Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

cinemajesty After providing the masses with new century entertainment with "The Perfect Strom" (2000) and "Troy" (2004), the third movie for Warner Bros. Pictures since the millennium; "Poseidon" directed by Wolfgang Petersen at the age of 64 can not exceed the original "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972), which it intentionally should have with an high-end Hollywood special effects team, a cast stretching from actor Kurt Russell to Richard Dreyfuss, yet mismatching actor Josh Lucas with the fictitious character of Dylan Johns and female parts completely underdeveloped, stuffed with unchallenged actresses from Emmy Rossum to Mia Maestro, in a screenplay by writer Mark Protosevich, which seems have no basic instinct survival conflicts between the characters implanted into the story-line with all changed up names and character origins as the original novel from 1969 by Paul Gallico (1897-1976) suggested and at least had been modestly set into action by 1972er version starring Gene Hackman as Reverend Scott and Ernest Borgnine as the character of Rogo under the direction of Ronald Neame (1911-2010). Here in the 2006er version, everything had been sacrificed for a special effects showcase of stereotype characters in which the character of Robert Ramsey, performed with no further means by actor Kurt Russell, has his introduction in correcting his daughter Jennifer Ramsey of not making out with her boy-friend publicly, while having a glass of single malt whiskey in the five-star-suit of the title-given cruise liner, before entering the cold water of the Atlantic ocean without reaching the surface ever again, asking where the writer of "The Cell" (2000) has dropped his thrill-set to hover the audience at least for 90 Minutes over a sleep-tight-in-your-auditorium-seat of a movie.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

jeden35 OK movie fans there may be some spoilers in this review:I've watched Kurt Russell over the years and with most Actors they engage in movies with the hopes that it will be a significant achievement in their overall career. Unfortunately when you're not the Executive Producer and you don't have the say so of leaving in almost 30 minutes of film.............you end up with THIS.If I was going to take the time to write a letter to the Hollywood Producers of this remake debacle it might be along the lines of this:Dear Mr./s Clueless,If your going to remake a Movie Epic which essentially was the Iconic Disaster Film for which every disaster film was modeled after since 1972, here's an idea, make it as good or better. So by completely changing the story line (other then flipping the Ship upside down), that's a story for success? Maybe by putting in the new Karate Kid and Mr. Miyagi that'd flared up the dramatic "how do we overcome" sequences. OK, I'll bite. You changed 99.9% of the characters and story line to put in incredible CGI effects, but overturned the Ship in 2 Minutes? What a build up. Then you ripped out almost 30 minutes of the film for release. I felt as though I was watching "Easy Rider", "The Wall", and "Fantasia" all combined. What a scrambled egg mess.Was there flaws in the 1972 Poseidon? Absolutely. However, the acting was dramatically better, the action more intense and in the last scene as the torch cuts through stern sums up the 1972 movies intensity. The look on the characters faces says it all. They're obviously reflecting on their loss not their gain. You missed all of that completely in 2006 version.

Python Hyena Poseidon (2006): Dir: Wolfgang Peterson / Cast: Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum, Jacinda Barrett: Yet another Titanic episode where a ship sinks and nearly everyone dies. We know that most of them do survive, and they survive right in time as the ship finally sinks. One heroic figure survives after many life threatening rescue missions. At least one person dies while saving or sacrificing him / herself. And there will be an annoying kid who hides and nearly causes others to drown in their search. This film should sink down a toilet since it was about as fun as diarrhea. Director Wolfgang Peterson delivers on production but only seldom does he deliver a film of artistic context. He previously made such junk as Air Force One and The Perfect Storm. The special effects pass but hardly able to be as interesting as the conversations between restless viewers sitting around me. The cast includes Josh Lucas who will act as hero. Kurt Russell who will pay the price for risking his ass. Richard Dreyfuss who hopefully reflects upon a much better lost at sea film he was in called Jaws. Emmy Rossum plays a potential love interest and nothing more. This is the standard case of potential actors being lined up to take second billing to special effects. They are all briefly introduced and thrust into standard disaster clichés that sink faster than the boat itself. Score: 3 / 10

sgholbrook First thing to note is the CGI, animation and stunts in this film are top notch ! I love these sort of films, which provide a simple story, set in one location, yet the ideas in it are gripping ! This was done very well and in a great time limit too, some of the ideas kinda felt very mainstream but some others really stood out in their own way (whether that's how a ship actually works logically, I can't say) but I would like to imagine it does ! This was a fun casual film to watch.... Nothing bad or amazing about it, it's simply a movie worth watching. The time that went into creating sets for this must have been a LONG time, as considering most of the film the ship is upside down, the attention to detail of the background and the physics to it all had to be 100%. Didn't spot a fault with it myself, that took some doing ! Worth the watch, go check it out, even though I did watch it the day my parents left for their first ever cruise !