Poseidon
“Mayday”
2006 · 1 h 38 min
Wolfgang PetersenCast
Richard Dreyfuss 
Kurt Russell 
Emmy Rossum 
Josh Lucas 
Jacinda Barrett 
Mía Maestro
Credits
Written by: Mark Protosevich
Plot
A rogue wave capsizes a luxury liner on New Year's Eve and a few survivors try to climb to the hull.
Sinekatalog’s take
Wolfgang Petersen's disaster film has brilliant early effects but flat characters.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.7 / 10 (118,074 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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