Nearly two weeks into "70's Month" and today's film is the 1972 disaster flick The Poseidon Adventure. I briefly mentioned this film earlier this month in my Airport '77 post on Feb. 4th, and I think this film is a bit better than that one.
In the film an ocean liner, the S. S. Poseidon, is making it's final transatlantic journey before it is to be retired. However, a massive tidal wave capsizes the vessel in the middle of the ocean. With most of the passengers and crew now dead, a small group must traverse through the overturned ship and reach the engine room where they believe they can escape. Along the way, the ragtag group encounters several obstacles, and of the ten only six eventually make it out alive.
Overall, this one is pretty entertaining from start to finish. With a solid cast consisting of Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall, Shelly Winters, Carol Lynly, Jack Albertson, Stella Stevens and Leslie Nielson, and with a music by the great John Williams, The Poseidon Adventure is a cut above your average disaster picture.
4 out of 5
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