Poseidon [Blu-ray]

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Director Wolfgang Petersen (The Perfect Storm) returns to the sea wit Partying voyagers toast the future. It's New Year's Eve on the Poseidon. The future comes in a rush: a 150-foot rogue wave flips the cruise ship over...and a struggle to survive begins.

And while it lacks the engaging humanity of the 1972 version, Poseidon is certainly never boring. Unfortunately, most of these characters are two-dimensional and under-developed (especially when compared to the 1972 film's all-star cast), and the unimaginative screenplay by Mark Protosevich (reportedly worked on by several uncredited writers) subjects them to a rote series of obstacles that grow increasingly routine and repetitious, not to mention contrived and illogical. --Jeff Shannon Again, it hardly matters, because Petersen's handling of non-stop action is so slick and professional that Poseidon gets by on sheer adrenaline. The capsizing scenes are nothing less than awesome, with some effects so real (and so horrifying) that younger and more sensitive viewers may need to look away. Faint praise, perhaps, but you'll get your popcorn's worth of mindless entertainment. Once again, the plot concerns the capsizing (by a massive "rogue wave") of a state-of-the-art luxury liner, and the struggle of a small group of survivors (including Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Emmy Rossum, and Richard Dreyfuss) to climb upwards, to the ship's hull, in their treacherous quest for a safe exit. The 1972 disaster hit The Poseidon Adventure was ripe for a big-budget CGI remake, and who better to helm it than thriller expert Wolfgang Petersen, director of Das Boot and The Perfect Storm? It hardly matters that a TV movie remake (also based on Paul Gallico's original 1969 source novel) was made less than a year before, because Petersen's version is far more spectacular, with shocking digital effects, massive sets, amazing stunt-work and enough fire and water to fill five movies with challenging worst-case scenarios.

Product Info

Actor: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Emmy Rossum
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Warner Brothers
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
EAN: 0883929096862
EAN List: EANListElement: 0883929096862
Feature: It s New Year s Eve on the Poseidon. Partying voyagers toast the future. The future comes in a rush: a 150-foot rogue wave flips the cruise ship over and a struggle to survive begins. Director Wolfgang Petersen (The Perfect Storm) returns to the sea with a thrill-packed, cutting-edge screen adaptation of Paul Gallico s novel The Poseidon Adventure. Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Widescreen
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: WARBR115113
Number Of Discs: 1
Package Quantity: 1
Part Number: WARBR115113
Product Group: DVD
Product Type Name: ABIS_DVD
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2010-04-06
Running Time: 98
SKU: NC-8CBL-JSMT
Studio: Warner Home Video
Title: Poseidon [Blu-ray]
UPC: 883929096862
UPC List: UPCListElement: 883929096862
ASIN: B000R209NY
Sales Rank: 19023