5/6/2006 POSEIDON - #839
Poseidon # 839
[Highpoint Cinema] [2006 Wolfgang Petersen]
A remake of the 1972 film (directed by Ronald Neame) of a luxury ocean liner hit by a gigantic wave and capsized, causing the survivor to make their way through the ship to safety.
The majority of the special effects occur at the beginning (with an impressive wave), and infact the story literally gets going from the first shot. But after that, there is only a certain number of times you can see these survivors wander around the ship, one by one slowly dying. infact, it could be said that there were too many survivors for the film to focus on. Having said that Josh Lucas (as Dylan Johns) is impressive- he reminds me of a young Paul Newman. But overall this big film really doesn't leave you breathless.
Film note: Only one known original member of the 1972 Poseidon appears in this remake, that of Sheila Allen, who played a nurse in the original teaching Ernest Borgnine about suppositories.
Film title: The ship in film is called 'Poseidon' hence the name.
[Highpoint Cinema] [2006 Wolfgang Petersen]
A remake of the 1972 film (directed by Ronald Neame) of a luxury ocean liner hit by a gigantic wave and capsized, causing the survivor to make their way through the ship to safety.
The majority of the special effects occur at the beginning (with an impressive wave), and infact the story literally gets going from the first shot. But after that, there is only a certain number of times you can see these survivors wander around the ship, one by one slowly dying. infact, it could be said that there were too many survivors for the film to focus on. Having said that Josh Lucas (as Dylan Johns) is impressive- he reminds me of a young Paul Newman. But overall this big film really doesn't leave you breathless.
Film note: Only one known original member of the 1972 Poseidon appears in this remake, that of Sheila Allen, who played a nurse in the original teaching Ernest Borgnine about suppositories.
Film title: The ship in film is called 'Poseidon' hence the name.
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