Overview: Legendary director Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot, The Perfect Storm) brings all his talent for jaw-dropping spectacle to his 2006 epic disaster movie Poseidon, a pulse-pounding update of Paul Gallico’s classic adventure novel.

Passengers and crew members alike are celebrating New Year’s Eve aboard the cruise-liner Poseidon, the pinnacle of engineering and the height of luxury.

But soon after the clock strikes midnight, a gigantic rogue wave comes crashing against the vessel, sending it plummeting towards the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. As the ship sinks further down, a group of survivors must learn to work together if they are to pull through this terrifying ordeal.

With an outstanding ensemble cast including Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss, Andre Braugher and Emmy Rossum, and stunning special effects by Industrial Light and Magic, Poseidon is an audiovisual tour de force, presented for the first time on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray.

4K Blu-ray Verdict: In one of the better remakes, this Poseidon is a really damn fine film all of its own. The special effects are superb and some of the scenes (the elevator shaft and the ventilation shaft) rip your nerves to shreds! Furthermore, you really have no idea who will live and who will die in this update.

Of course, one has to compare it to the original and I think a lot of people are looking at the original through rose tinted spectacles. It was good but it was Seventies kitsch with corny dialogue and cheesy characters. This film has them too, but at 98 minutes it leaves little time for artificial character development and takes you straight into the action.

Like all action films there are implausible scenes that require you to completely suspend your disbelief. But I have no problems with giant apes climbing tall buildings or lone cops fighting off armies of armed terrorists so I can certainly put up with a group of nobodies defying trying to get out of a capsized ship!

In closing, Poseidon was always meant to be about 100 minutes of cheap, meaningless thrills with a little romance and comedy thrown in for good measure. That’s what attracted it to me back in the day. Anyway, that was the goal of the movie and they did a fantastic job at achieving it. And for that, it deserves all the love that it still gets today. I mean, for God’s sake, the movie is still truly entertaining!

4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:
4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Ocean View, a brand-new interview with director of photography John Seale
Big Sets for Big-Time Directors: A brand new interview with production designer William Sandell
Surfing the VFX Wave, a brand new interview with visual effects supervisor Boyd Shermis
Bringing Out the Dead, a brand new interview with make-up effects on-set supervisor Michael Deak
Set a Course for Adventure: A brand new retrospective on the film by Heath Holland
Poseidon: A Ship on a Soundstage, a featurette looking at the film’s production featuring interviews with cast and crew
Poseidon: Upside Down, a featurette exploring the film’s challenging set design
A Shipmate’s Diary, a featurette following production assistant Malona Voigt on the set of Poseidon
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jacey
Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Priscilla Page

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