Itense! And BRILLIANT actors! POSEIDON

Advantages: ACTION PACKED!
Disadvantages: there isnt any

...It really is the new Titanic but with a little less love. This movie is intense, and will have everyone on the edge of their seats when watching it. When the cruise ship 'poseidon' is over turned by a freak wave alot of people are trapped with no way out, however a small group of people try to get to the bottom of the ship, which just happens to be up now. This film is full of death and really does scare you in that freaky way. When watching it all you can think of is.... What if that happened? What would i do? And that is what makes this film, the ship is one of the biggest i have ever seen and the group of survivors have to make their way through floods, fires and mounds of dead corpses. This film is brilliant and you will never get tired of watching it over and over again. The acting in this film is phenomenal and very...

plainpaul 24.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Poseidon (DVD)

There's nothing fair about who lives and dies

Advantages: Amazing special effects, great action and brilliant cast
Disadvantages: A little too heart-attack-inducing

...On the cruise ship Poseidon, over 2,000 passengers are celebrating New Year's Eve, when a giant freak wave slams into the boat knocking it upside down. A small handful of survivors realise that their only way out is to get to the bottom of the ship, which is now at the top, sitting above the surface of the water. The team have to race through the maze of the ship coming across dead bodies, debris and many horrifying obstacles along the way, to make it to the surface before the ship sinks. ~ Cast ~ Dylan - Josh Lucas Robert - Kurt Russell Maggie - Jacinda Barrett Conor - Jimmy Bennett Richard - Richard Dreyfuss Jennifer - Emmy Rossum Elena - Mía Maestro Christian - Mike Vogel Lucky Larry - Kevin Dillon Marco - Freddy Rodríguez I've seen this film before when it was first released but when I saw it was being...

frankiefromings13 28.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Poseidon (DVD)

Poseidon's Gold sinks to surface

Advantages: Highly fun, helps you discover life in Imperial Roman times, and will satisfy anyone's appetite for criminal intrigue
Disadvantages: May require previous knowledge of other titles in the series, but still brilliant as an introduction to the Falco series

...society ranging from slaves to the Imperial family. The language she employs is highly accessible, with a modern popular tone that doesn't seem out of its time or place and just keeps you smiling. I'll leave you to enjoy the intrigue, just know that Poseidon DOES sink only to surface later with the help of the top god, Zeus and half a million gold sesterces....

dekom 30.03.2001 · Read review
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I want to be, under the sea!

Advantages: Good disaster film
Disadvantages: A bit repetitive and predictable

...Poseidon is the 2006 remake of The Poseidon Adventure (1972). Directed by Wolfgang Peterson, it is a straight remake and well made action film. The Plot The luxury liner 'Poseidon' is swamped by a huge wave and overturns. The majority of the survivors stay in the main hall of the liner while a small group make a bid to get to the surface. However, the ship is a maze of passages, and the overturning of the ship is causing flooding, fires and other dangers for them. The Cast and Performances There is a good cast on show here. Josh Lucas plays Dylan Johns, one of the leads, as the man who persuades the group that going to the surface is the only safe course of action to take. His intensity in the role matches the mood created by the director perfectly. Kurt Russell is Robert Ramsey, New York Mayor, and the tussle of power...

pmcds 16.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Poseidon (DVD)

Drama! Suspense! Tension!!! ... ad nauseum...

Advantages: Josh Lucas is quite good, some good effects, excellent musical score...
Disadvantages: ... ... well, just about everything else...

...This is a FILM-ONLY review --------------------------------------- Take one generic disaster movie plot based on a successful seventies film ("The Poseidon Adventure"). Add in a few generic disaster movie characters, plus a homosexual to make it all cosily politically correct. Throw in a star name or two, get yourself a huge special effects budget, and viola! You have Poseidon. You may be able to work out from that not only that this film didn't do much for me, but that I'm not a great fan of the disaster movie genre. Apart from Volcano (which benefited greatly from having Tommy Lee Jones as the central character), I really can't name another that truly gripped me. (There may be one or two, but none that I can remember at the moment.) In fact I wasn't going to watch this one at all but as my other half decided she wanted to...

