Poseidon

Name: Poseidon
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Released: May 12, 2006
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 50
Cast: Emmy Rossum, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss

2006

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Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: May 12, 2006 | PG-13

Starring: Emmy Rossum, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss

Summary: Master storyteller Wolfgang Peterson (Das Boot, The Perfect Storm) returns to the sea with Poseidon to focus not only on the power of a massive rogue wave that overturns a luxury cruise ship in open water, but on the intense dramas that play out among a small group of people fighting to survive in its aftermath. (Warner Bros.)

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Thriller

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 98 min

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

It's a buoyant, old-wave disaster pic for a generation of well-conditioned thrill seekers charmed by the revelation that Richard Dreyfuss really is the Red Buttons of our day. Read full review

William Arnold

As clumsy as the movie is in many ways, it strings together maybe a dozen situations in which we are absolutely, excruciatingly, on the edge of our seats -- which is to say that the new Poseidon essentially does its job. Read full review

Stephen Hunter

Petersen leaves out, largely, character, back story, anecdote and warm personal relations. Poseidon isn't cute, funny, warm, nice, inspirational or uplifting. It's about the incredible labor of survival in a world turned totally sociopathic in an instant. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Overall it's slick, brainless entertainment. Read full review

Steven Rea

There's nothing hip or ironic about Poseidon, which makes Russell and Lucas the perfect leading men. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Exciting and nerve-racking in the moment, but empty. Read full review

Kyle Smith

It's "Das Bomb." It's "The Perfunctory Storm." Read full review

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chelsea

Jan 31, 2009

This movie was soo intense! some parts made me cry. but i couldn't find anything wrong with it. and plus josh lucas is sexy which is good enough for me !

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ZeusA.

May 18, 2006

Excellent! suspenseful with good human interest moments. cant see why some people are so bitter over it. This is not like the original. to want to releive that is foolish. It kept my attention the whole way and I cared for what happened to the characters. also its funny that the negative Excellent! suspenseful with good human interest moments. cant see why some people are so bitter over it. This is not like the original. to want to releive that is foolish. It kept my attention the whole way and I cared for what happened to the characters. also its funny that the negative reviewers "hate" this movie. how unfortunate that a movie that shows people helping each other in order to get through a terrible disaster should produce "hate" in a movie reviewer. there is nothing to "hate" about this movie. thats a big fat misrepresentation of this movie's experience and message. See it without any bias and maybe, in the middle of all the action and suspense, the movie's intertwined and heartfelt human interest message will be experienced and enjoyed.… Expand

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MikeS.

May 11, 2006

Great movie... a little short on plot, but the action is phenomenal. Josh Lucas is great also.

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jonslow

Jan 11, 2019

A remake is not always an automatic negative. The visuals are quite impressive, and if you look beyond some mediocre acting, you actually may be entertained.

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CineAutoctono

Jul 25, 2015

This film is a farce , because it is another boat but superapara anything Titanic pelicua , and what Poseidon is a fictional ship and ran aground head , and the Titanic had split in two and Titanic is longer than this filth . Titanic is the clear winner.

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AldrinC.

May 16, 2006

"Poseidon" is typical of Wolfgang Petersen's films; either they suck or they sink.

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ChrisC.

May 10, 2006

Painful...makes four hours of "Titanic" feel like a 30-minute sitcom.

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