The Poseidon Adventure

1972

Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller

41
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 76% · 32 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 76% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 53335 53.3K

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Plot summary

When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.

Director

Ronald Neame Photo
Ronald Neame

Top cast

Arthur O'Connell Photo
Arthur O'Connell as Chaplain
Bill Catching Photo
Bill Catching as Man
Doug Bell Photo
Doug Bell as Ship's Officer on Dance Floor
Fred Sadoff Photo
Fred Sadoff as Linarcos
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.05 GB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 57 min
Seeds 6
2.16 GB
1920*816
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 57 min
Seeds 31

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mts43 7 / 10

After all these years, it' still one of the better Disaster Films.

Although the film was made in 1972, the special effects still stand up quite well even in this CGI era. While you might expect actors like Hackman and Winters to "walk" through their roles in a film like this simply "for the money", the cast does a solid job. Buttons, known for his proclivity to "ham it up", treats this role more seriously like he did in "Sayonara", and as a result is okay. Carol Lynley, never a great actress to begin with, gives the poorest performance, turning her character into a whiner. In the story, the ship is capsized at midnight on New Years Eve, and the story proceeds from there to the conclusion hours later when it is daylight. The action is continuous, which makes it more believable. As of this date, aside from the "kids" Pamela Sue Martin and Eric Shea, Gener Hackman is the only cast member still living.
Reviewed by EmmeCHammer 8 / 10

Great MOVIE ??

I still don't understand how people get on here and write reviews about movies, with statements like wasted actors talent, campy, don't you understand this movie was made in 1972 there was no CGI and copying movie like it's done today, this was an original and won awards and was up for many more nominations, these actors weren't wasted they were continuing to develop their craft. I saw this as a 6yr old and still remember it today on New Years Eve as I just watched it this morning bringing back so many memories that made me the movie buff I am. I never forgot it from the wonderful soundtrack (Oscar winning ) and the cinematography (Oscar winning) which was earned the old fashioned way imagination, not by some computer generated initiative. I love movies today but I still remember good movies and how they were made in yesteryear also. It's kinda like comparing atheletes when people(younger people especially) when they say Lebron is better than Oscar R or Michael J, the players are all great in their time, if either Michael or Oscar were here today they would still be GREAT, as Lebron is today, but to say he is better is foolish, This a Great Movie today as it was in 1973. PERIOD!!
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