Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 197
Fresh: 65 | Rotten: 132
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.
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 28
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: 3/5
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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
May 12, 2006 Wide
Aug 22, 2006
$60.7M
Warner Bros. Pictures
All Critics (204) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (68) | Rotten (137) | DVD (30)
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.
As a humanist, I applaud the respect for life, but I miss the campy fun. The movie is, in all senses, a big downer.
... a waterlogged, unnecessary re-imagining of the cheesy blockbuster from the Seventies heyday of disaster films.
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.
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.
Where the first film had to rely on stunt work and character conflicts, the remake is action on top of unbelievable action.
With its high-definition picture and sound, the movie on Blu-ray comes off better than I would have expected. (Blu-ray Edition)
If you liked the original movie, you might like this remake as well.
Let it drown
Graphic disaster flick. Not for younger kids.
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.
... this ocean liner doesn't stay afloat for long and is quickly submerged in a sea of mediocrity.
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.
It swims but it's one of those sloppy dog paddles your kid brother does more than an Olympic freestyle.
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?
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It certainly isn't as dramatic as Titanic, and the original Poseidon Adventure is still slightly better.
In terms of action and interest, if you don't ask too many questions, and if you accept the fact that in a disaster no one has the time to get to know each other, Poseidon is an entertaining film.
Classic remake that comes out pretty decent. I liked the original more but this was not a bad rent.
May 11, 2008Super Reviewer
Mayday Saw it again! Good Movie. Very fun and thrilling movie meant to be watch and enjoyed. Very beautiful woman in this film too.It is New Year's Eve, and over 2,000 passengers & crew are ringing in the New Year aboard the huge cruise ship 'Poseidon' on the open sea in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean! A small
July 5, 2009
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