Poseidon Movie Review 2006

Uninspired remake of 1972's "The Poseidon Adventure" sunk faster at the box office than the flick's luxury cruise ship. A rogue wave capsizes the liner on New Year's Eve but a few of the passengers defy the captain's orders to remain in the ballroom and await rescue and decide to make their own way to the surface through the treacherous wreckage. The cast is stuck with recognizable genre types (hero, coward, protective parent) but no one stands out amidst the watery rubble. Who'd imagine missing Shelley Winters?

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

New Year's Eve, Disaster Flicks, Survival, Sail Away

Screenplay

Mark Protosevich

Cast

Josh(ua) Lucas, Kurt Russell, Emmy Rossum, Jacinda Barrett, Jimmy Bennett, Mia Maestro, Andre Braugher, Richard Dreyfuss, Mike Vogel, Kevin Dillon, Freddy Rodriguez, Gabe Jarret, Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson

Cinematography

John Seale

Director

Wolfgang Petersen

Music

Klaus Badelt