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Anachronisms (1) |
Crew or equipment visible (1) |
Factual errors (3) |
Plot holes (1) |
Revealing mistakes (3)
Anachronisms
Only 50 metres (approximately) of the hull of the Poseidon remains above water when boarded by the salvage/medical team because the front of the ship is sinking lower and lower into the water. Yet all the decks inside the ship are horizontal. For the decks to be horizontal, the ship would have to be sitting level in the water.
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Crew or equipment visible
Equipment shadow on Wilbur's back when the crew first meets Svavo.
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Factual errors
The hull of a 40-year-old ship that's about to be scrapped would not be shiny bright red.
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In the first movie, The Poseidon Adventure, the ship capsizes due to an undersea earthquake which generates a tidal wave that hits the ship. In this film the Poseidon is portrayed as capsizing due to a wave generated by a massive storm in the Mediterranean Sea.
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In the first film the survivors are clearly being followed deck by deck by massive amounts of sea water which are flooding the ship surmising that all decks below them are under water. In this film the salvage crew penetrate deep within the ships hull onto decks which seem not to be flooded.
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Plot holes
The tugboat Jenny and the Poseidon are portrayed as fighting the same massive storm in the Mediterranean at the beginning of the film. However, were as the Poseidon is capsized by a huge rouge wave, the Jenny encounters no such wave.
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Revealing mistakes
The ships hull for the sea scenes was built only slightly bigger than was visible above the water line. To continue the illusion under the water line the hull had a fabric skirt that was painted red which fades to blue. This fabric skirt can be seen at the end of the movie when Capt Turner dives back underwater to find Wilbur.
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Tex opens a panel in the wall, revealing a raging fire. In fact, he couldn't open the panel, as it would be too hot.
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After the automatic gunfight, from the cardeck to the corridor, a view of the corridor outside the hatch reveals no bullet marks where the gunfire was aimed at.
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