The Poseidon Adventure (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

John Putch

Writers (WGA):

Paul Gallico (novel)
Bryce Zabel (teleplay)

Release Date:

20 November 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

THE GREATEST DANGER IS ALREADY ON BOARD

Plot:

A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape. |

Plot Keywords:

Explosion | E Mail | Homeland Security Agency | Capsize | Bomb

Cast

Adam Baldwin	...	Mike Rogo
Rutger Hauer	...	Bishop August Schmitt
Steve Guttenberg	...	Richard Clarke
Bryan Brown	...	Jeffrey Anderson
C. Thomas Howell	...	Doctor Ballard
Peter Weller	...	Captain Paul Gallico
Alex Kingston	...	Suzanne Harrison
Alexa Hamilton	...	Rachel Clarke
Clive Mantle	...	James Martin
Sylvia Syms	...	Belle Rosen
Amber Sainsbury	...	Shelby Clarke
Rory Copus	...	Dylan Clarke
Geoffrey Pierson	...	Admiral Jennings (as Geoff Pierson)
Peter Dobson	...	Agent Percy
Nathalie Boltt	...	Shoshanna

Also Known As:

The New Poseidon Adventure (Australia)

Runtime:

174 min | Australia:156 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | USA:Not Rated | Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Company:

Larry Levinson Productions

Trivia:

Some characters and rooms were renamed to pay homage; the ship's captain was named Captain Gallico for writer Paul Gallico on whose novel the story is based; the ship's doctor was named Dr. Ballard for 'Bob Ballard (I)' leader of the 1985 expedition that discovered the remains of the Titanic; the ship's lounge named Jak's Lounge for Jak Castro president of The Poseidon Adventure Fan Club.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The hole that is blown in the ship could not have turned the whole ship over. It would only have sunk the way Titanic had done, only by the stern instead of the bow.

Quotes:

Badawi: You'll die with me.
Mike Rogo: Not today.

Movie Connections:

References Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Oh, the humanity

I had to give this film a 3 rather than the 2 I gave the Peterson version. As horrible and laughable as the characters were I still think they were slightly less wooden and predictable than Peterson's. And I wanted to see if Steve Guttenburg would die a horrible death.

I think the worst thing about the film, though, was during the capsizing. I swear that they actually doctored up footage from the 1972 film. I'd like to confirm it but I really can't bring myself to watch it again. All I kept thinking was "why?" This film is so bad I kept thinking that the producers must have been trying for a tax-loss.

It takes a lot for me to sympathize with on-screen terrorists but this film did it. After the first few minutes of the film I wanted to grab a screwdriver and puncture holes in it until it sank for good. If the original ship was a grand, old lady heading for retirement then this one is the cheap, crack-ho passing out in the alley.