen's worst!
posted on 14 Aug 2009Well, well, well, that was not very much, Mr. Petersen! To be honest, I did not really expect too much of "Poseidon" but what I saw then was even a lot less than that. For god's sake: Why had the ship to be hit by the wave after only 10 minutes? Why wasn't there any defined character? Why wasn't there much more than two large rooms (which even looked nearly the same), some narrow passages and a lot of water? Or in short: Why wasn't there any script?OK, the effects were actually OK and there was at least a bit of suspense, but that is just too less for a $140 million production. The actors were as wooden as many of the furniture, only Josh Lucas could satisfy a bit. I have absolutely no idea why Petersen didn't at least try to give them something like identity. I don't want to loose to much words, the movie isn't just worth that. Only one thing: If you are interested in something like a story or at least one or two nice characters avoid this movie. If you are able to turn off your brain for 1 1/2 hours and are satisfied with a very, very light version of "Titanic" you can try "Poseidon".
Fast-paced inaction
posted on 08 Aug 2009If the classic 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure had never come about (please pardon the nautical reference), then this remake would be nothing more than a cheap version of Cameron's Titanic. Instead, Poseidon is at best an insult to the original. It will definitely not be remembered with the same fondness as either of the aforementioned films.I must have managed a stern countenance when Dylan Johns (played by Josh Lucas) suggested the existence of propeller tubes at the bow of Poseidon. Perhaps when a ship is capsized, all reference points are reversed?Well, Poseidon is the god of the sea. With that in mind, if we keep sending down ships in his name, every generation as it were, there is no telling what wrath he may bestow upon us.
Decent entertainment, tension packed at times...
posted on 08 Aug 2009To be consumed with a cold beer and a large bowl of popcorn...Having said that, Wolfgang Petersen definitely knows how to build tension into a movie. 'Poseidon' is certainly not 'Das Boot'; as a whole, it is no more than your average disaster flick, but it is certainly thrilling at times. Yes, the characters are two-dimensional, the story is preposterous, there are too many clichés and the whole thing is totally unreal and impossible, but the film nonetheless qualifies as decent entertainment. Just do not turn your brain on and start asking questions like, 'is this possible?', 'can this really be done?', etc....Of course not.
Good movie that gives me the "edge of my seat" feeling (SPOILERS!!!).
posted on 06 Aug 2009People commenting on this movie have blasted it for not having character development and for having bad acting. Who are these people? The opening scenes (and the subsequent character development scenes) gave us all we need to know. Kurt Russell's character is an overbearing parent (but is so only because of the great love he has for his daughter), who looks after his daughter with the same intensity as any other overbearing parent, Josh Lucas plays the traveling gambler who turns out to have a hear of gold, while the other characters get briefly set up and allow their character development to occur throughout the film. The actors also made the characters believable, something that characterizes this movie as having good acting. The scenes that were meant to have an "edge of your seat" moment captured that, and the scenes that were supposed to spark some type of emotion did (I'm thinking of near the end when the mother and son were separated by the metal grate, and Lucas' character dives under and gets the boy back to his mother). And so what if there was a lifeboat with flares waiting after the survivors got the the surface. Do the previous "critics" know anything about movies. Movie goers go to movies for one thing. TO ESCAPE FROM REALITY! In real life the survivors would have go through all the obstacles as those in the movie only to drown or freeze to death in the water. Do people really want to see this reality for 9-10 dollars a person? NO. They want to see a happy ending where the hero and the mother/son combo survive. Faulting this movie for doing so is to be totally ignorant of human nature. This was a goo movie!
Cr*p.
posted on 04 Aug 2009There is something I really liked about the movie---the title sequence is a nice virtual tour of the outside of that magnificent ship.And that's it. The rest of the movie is completely useless. The movie rushes through the build-up---we get a few minutes of happy-time, which we know is only put in place to be crushed violently, a few token conflicts (father-daughter BS, some heartache by a gay guy, ...), a few token politically correct angles (the gay character, black captain), then boom comes the big wave, capsizes the damn ship, lotsa people die, lotsa stuff gets smashed, and bang, we have the setup for the rest of the movie.At that point, the movie is effectively over. If you have seen the original, you know what happens. And if you have any idea of today's Hollywood, you know *how* it will happen. To wit: A group of characters are fighting their way out of the ship. They must pass a bunch of obstacles, some of them die. You can pretty much guess who, too. One guy is practically set up as an asshole just to be offed right away, and of course kids, mothers, and young girls are immortal in such movies. That leaves a small handful of question marks, but in order for this to keep you interested in the movie you'd have to care the least for any of these people.And I certainly didn't. I was looking at my watch.The one slightly surprising moment is when the hero tells the gay guy (who was holding onto him in an elevator shaft) to shake some third guy, who was hanging off the gay guy's leg, off, because otherwise both of them would have died. He does that, the other guy falls and gets squashed by the elevator. A moment of exchanging guilty looks, cut, off to the next obstacle.I wasn't necessarily a great fan of the original---it was cheesy, and all in all not really a terribly good movie. But it had some 3D characters instead of cardboard cutouts, played by actual actors (apologies to Dreyfus---he did with his part what he could, but his part was junk) rather than models, and it was paced to allow the audience to get involved with the characters and care about them.I guess nothing but over-designed bubblegum nonsense was to be expected from Petersen, and that is what he delivered.
