Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Watchable movie with some great effects especially the wave hitting the cruiser. Old hats like Dreyfuss and Russell add to the luster.

This modern-day remake of a 1970s disaster classic is pretty much what you would expect from a state-of-the-art disaster epic: it's full of non-stop action, thrills and spills and boasts some stunning CGI effects. If you're looking for more, though, then you're going to be disappointed as that really is all there is to it. The film kicks off straight away as we meet the Poseidon (in one of the few unconvincing special effects in the film) and the various diverse characters whose fates we will follow for the next hour and a half. Barely ten minutes in, the disaster occurs in an absolutely brilliant, overwhelming piece of cinema. From then on, our survivors battle against the odds to make their ways to safety and the suspense and excitement never lets up.Those expecting subtlety or wisdom should look elsewhere as POSEIDON has neither. Instead, it has a string of good-guys-in-peril situations, ranging from crossing dangerous heights to fighting their way out of a flooding air vent. Things begin spectacularly and stay spectacular and I enjoyed every second of what was going on. Wolfgang Petersen can be depended upon to deliver a decent sea film and I found myself enjoying this more than THE PERFECT STORM, even though it has none of the characterisation or realism of that film. Petersen has assembled a good cast, headlined by newcomer Josh Lucas reminding me of Thomas Jane and old hand Kurt Russell putting in a rugged, decent turn. The unknown female actors are uniformly good as is a surprisingly understated Richard Dreyfuss. The only person I didn't like was Kevin Dillon, whose bolshie, OTT portrayal of a gambler seems to belong to a comedy and not this.The CGI effects are expertly done and too numerous to mention, but I enjoyed every moment of the peril. Another surprise was the film's level of death and brutality; the most effective scene is set in a lift shaft where one character is put in a life-or-death dilemma. It's hard-hitting stuff, and I was astonished to see the burning and exploding bodies in a 12-certificate film. Come the movie's climax, there's time for some sentimental stuff and some kid-in-peril scenarios, but I didn't mind that as the film had already delivered what the trailer offered. Sure, POSEIDON is a no-brainer, and yes, it's a remake we didn't really need...but it's a darned enjoyable one at that.

Probably one of the worse remakes ever,even worse than the TV mini series version.In the 1972 classic there was at least some character development so that you at least cared about who lived or died. In this version I couldn't care less if they all went down with the ship . When is Hollywood gonna realize that you shouldn't remake a classic and CGI special effects aren't enough to carry a film you need a Good script to go with it. Why don't they remake a film that sucked and make it better instead of the other way around This film was a huge failure at the box office and it deserved to be.Even the dreadful Beyond the Poseidon adventure was better than this.

What do you need to make a truly bad movie? Well, first, a great cast - Josh Lucas as Dylan Johns Kurt Russell as Robert Ramsey Emmy Rossum as Jennifer Ramsey Mike Vogel as Christian Sanders Jacinda Barrett as Maggie James Richard Dreyfuss as Richard Nelson Mía Maestro as Elena Morales Jimmy Bennett as Connor James Kevin Dillon as Lucky Larry Freddy Rodriguez as Marco Valentin Andre Braugher as Captain Michael Bradford Stacy Ferguson as Gloria Kirk B. R. Woller as Chief Officer Reynolds Gabriel Jarret as First Officer Chapman Then, make it a remake - and this is the main problem, probably. Remakes are often a disaster, here it is a bad try, too. Only the very moment of a catastrophe is worth watching, but then neither Kurt Russell, not Jacinda Barrett can save this sad, slow, plodding steamroller of a bad film. You can watch it, yeah, but then this is all you can do.