Genre: Drama/Action/Adventure
Starring: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum, Mia Maestro, Mike Vogel, Jimmy Bennett
The third remake of the book, The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico, the story describes a group of people trapped in a sinking ship, trying to make their way out of it. A new years eve party is going on the Poseidon, a massive cruise liner which gets overturned by a tidal wave. Dylan (Lucas) a professional gambler, doesn't believe that he would survive the sinking ship and decides to take things in his own hands. He decides to make his way out of the ship by himself but gets accompanied by fellow passengers. A single mother Maggie (Barett) her son Conor (Bennett) the ex-mayor of New York, Robert Ramsey (Russell) and Richard Nelson (Dreyfuss) accompany him on the perilous journey to make their way out of the ship. Robert first rescues his daughter, Jennifer (Rossum) and her boyfriend Christian (Vogel) from the night club and take them along. Most of the story revolves around passing one hurdle after another, heart-rendering losses and the final victory. A highly predictable story with nothing original or unique. It tries to do a Titanic but does not quite get there. The relatively average star cast performs decently well which was the only saving grace.
Thumbs up: Decent performance by a relatively unknown star cast
Thumbs down: Highly-predictable plot, unoriginal
Rating: 5.9/10
Starring: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum, Mia Maestro, Mike Vogel, Jimmy Bennett
The third remake of the book, The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico, the story describes a group of people trapped in a sinking ship, trying to make their way out of it. A new years eve party is going on the Poseidon, a massive cruise liner which gets overturned by a tidal wave. Dylan (Lucas) a professional gambler, doesn't believe that he would survive the sinking ship and decides to take things in his own hands. He decides to make his way out of the ship by himself but gets accompanied by fellow passengers. A single mother Maggie (Barett) her son Conor (Bennett) the ex-mayor of New York, Robert Ramsey (Russell) and Richard Nelson (Dreyfuss) accompany him on the perilous journey to make their way out of the ship. Robert first rescues his daughter, Jennifer (Rossum) and her boyfriend Christian (Vogel) from the night club and take them along. Most of the story revolves around passing one hurdle after another, heart-rendering losses and the final victory. A highly predictable story with nothing original or unique. It tries to do a Titanic but does not quite get there. The relatively average star cast performs decently well which was the only saving grace.
Thumbs up: Decent performance by a relatively unknown star cast
Thumbs down: Highly-predictable plot, unoriginal
Rating: 5.9/10
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