Poseidon

Starring: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, et al.

Product Description

When a rogue wave capsizes a luxury cruise ship in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, a small group of survivors find themselves unlikely allies in a battle for their lives. Preferring to test the odds alone, career gambler Dylan Johns ignores captain's orders to wait below for possible rescue and sets out to find his own way to safety. What begins as a solo mission soon draws others, as Dylan is followed by a desperate father searching for his daughter and her fiancee - a young couple who hours before couldn't summon the courage to tell him they were engaged and now face much graver challenges. Along the way they are joined by a single mother and her wise-beyond-his-years son, an anxious stowaway and a despondent fellow passenger who boarded the ship not sure he wanted to live but now knows he doesn't want to die. Determined to fight their way to the surface, the group sets off through the disorienting maze of twisted steel in the upside-down wreckage. As the unstable vessel rapidly fills with water each must draw on skills and strengths they didn't even know they possessed, fighting against time for their own survival and for each other.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 012569736580
• Release Date: August 2006
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: WarnerBrothers
• Director: Wolfgang Petersen
• Starring: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum, Mike Vogel, Jacinda Barrett, Mia Maestro, Jimmy Bennett, Andre Braugher, Kevin Dillon
• Runtime: 1 hour, 38 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; AC-3; Closed-captioned; Color; Dolby; Dubbed; NTSC; Subtitled; Widescreen
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

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For those of you who have not seen the original Poseidon movie with Shelley Winters, this remake matches or exceeds the original. Unsinkable boat sinks. Some are willing to go down with it knows that they are paralyzed by the experience, and then some are adventurous survivors. Which are you? We have hours of great entertainment watching those who would survive to see if they do survive, and those that do not, how they do not. There is some emotion, some romance, some fear of heights, and so forth, but the real movie is will they get out. All the actors are quite well known and well-seasoned; the few that are new hold up just as well. The deadline is the present date, so there are no problems with Period Pieces or having to match period Costumes. There are lots of fire, lots of water, and an upside-down perspective on boating. There is no redeeming social value to this film, but it will be fun kibitzing while telling them aloud, "Do not go there! Do not open that door! Here comes the water!”