Warner Bros, who has taken advice from films such as King Kong and Superman Returns, has been dishing out video journals for their upcoming remake Poseidon
for some time now. Though I have found the journals for the film to be, well, ehh, the new teaser trailer is definitely a strong showing of what we can expect.
Poseidon Movie Trailer
When a rogue wave capsizes a luxury cruise ship in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, a small group of survivors find themselves unlikely allies in a battle for their lives. Preferring to test the odds alone, career gambler John Dylan (Josh Lucas) ignores captain’s orders (Andre Braugher) to wait below for possible rescue and sets out to find his own way to safety. What begins as a solo mission soon draws others as Dylan is followed by a desperate father (Kurt Russell) searching for his daughter (Emmy Rossum) and her fiancé (Mike Vogel), a young couple who hours before couldn’t summon the courage to tell him they were engaged and now face much graver challenges. Along the way they are joined by a single mother (Jacinda Barrett) and her wise-beyond-his-years son (Jimmy Bennett), an anxious stowaway (Mia Maestro) and a despondent fellow passenger (Richard Dreyfuss) who boarded the ship not sure he wanted to live but now knows he doesn’t want to die. Determined to fight their way to the surface, the group sets off through the disorienting maze of twisted steel in the upside-down wreckage. As the unstable vessel rapidly fills with water each must draw on skills and strengths they didn’t even know they possessed, fighting against time for their own survival and for each other.
Poseidon
Kurt Russell in Poseidon
The teaser trailer spends most of its time showing off the ginormous rogue wave as it slams against and flips the ship Poseidon. The special effects look pretty damn amazing and there were definitely a couple Titanic-like moments. Other than the impressive wave, the trailer takes quick glimpse at each of the characters to show how intense this film should become. Though I have found it hard to take Josh Lucas seriously with his latest string of duds, the guy does look damn good in Poseidon and, along with Glory Road, looks to be making a comeback. Kurt Russell looks pretty damn solid also.
To check out the teaser trailer for Poseidon, click on any of the screenshots above.
Poseidon comes to theatres on May 12th 2006.
For the video journals, synopsis and movie info, go to the Poseidon
Movie Page.
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