Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

FountainPen The greatest favour Wolfgang Petersen could do for himself would be to have his name expunged from this dorky film. It is truly a flop. You'd expect special effects to exceed in 2006, but even that aspect of the movie stinks. Hard to believe that the director Wolfgang Petersen is the same fellow who was responsible for the magnificent Das Boot. ALL the actors were bloody terrible; not one of them convinced me s/he was a real person --- all were cardboard cutouts. One of THE worst movies of the first decade of the 21st century. FAIL FAIL FAIL

LeonLouisRicci The Newness of the "Disaster Movie" was being Formulated in 1972 when the Original Charmed and Thrilled Audiences. That was Then and This is Now. There is Nothing New in this Remake. OK with CGI They can be More Spectacular the way the Obligatory Destruction is Displayed. But Ho-Hum.That Type of Spectacle is Done Weekly at the Multiplexes and it isn't So Much a Thrill Anymore, More of an Expectation. This Type of Thing is Supposed to Reveal Character Development and Personality Traits and Differences. None of that is Attempted Here Except in the Most Cursory and Clichéd. So Shallow is the Character Study that it would Drown in a Tea-Cup.The SFX are Somewhat Impressive, but Again, there's Not Much Else. The Movie is Likely to Fade From Memory and be Gone Like a Wave in an Instant. Mediocre, Mundane with Bursts of Action, and is Possibly the Most Forgettable Film of the New Millennium So Far.

TxMike I saw the 1972 movie a long time ago, I don't remember much about it at all. I had skipped this movie when it came out 9 years ago, I don't recall exactly why, but last week I found the BluRay on the shelves at my public library and brought it home.As the director explains in the extras, they had no desire to re- make the older movie, this one is based on the same source novel but takes its own path with different situations and featuring different types of characters.The Poseidon is a new ship, large and very well fitted, sailing across the Atlantic on New Year's Eve. There is a big party in the large main ballroom. There's gambling, there's music, everyone is having a grand time.Then we see the crew on the bridge, they spot something ominous, a very large rogue wave headed to hit it sideways. They quickly try to steer to a 90 degree position, to hit the wave head-on in the hopes of surviving, but that big ship doesn't turn very easily. The wave hits mostly broadside and overturns.The initial capsizing kills or injures very many on the ship but a small band of 8 or 10, including a young boy, look for a way out by going up, to the bottom of the hull.Josh Lucas is Dylan Johns who had been in the Navy and knew something of ships, and he takes the lead role in finding a way out. Kurt Russell is Robert Ramsey, a former Mayor of New York, he has his daughter and his boyfriend along on the trip. Jacinda Barrett is Maggie James, Richard Dreyfuss is Richard Nelson, Emmy Rossum is the daughter, Jennifer Ramsey. Mía Maestro is stowaway Elena Morales. Mike Vogel is Christian, the boyfriend. And Kevin Dillon (Matt's brother) is gambler and wise guy Lucky Larry, who turns out to not be so lucky.The movie is just disaster entertainment. The BluRay picture and sound are first-rate, many of the collisions and explosions gave our subwoofer a good workout. Even though it is of course all fiction it still has many tense moments. Not all survive.We were entertained for its approximate 90 minutes running time.SPOILERS - THE ENDING: They managed with much difficulty to get to the hull in the stern and open a large shaft for driving some of the propellers. Mr Ramsey perished in the process, drowning when he went to find the propeller switch. When the survivors emerged then jumped into the ocean before the ship rolled over and sank, found a raft, then we see two rescue helicopters with spotlights on the raft, and a boat headed for them.

sgholbrook First thing to note is the CGI, animation and stunts in this film are top notch ! I love these sort of films, which provide a simple story, set in one location, yet the ideas in it are gripping ! This was done very well and in a great time limit too, some of the ideas kinda felt very mainstream but some others really stood out in their own way (whether that's how a ship actually works logically, I can't say) but I would like to imagine it does ! This was a fun casual film to watch.... Nothing bad or amazing about it, it's simply a movie worth watching. The time that went into creating sets for this must have been a LONG time, as considering most of the film the ship is upside down, the attention to detail of the background and the physics to it all had to be 100%. Didn't spot a fault with it myself, that took some doing ! Worth the watch, go check it out, even though I did watch it the day my parents left for their first ever cruise !