Poseidon

POSEIDON (2006) - May 10, 2006
It's strange for a movie like this to be as short as it is -- around 90 minutes. But watching it, it becomes clear why: it feels like double that. It probably doesn't help that the wave hits at around the ten minute mark, which leaves the characters slightly underdeveloped (to put it mildly). It also doesn't help that as soon as the boat flips, the characters spring right into action, going from one "exciting" set-piece to the next, with almost no down-time between them. And, although it's not a fair comparison, it's hard to watch a movie set on a sinking ship without thinking of Titanic, which is obviously the superior film in every conceivable way. It was nice seeing Richard Dreyfuss back on the big screen, and of course people like Josh Lucas and Kurt Russell are always good, but, well... The movie wasn't completely boring, it just got sort of tedious towards the end. **