Captain Michael Bradford: "We're not sure what happened, but our best guess is that we were struck by what is known as a rogue wave. They are rare, they are unpredictable, and they are lethal, Now the good news..."
This simple yet effective remake of the 1972 disaster classic makes up with gale-force special effects what it lacks in characterisation, dialogue and plot.
The good ship Poseidon turns turtle after being hit by a freak wave so Kurt Russell's ex-firefighter and Josh Lucas' career gambler brave raging torrents and flash-fires to lead a rag-tag group of survivors to safety.
Don't go looking for nuanced displays of emotional complexity by a rounded cast. The script needs a bilge pump and the characters a lifeboat to stay dramatically afloat. Indeed, they're so wooden they'd bob to the surface.
No. Be ready to be knocked overboard by a series of stunning submarine setpieces which show a brutal edge and unsentimentality missing from the damp-eyed 1972 version.
