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Mayday...
It's New Year's Eve and festivities have begun aboard the luxury cruise ship Poseidon, at sea in the North Atlantic. One of the finest vessels of its kind, Poseidon stands more than 20 stories tall, boasts 800 staterooms and 13 passenger decks. Tonight, many of the ship's guests have gathered to greet the New Year in style in the magnificent main ballroom.
However a Rogue Wave, a monstrous wall of water over one hundred feet high, is bearing down on them with tremendous speed. The wave strikes with colossal force, pitching the ship heavily to port before rolling it completely upside down; supports collapse, broken gas lines ignite flash fires and lights fail, leaving vast sections of the ship in darkness and chaos.
In its aftermath a few hundred survivors are left to huddle in the still-intact main ballroom, now resting below the waterline. One man, professional gambler Dylan Johns (Josh Lucas), prefers to test the odds alone. Ignoring orders, he prepares to exit the Ballroom and find his own way to safety, but is collared by nine-year-old Conor (Jimmy Bennett), who asks that Dylan take him and his mother Maggie (Jacinda Barrett) along. Fast behind them is Robert Ramsey (Kurt Russell), anxious to search for his daughter Jennifer (Emmy Rossum) and her fiancé Christian (Mike Vogel).
Determined to fight their way to the surface, they must forge a path together through layers of wreckage as the ship continues to sink. Bonds form quickly in this journey of vertical climbs, dead ends and sheer drops. Trust proves vital...
Average rating (8 reviews)
Reasonably entertaining
KateBushfan | 31/10/2008 | See all KateBushfan's reviews (27) »
I think that the best way to approach this movie is with an open mind.Don't expect a masterpiece because it most definitely isn't one.But this is a reasonably entertaining film with decent effects and just about the right running time.
The script is corny and is as cliched as hell,but if you want to pass 90 minutes or so in an unassuming way then this film is worth watching.
This is a thrilling film brillant
ArnoldKILLER | 15/05/2008 | See all ArnoldKILLER's reviews (226) »
The graphics of this film is amazing. The wave was great although if it was me in that boat i would be terrifed. The action going up and out the top of the boat was great. A group of people going to the top of the bopat and people being killed was amazing. There could of been moreto it and the film could of been longer. But i still think that this film was great. I have it on dvd and i went to the cinima and watched it. At the cinima it was great because the screen was bigger it was more better. I really liked the bit when the wave hits the boat. That was the best bit of the film. At the cinima that was incredible to watch.
Big Boat Big Wave Small Characters
ajaxdave | 16/02/2008 | See all ajaxdave's reviews (3) »
A big disappointment. At the end of the original film, the rescuer asks how many people survived and is told just SIX......and you feel sorry for those lost at sea !!!! At the end of this remake, I could not tell you how many are on the raft...............and I don't care !!!!!
I will keep this DVD with the original, as a reminder of how bad it is..............or rather how good the original is
Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum, Mike Vogel, Andre Braugher & Kevin Dillon | |
12 years and over | |
2006 | |
Widescreen 2.40:1 Anamorphic | |
English - Dolby Digital (5.1) | |
1 hour and 36 minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
