Effects keep 'Poseidon' afloat even when story weighs it down
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

Considering all the things that have happened on luxury liners recently — food poisoning, pirates, dead passengers — a humongous, ship-flipping "rogue" wave might almost seem manageable. But in "Poseidon," thankfully, it's not. In this kinda-sorta remake of Irwin Allen's cheesy 1972 disaster classic "The Poseidon Adventure," everything goes impressively topsy-turvy to the tune of a reported $160 million budget. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
New Year's Eve festivities are underway aboard the luxury cruise ship Poseidon when a rogue wave — a wall of water 150 feet high — slams into the ship, capsizing her. In the aftermath, survivors trapped inside must choose whether to wait to be rescued or to fight their way through the crippled ship to reach the surface.

FILM FACTS ...
Warner Bros. Pictures
'Poseidon'

Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum, Andre Braugher, Mía Maestro, Mike Vogel, Dylan Johns
Run time: 99 minutes
Release date: May 12, 2006
Rating: PG-13 for intense prolonged sequences of disaster and peril.
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Dive in!
Preview the action in "Poseidon" with these stills from the movie.

Ship shape
Atlanta Journal-Constitution film critic Bob Longino compares the "Poseidon" movies side-by-side.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B-
"At heart, Poseidon is just a string of neat-o special effects in search of something that passes for a story line on which to drape itself."

Austin American-Statesman: 1 of 5 stars
"How we miss Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine and, bless her, Shelley Winters."

Cox News Service: D+
"Nothing the characters say or do makes you want to cheer them on. Honestly, I was begging for a surprise ending where they all died."

The Palm Beach Post: C-
"Moviegoers who are in it strictly for the action sequences will probably get their money's worth."


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