Review of Poseidon (2006) by Adam S — 26 Apr 2014

Implausible and downright ludicrous in times, but miles above other comtemporary disaster films such as "2012", Wolfgang Petersen's reimagining of "The Poseidon Adventure" is not without it's charms.

Featuring a cast led by Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Mike Vogel and Richard Dreyfuss, amongst others, this films shows a handful of survivors struggling to escape a sinking cruise liner that was hit by a rogue wave.

Many of the scenes play out like a puzzle game, with handy clues and tools lying around in convenient places, and the acting is as sub-par is in most disaster films, but at least there's some attempt to explain away some of the occurrences, making this film at least fun to watch in a mindless sort of way, rather than a frustration.

There's better films out there, but this isn't THAT bad.