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Poseidon (2006)

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Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 197
Fresh: 64 | Rotten: 133

This remake of The Poseidon Adventure delivers dazzling special effects. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that any of the budget was left over to devote to the script.

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Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 43
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 30

This remake of The Poseidon Adventure delivers dazzling special effects. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that any of the budget was left over to devote to the script.

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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

PG-13,

Drama, Action & Adventure

Mark Protosevich

Aug 22, 2006

$60.7M

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All Critics (205) | Top Critics (44) | Fresh (64) | Rotten (133) | DVD (30)

Petersen's expert direction ensures it remains gripping, keeping the tension ratcheted right up and commendably steering it all home within 100 minutes.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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Poseidon betrays a studio mindset that can only hasten the current erosion of movie attendance -- skimping on human content while betting heedlessly on boom boom boom and gurgle gurgle gurgle.

June 22, 2006 Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal
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As a humanist, I applaud the respect for life, but I miss the campy fun. The movie is, in all senses, a big downer.

May 18, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Magazine
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... a waterlogged, unnecessary re-imagining of the cheesy blockbuster from the Seventies heyday of disaster films.

May 16, 2006 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper
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Throughout the movie, Petersen has a dynamic feel for the rush and heave of the deluge, the pent-up energy, the sheer heft and momentum.

May 16, 2006
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There's never any doubt that some of these uninteresting people will make the passage through hell to the hull, it's only a question of which ones. And whether we'll still be there to see whom.

May 12, 2006 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
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If you liked the original movie, you might like this remake as well.

April 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
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Let it drown

August 30, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion
CinePassion

A handful of the passengers may eventually get out of the ship alive, but nothing, it seems, can save them from Mark Protosevich's sinking script. At least it looks good as it goes down.

August 2, 2007 Full Review Source: Eye for Film
Eye for Film

Where the original had the distinct flavor of 1970s kitsch ... Petersen's movie has loads of CGI and a cameo appearance from Black Eyed Peas front woman Fergie.

July 10, 2007 Full Review Source: DVD Review
DVD Review

It swims but it's one of those sloppy dog paddles your kid brother does more than an Olympic freestyle.

March 24, 2007 Full Review Source: UGO

I left the film with one burning question: if I can't get a cell phone signal when I stand in a certain part of my back yard, how in the heck can you get one miles out to sea?

December 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Nolan's Pop Culture Review | Comments (2)

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October 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses
Movies for the Masses

It certainly isn't as dramatic as Titanic, and the original Poseidon Adventure is still slightly better.

September 28, 2006 Full Review Source: Christianity Today
Christianity Today

This is one of those unnecessary remakes that Hollywood regurgitates about once a month whether anybody is interested in them or not.

July 27, 2006 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope
Laramie Movie Scope

Poseidon re-introduces the disaster-movie genre to theaters, and they greet each other with a big, sloppy kiss ...

July 27, 2006 Full Review

Típico filme de entretenimiento: palomero, sin necesidad de utilizar mucho las neuronas, bien hecho, atractivo y con el que se va a desperdiciar hora y media de la vida sin remordimiento alguno.

July 16, 2006

...[director Wolfgang] Petersen once again proves that he's a master at this sort of thing.

July 11, 2006 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
Reel Film Reviews

Here we get the impression that the only thing on the minds of these filmmakers is how well they can polish up a turd before throwing it at unsuspecting audiences.

June 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Cinemaphile.org
Cinemaphile.org

Very run of the mill average Summer entertainment - action packed but no heart, let alone any sense of fun

June 29, 2006 Full Review Source: Dark Horizons
Dark Horizons

It is just so miraculously funny that you find yourself being swept up in the ludicrously of it all and there can be no arguing with the sheer attention-to-detail in the effects work, which is breathtaking in its extravagance.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: FilmFocus

Eficiente dentro de suas limitações, só não se iguala ao original por não ter tanta paciência em investir um pouquinho mais de tempo em seus personagens.

June 23, 2006 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena
Cinema em Cena

Even on this intentionally brainless level, there has to be some basic rooting interest in the characters to salvage the outcome.

June 12, 2006 Full Review
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

Short, sweet, tight, to-the-point and able to fully satisfy anyone craving a silly disaster film.

June 11, 2006 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
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Audience Reviews for Poseidon

Classic remake that comes out pretty decent. I liked the original more but this was not a bad rent.
May 11, 2008
jmanard52

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Robert Ramsey: You know, there's nothing fair about who lives and dies. You gave Elena a chance. You gave everybody a chance. 

"Mayday"

Poseidon is one of those disaster movies that worries about visual effects over actual human interaction or feeling. Most of the movies that fill this genre are like Poseidon in that regard and that's where the problem lies in most of them. So visual effects and big action sequences must take over and propel the movie to watchable in order to find entertainment in it. Movies like 2012 and The Day After Tomorrow are examples of disaster movies that work despite not having a great human element involved. Poseidon's cool effects and big water scenes make the movie watchable, but nothing more.

A ship is flipped by a huge rouge wave. When the captain of the ship tells everyone to stay in lobby and promises them safety, a small group of passengers rebel and leave the group. They begin to make their way up the ship to the bottom of the ship, which is now the top. Along the way, they have to deal with fires, water, and narrow spaces. It basically winds up being close call after close call, and every once in awhile a character will drop off.

The cast isn't too bad here. Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfus, and Emmy Rossum make for decent main characters. The supporting cast that is assembled around them isn't terrible either. The movie isn't really about acting though, it's about the visuals and the visuals don't disappoint. Where the movie disappoints is when the actors actually have to speak to one another and we have to listen to their dumbed down dialogue. 

Overall, I'm pretty much indifferent on this one. I don't necessarily like it nor do I dislike it. It's one of those movies where I just can't form a true opinion on it. I realize it's not a great movie, but I also won't blast it like just about every one else. I'm just going to put myself directly in the middle on this one.
December 27, 2012
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