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Release
Date: |
05/12/2006
- Nationwide |
Run
Time: |
1
hr. 38 min. |
MPAA
Rating: |
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For
intense prolonged sequences of disaster and peril |
Genre: |
Action/Adventure
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Starring: |
Kurt
Russell, Josh Lucas, Emmy Rossum, Jacinda Barrett, Richard Dreyfuss |
Director(s): |
Wolfgang
Petersen |
Producer(s): |
Wolfgang
Petersen, Michael Fleiss, Diana Rathbun |
Writer(s): |
Paul
Gallico, Mark Protosevich |
Studio: |
Warner
Bros. Pictures |
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| Synopsis |
| It's New Year's Eve and festivities
have begun aboard the luxury cruise Poseidon, at sea in the North
Atlantic--that is until the First Officer senses that something is
wrong. Scanning the horizon, he sees a rogue wave; a monstrous wall
of water over one hundred feet high, bearing down on them with tremendous
speed. He tries to steer the ship away from maximum impact but it's
too late. The wave strikes with colossal force, pitching the ship
heavily to port before rolling it completely upside down. One man,
professional gambler Dylan Johns, prefers to test the odds alone.
Ignoring orders, he prepares to exit the Ballroom and find his own
way to safety, but is collared by eight-year-old Conor, who asks that
Dylan take him and his mother Maggie along. Fast behind them is Robert
Ramsey, anxious to search for his daughter Jennifer and her fiance
Christian. Wary of alliances, Dylan reluctantly leads the small band
of survivors upward through the bowels of the ship. Those who choose
to join them rather than wait below include a shy stowaway, a suicidal
man who re-discovers his will to live and a young waiter with knowledge
of the ship's layout. Determined to fight their way to the surface,
they must forge a path together through layers of wreckage as the
ship continues to sink. Bonds form quickly in this journey of vertical
climbs, dead ends and sheer drops. And trust proves vital. |
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