Poseidon is a Well-done movie.
posted on 04 Aug 2009It amazed me when I first saw this another version of Titanic. Poseidon is no match for Titanic of course but it was well-done. Poseidon the story of survival led by Kurt Russel, who did a great performance and I see that he fits in his position as a leader. Very touching movie except for a few lines near the end sounds ridiculous when Kurt said to his daughter in a very hard situation which I don't remember exactly "you know that I love you". Who would say such things in a bad situation that decide your fate, your destiny between life and death ? It sounds unreal, it sounds stupid to me. Anyway, this movie is going to be in my best movies' list. For it's great acting, cinematographic, touching scenes, and the will to survive. The whole crow did an outstanding job to present this movie as wonderful as it is.Well Done.
Why bother with this INSULTING, TIRED REMAKE ?? WHY ?
posted on 02 Aug 2009There was (and is) no more SHELLY WINTERS to offer some Jewish comic relief to most movies coming out these days. EVERYBODY IS PRETTY-PRETTY-PRETTY, right down to their well-exercised, well-muscled bodies poured into skin-tight "evening attire", with perfect teeth, and equally vain "acting" (if you can dare even call it that).Maybe it's me -- I'm 46, and I'm just getting older, but these TIRESOME REMAKES OF CLASSIC FILMS are just a SLAP IN THE FACE to us old folks. This movie was boring right after the unexplainable GIANT WAVE turned the ship over (again, as others have noted, HAPPENING WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY TOO-SOON in the storyline, as though we've all seen the original (which, I assume, younger movie-goers may not have) and DEMAND OUR SPECIAL EFFECTS PRONTO !! From there on out, just BORING, TRITE DIALOGUE, TIRESOME "spine-tingling" doubles scenes with "death-defying risks" being taken. Richard Dreyfuss is just wasted - no funny lines, not convincing as a gay rich man, and the women all dress and sound alike, even in their whimpering. Emmy Rossum, HOLLYWOOD'S NEXT "IT GIRL", is pretty and very easy on the eyes, with her winsome face and careful lines, but that STILL DOESN'T SAVE THIS MOVIE FROM EXTREME BOREDOM.Why did Hollywood choose to remake this "classic" from the 70's ? It CERTAINLY was no "tribute" to the late Shelly Winters, who probably would have skipped the WORLD PREMIERE in favor of "X-Men" or something more "up-to-date".We miss you SHELLY ! You WERE AN ORIGINAL !!
Awful Remake
posted on 02 Aug 2009On the New Years Eve, the luxury passenger vessel Poseidon is hit by a huge wave and capsizes. A group of survivors tries to find a escape route through the propeller tunnel.The original 1972 "The Poseidon Adventure" is one of the best disaster movies of the 70's, with a good screenplay, engaging characters and great special effects. Wolfgang Petersen's version is a disappointing remake, with an awful screenplay, nasty characters and great special effects. Kurt Russell, for example, plays a former fireman and later the major of New York. The way he gambles, he certainly earned lots of money in corruption, since I do not see any explanation for a man that was a fireman to have such amounts to bet in a table of poker. His daughter is a bitch, capable of spoiling a bet of her father. The "hero" Dylan is another selfish gambler and opportunist. Richard Nelson kills Valentin to save his own life. Lucky Larry is a scum. And so on. Therefore, practically most of the characters of this film are non-charismatic. In the end, I was hoping that the vessel sinks and kills everybody, including the director, writer and producers of this crap. My vote is three.Title (Brazil): "Poseidon"
Breath taking and claustrophobic
posted on 28 Aug 2009If you are going to watch this movie, be sure to bring some popcorn and to sit tight, otherwise you will be biting your nails and twisting in your seat. Poseidon is a breath taking action film that will make you feel dizzy. Full of action from start to end, suffocating scenarios, claustrophobic situations.Of course there are some unnecessary dialogs specially in improper occasions (danger occasions) but, despite those clichés, The Poseidon adventure truly fulfills the expectations and easily reaches its goal, entertain and scare!8/10 In my humble opinion.