The Poseidon Adventure exemplifies the disaster film done right, going down smoothly with ratcheting tension and a terrific ensemble to give the peril a distressingly human dimension. Read critic reviews
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En route from New York City to Greece on New Year's Eve, majestic passenger ship the S.S. Poseidon is overtaken by a tidal wave. With the captain (Leslie Nielsen) dead, surviving passengers, including the passionate Rev. Scott (Gene Hackman), band together in the ship's ballroom. The group struggles to avert fires, flooding, structural instability and mechanical malfunctions as they make their way through a maze of ladders and tunnels in their desperate attempt to escape a watery grave.
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Rating: PG
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Genre: Adventure, Mystery & thriller
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Original Language: English
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Director: Ronald Neame, Irwin Allen
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Producer: Irwin Allen, Steve Broidy
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Writer: Paul Gallico, Wendell Mayes, Stirling Silliphant
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Distributor: 20th Century Fox
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Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
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There's an argument to be made that it is the best of the 70s disaster movies (an admittedly low bar) as it isn't too long and there is a willingness to kill off characters (most of whom are not too insufferable) in unceremonious ways.
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It is irritating that nearly every female character is shown as weak or hysterical, but this is an entertaining disaster movie that can be quite tense sometimes and has a superb production design, nice action scenes and a great cast made up of mostly Oscar-winning actors.
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A good adventure blockbuster that is just yearly fodder this day and age. Not without its flaws, nobody seems to know how to swim and everybody questions Hackman who is right most of the time. Great for the time period it was made and better than some of the action survival films out there today. If you forgive some of the pitfalls you'll have a great time.
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One of the greatest disaster films ever made, The Poseidon Adventure is an intense thriller that never lets up. In the middle of its transatlantic voyage the S.S. Poseidon capsizes on New Year's, leaving a small group of passengers to struggle for survival by climb through the bowels of the ship in an attempt to reach rescue. The all-star cast includes Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall, Shelley Winters, and Pamela Sue Martin. The set designs are amazing, and really give the sense of being in an upside-down ship. The special effects are also especially well done; enhancing the film by adding suspense and a sense of danger. The Poseidon Adventure is a compelling and ground-breaking film that set a new standard for the disaster genre.
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