Here we have another Kurt Russell movie. The guy has some serious failures in the books but he keeps working. I'm not complaining. I love Kurt Russell. 'Poseidon' is based off of both the book and the movie 'The Poseidon Adventure.' They cut off the "adventure" part so it would sound more adult and dangerous. It worked. I went to see this movie in theaters, which I may not have done if it was called 'The Poseidon Adventure.' That sounds like a kids movie.
Making a movie on a boat is incredibly expensive, leading to this movie losing ninety three million dollars. For one of the ballroom scenes alone the movie had employed over five hundred extras. Next time they should just use mannequins. You don't have to feed them, and you don't have to worry about them getting hurt.