![]() Josh Lucas, of this winter’s GLORY ROAD, plays a card shark who travels on cruises to bilk rich men out of their money at the poker table. Kurt Russell plays Robert Ramsey, a former fireman and New York City mayor who is treating his daughter (Emmy Rossum from 2004’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA) and her boyfriend to a vacation. The Poseidon is a well-appointed cruise ship filled with wealthy revelers celebrating New Year’s Eve. Of course, the campy fun is also gone, which will leave audiences checking their watches. ![]() POSEIDON, a remake of the 1970s B-movie classic, takes itself more seriously than its predecessor but fails to create true suspense or sympathetic characters. (C, BB, Ho, LL, VV, S, A, D, M) Light Christian worldview with bravery, self-sacrifice, helping other people, and a Christian character who prays to God for safety and survivors borrow crucifix necklace from Christian woman to get out of one scrape, plus brief mention of a male character’s onshore homosexual relationship, which apparently has broken up four light obscenities, one SOB, four or five strong profanities by unpleasant character, and six light exclamatory profanities some strong violence includes large wave turns boat upside down, ocean water knocks people off their feet, woman falls to her death, two men fall to their deaths, explosions, people drown, many passengers are crushed and burned but the camera does not dwell on their injuries, boy in danger several times, people electrocuted, and images of corpses but not in a extremely graphic manner no sex scenes, but young adults kiss and brief mention of a male character’s homosexual relationship no nudity, but female cleavage drinking smoking and, gambling and man makes another man fall to his death in order to save his life. Ultimately, however, POSEIDON is boring and fares poorly when compared to another May movie, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III. Also, the group as a whole acts selflessly, even when it would be easier to go it alone. ![]() There are some positive elements, like the father who sacrifices himself for the group's safety. This makes it difficult to relate to the characters. With the water rising steadily and the ship falling apart, they must make their way through a maze of traps and dead-ends.Ī few tense moments spring up in POSEIDON, but just as many scenes fall flat, especially the predictable sequence inside an air duct. The group includes a former fireman played by Kurt Russell, a card shark, a mother and her preteen son, and a newly engaged couple. A rogue wave overturns a luxurious cruise ship, and a daring group of eight decides to find their own escape instead of trusting the captain. It takes itself more seriously than its predecessor but fails to create suspense or sympathetic characters. 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.POSEIDON is a remake of the 1970s B-movie classic. Determined to fight their way to the surface, the group sets off through the disorienting maze of twisted steel in the upside-down wreckage. Along the way they are joined by a single mother (Jacinda Barrett) and her wise-beyond-his-years son (Jimmy Bennett), an anxious stowaway (Mia Maestro) and a despondent fellow passenger (Richard Dreyfuss) who boarded the ship not sure he wanted to live but now knows he doesn't want to die. What begins as a solo mission soon draws others as Dylan is followed by a desperate father (Kurt Russell) searching for his daughter (Emmy Rossum) and her fiancé (Mike Vogel), a young couple who hours before couldn't summon the courage to tell him they were engaged and now face much graver challenges. ![]() Preferring to test the odds alone, career gambler John Dylan (Josh Lucas) ignores captain's orders (Andre Braugher) to wait below for possible rescue and sets out to find his own way to safety. 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.
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