Poseidon
PG-13 · 2006 ‧ Adventure/Action ‧ 1h 39m
After a huge tidal wave capsizes a luxury liner in the North Atlantic, individual survivors (Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett) band together and traverse a hazardous upside-down maze that they hope will take them to safety. As the wrecked...
Release date: May 12, 2006 (USA)
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Distributed by: Warner Bros. and Warner Bros. Pictures
Adapted from: The Poseidon Adventure
Budget: $160 million
Music by: Klaus Badelt
People also ask
Was the movie Poseidon based on a true story?
Is 'The Poseidon Adventure' based on a true story? No. Author Paul Gallico based The Poseidon Adventure on a 1942 incident regarding the British ocean liner RMS Queen Mary, which almost capsized after being hit by a 90 foot rogue wave.
Who survives in Poseidon movie 2006?
After firing a flare, helicopters and nearby ships arrive and save the six survivors. Maggie, Conor, Dylan, Nelson, Christian, and Jen all survived.
Is Poseidon 2006 realistic?
In the movie Poseidon 2006, it is highly unlikely that anyone would survive a large cruise ship capsizing like in the film. The physics of such an event are incredibly complex and unpredictable, making it nearly impossible to accurately predict how many people could realistically survive.
Was Poseidon filmed on a real ship?
Poseidon (2006)
While the first film used Queen Mary as a stand-in for Poseidon, the ship in the 2006 film has an original exterior design not based on any real-life vessel although the interior was inspired by the ocean liner RMS Queen Mary 2.
Rating
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The movie is just what you'd expect: skimpy, almost laughable characterizations surrounded by claustrophobically suspenseful action sequences.
A remake of the classic disaster movie The Poseidon Adventure, this tells much the same story with a small group of passengers trying to escape a doomed ocean ...