CaptainDisaster 26.06.2006 · Read review
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Review of Poseidon (DVD)

That Sinking Feeling

Advantages: A big action sequence
Disadvantages: Zero character development, quite dull, cliched, all bang but no satisfaction

...When did the ideas factory burn down? It must have been in the last few years as there can be no other reason for why Hollywood can't seem to get many new ideas. This Summer alone we're getting a new Superman movie, we've had a re-make of The Omen and joining the bunch is a re-make of 70's disaster flick The Poseidon Adventure. With a titanic budget of over $150 million and a US gross of not even half that amount it's safe to say that this movie tanked and was left dead in the water floating away as a distant summer memory. Does the movie deserve such failure? Well to be honest it does. On New Years Eve, Poseidon, a luxury ocean liner is hosting a lavish party to see out the end of the year. Everyone's having a great time until the party is spoiled by a rogue tidal wave which hit's the liner and leaves it upside down, flooded...

utero 08.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Poseidon (DVD)

SWIM! SWIM FOR YOUR LIVES!

Advantages: GRIPPING, NAIL BITING, ENGAGING.
Disadvantages: SCARY, BIT TOO MUCH TO BE A CERTIFICATE 12

...Poseidon (2006) Directed by Wolfgang Peterson Music by Klaus Badelt Certificate 12 90 minutes run time ******************************************** The Thing About Me and Scary Movies... As some of you may know by now, I'm not big on the whole scary/fear factor type of film. The horror genre is just not my thing at all, and anything that is remotely nail-bitting is usually sidestepped for the Romcom or the period drama. I am, in point of fact, a woos when it comes to watching films of this type. Let me give you an example. Upon seeing Independance Day at the cinema with my younger brother, at one part (the bit where the dog nearly gets engulfed in a fireball) I actually shouted IN THE CINEMA "the dog! the dog! OH! THE DOG!" My brother has never been to the cinema with me since....! So, it was...

phoenixgreen 16.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of Poseidon (DVD)

Water, Water Everywhere and not a drop to drink!

Advantages: Great action scenes
Disadvantages: None

...I have to say, I was quite excited about watching this. I had read the reviews written in the early days after it's release and they were average, not slating it but not working it up either so I was not expecting a brilliant experience. It was more a feeling of familiarity, having watched the original version from 1972 repeatedly as I was growing up; this version (2006) felt like it would be an old friend. For anyone who maybe doesn't know the tale of Poseidon or The Poseidon Adventure, from 1972, the premise of the story is on New Year's Eve a huge tidal wave knocks over a massive cruise ship and it rolls right round so it is upside down on a tilt in the middle of the ocean. Hundreds lose their lives immediately with the flooding and fires that encompass most of the ship but a large group of revellers on two different floors...

wendybull 11.11.2006 · Read review
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Review of Poseidon (DVD)

Yawn!

Advantages: A couple of scenes with good tension.
Disadvantages: Hollywood turkey. C.G.I ride. Bland actors. Boring. Clichéd.

...Poseidon was released sometime in May 2006 and was directed by Wolfgang Petersen, the same guy who directed The Perfect Storm (2000), Das Boot (1981) and most notably, the Never-ending Story (1984). It is the remake of the 1972 classic, The Poseidon Adventure. When the Americans are not busy spoiling foreign films by remaking them, such as Ringu (Hideo Nakata, 1998) for example, they release huge 150-160 million budget films, all sketched in the same manner, just in order to please the casual viewer. Sometimes, big budgets can produce some great material... but nine times out of ten, it results in a turkey. Poseidon is one of those turkeys. It is not as bad as James Cameron's Titanic, but it comes close... The first thing that struck me was the blandness of Klaus Badelt's soundtrack. Here, we are far from a subtle Jerry...

gantzgraf 21.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Poseidon (DVD)

A Watered Down Disaster Movie

Advantages: Entertaining, some decent special effects
Disadvantages: Overly predictable and very cliche

...►►► Synopsis It's New Years Eve on the Poseidon, a luxury ocean liner, and as the celebrations in the ships ballroom get under way to welcome the New Year in, it looks like everyone is going to have a good time. That is until a gigantic rogue wave engulfs the Poseidon, causing it to capsize in scenes of utter disarray and carnage. As the ships captain tries to reassure the remaining survivors that if they remain calm and stay in the ballroom a rescue party will be with them in a few hours, a small group decide that they would be better of trying to find their own way out. ►►► Opinion When the remake of "Poseidon" hit the big screens in 2006 I somehow managed to miss the boat and it disappeared before I had chance to see it. So when I got a chance to recently watch this I could not wait...

christianfilmcritic 19.02.2007 · Read review
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