The film featured a high-profile ensemble cast and a massive $160 million budget
strikes, causing the vessel to capsize in the North Atlantic.
Released on May 12, 2006 is an American action disaster film directed and co-produced by Wolfgang Petersen . It serves as the third film adaptation of Paul Gallico's 1969 novel, The Poseidon Adventure , and is a loose remake of the acclaimed 1972 film. The Plot: A New Year's Disaster The story unfolds on New Year’s Eve aboard the luxurious ocean liner, RMS Poseidon . As over 2,000 passengers and crew celebrate, a massive 150-foot rogue wave The film featured a high-profile ensemble cast and
Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum, Jacinda Barrett, Mike Vogel, and Mía Maestro. Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson appears as Gloria, a performer on the ship.
(Kurt Russell): A former NYC Mayor and firefighter searching for his daughter. Jennifer Ramsey The Plot: A New Year's Disaster The story
, much of which was dedicated to its ambitious visual effects.
(Josh Lucas) decides to seek his own escape. He is joined by a small, diverse group of survivors, including: Robert Ramsey (Kurt Russell): A former NYC Mayor and firefighter
While the Captain urges survivors to remain in the ballroom, professional gambler Dylan Johns
(Richard Dreyfuss): A despondent architect who finds a new will to live during the crisis. Maggie James (Jacinda Barrett) and her son (Jimmy Bennett).
The group must navigate an upside-down labyrinth of flooding corridors, fire, and twisted steel to reach the ship's surface—now the bottom—before it sinks. Production and Cast