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2006 Certificate 12
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In this remake of the 1972 disaster classic 'The Poseidon Adventure' (1972) , a luxury ocean liner capsizes from a colossal tidal wave, leaving its survivors to fend for themselves as they find a way out. Read more

Starring Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett, Richard Dreyfuss
Director Wolfgang Petersen
Genres Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Thriller

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Poseidon

In this remake of the 1972 disaster classic 'The Poseidon Adventure' (1972) , a luxury ocean liner capsizes from a colossal tidal wave, leaving its survivors to fend for themselves as they find a way out.

Starring Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett, Richard Dreyfuss, Jimmy Bennett, Emmy Rossum, Mike Vogel, Mía Maestro, Andre Braugher, Kevin Dillon, Freddy Rodríguez
Director Wolfgang Petersen
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 38 mins
HD DVD: 1 hr 38 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Thriller
Language DVD: English, English Audio Description
Blu-ray: English
HD DVD: English
Released DVD: 09 Oct 2006
Blu-ray: 19 Apr 2010
HD DVD: 15 Jan 2007
Production year: 2006

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  • Why is there such an air of inevitability about this? Because the crowd-pleasing analogue spectacle of The Poseidon... read more on Time Out

    • Nick Funnell, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

  • Poseiden's action sequences are efficiently handled, conjuring a genuine sense of lung-busting tension

    • Sight & Sound
    • Posted 08 Oct 2007

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  • 48 out of 49 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1.0 star

    Terrible

    I found this awful....i kept thinking about the fantastic original film, i couldn't help it because the storyline was pretty much copied. The actors were ... more

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      • Lisa from N Wales
      • Posted 22 Jun 2007 16:14

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 0.0 stars

    Stick with the original!

    Totally unecessary, pointless, feeble re-make of 1970s classic. Even the special effects were better way back then.

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      • A customer from Beare Green
      • Posted 15 Jan 2008 14:25

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    McKidd's children persuaded him to join Percy Jackson

    • 10 Feb 2010

    Scottish actor Kevin Mckidd signed up for the big screen adaptation of the Percy Jackson children's books, after his son insisted he took the job. The Grey's Anatomy star plays Poseidon in upcoming movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, about a teenage boy who discovers he's descended from the Greek sea god. McKidd's children are huge fans of the story and they made sure their dad accepted a role in the big screen blockbuster. He tells the Daily Record newspaper, "My kids... Read more

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