Oh where to begin? Some of the most annoying characters ever put in a movie? The ludicrous plot that an ocean liner would be carrying a nuclear weapon? In the original film, the characters were a bit trite and hackneyed, but in this film they are all irritating. Instead of anticipating who will survive, you keep hoping the old Poseidon will finally go down so you can turn it off.
It takes a really bad script to create a bomb that these fine actors can't save. This, along with the even worse abomination The Swarm released the year before, virtually ended the disaster movie craze for 20 years.
Still, I watch it every few years. It still has a camp, train wreck quality about it.
It takes a really bad script to create a bomb that these fine actors can't save. This, along with the even worse abomination The Swarm released the year before, virtually ended the disaster movie craze for 20 years.
Still, I watch it every few years. It still has a camp, train wreck quality about it.