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Title: Poseidon (2006)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Josh Lucas | ... | Dylan Johns | |
| Kurt Russell | ... | Robert Ramsey | |
| Jacinda Barrett | ... | Maggie James | |
| Richard Dreyfuss | ... | Richard Nelson | |
| Emmy Rossum | ... | Jennifer Ramsey | |
| Mía Maestro | ... | Elena Morales | |
| Mike Vogel | ... | Christian | |
| Kevin Dillon | ... | Lucky Larry | |
| Freddy Rodríguez | ... | Marco Valentin | |
| Jimmy Bennett | ... | Conor James | |
| Fergie | ... | Gloria (as Stacy Ferguson) | |
| Andre Braugher | ... | Captain Bradford | |
| Kirk B.R. Woller | ... | Chief Officer Reynolds | |
| Kelly McNair | ... | Emily | |
| Gabriel Jarret | ... | 1st Officer Chapman | |
It is New Year's Eve, and over 2,000 passengers & crew are ringing in the New Year aboard the huge cruise ship 'Poseidon' when it capsizes on the open sea 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 Dylan Johns ignores captain's orders 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 searching for his daughter and her fiancée--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 and her wise-beyond-his-years son, an anxious stowaway and a despondent fellow passenger 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 ... Written by Anthony Pereyra (hypersonic91yahoo.com)
Watch carefully... immediately after the luxury liner Poseidon has been hit by a huge tidal wave and capsized, an inflated life-raft can be seen inexplicably floating by the upturned vessel. Surely the makers of this slick big-budget disaster flick won't bring this conveniently into play at the end of the film, will they? Well, yes, they do. And this is the problem with Poseidon: throughout the film, the audience is expected to accept far too much without question.
When the survivors of the accident, on their way to the surface, face a flooded compartment, they swim underwater aimlessly until they happen upon a pocket of air. Convenient, huh?
When they are trapped in a rapidly flooding air conditioning shaft and need to undo some screws in order to escape drowning, a necklace makes a handy screwdriver. How fortunate is that?
When the only escape route is totally flooded, the ship shifts and the passageway becomes clear. What a stroke of luck!
Now don't get me wrong; I didn't hate Poseidon. In fact, I actually enjoyed Wolfgang Pieterson's update of the 70s classic quite a bit. I just had to completely suspend my belief for an hour and a half in order to do so. Sure, the film is cheesy, full of one-dimensional characters, has a flawed script, and lacks a soul, but it is spectacular, has more than its fair share of white-knuckle moments, and features some superb visual effects.
Let's face it, this remake was never going to outdo the original (and did anyone really think it would?), which benefited from REAL star power and a decent script. But as far as dumb popcorn adventures go, Poseidon is worth a watchif only for the amazing moment when the wave strikes the ship and all hell breaks loose.