Review – The Poseidon Adventure

The first 30 minutes or so of this picture are a lot of fun. Well, actually the lengthy introductions of all the annoying major characters are dull, but knowing that they’re all on a ship that’s about to capsize makes it all worthwhile. Then when the vessel tips some fun effects come into play. After that, however, the production sinks into a deep mire of speechifying and narrow escapes from doom as a small band of survivors tries to make it to the bottom – now the top – of the ship. If you see only one Irwin Allen movie, this would be a good candidate. But that assumes that you have to see an Irwin Allen movie for some reason. Mildly amusing