🎬 What Poseidon (2006) is about
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The film begins aboard a luxurious ocean-liner, the RMS Poseidon, sailing across the Atlantic. It’s New Year’s Eve, and many wealthy passengers are partying on deck.
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A catastrophic disaster strikes when the ship is hit by a massive rogue wave — so huge that it capsizes the entire vessel. The ship flips over, trapping passengers and crew inside.
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As panic and chaos erupt, a small, diverse group of survivors bands together. Among them: a former NYC Mayor and firefighter, a gambler, an architect, a single mom and her son, a stowaway, a singer, and others.
The Fight for Survival
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The survivors quickly realize they can’t rely on rescue — the beacon system malfunctions, and the ship isn’t stable.
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They decide to navigate the upside-down, flooded corridors to reach the bow thrusters — one of the only possible escape routes. The journey is perilous: flooded halls, debris, collapsing structures, flooding stairwells, and underwater passages.
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Along the way, there are tragic losses. Some fall, others drown or are crushed, and not everyone makes it. The story doesn’t spare the brutal consequences of the disaster.
🌊 Climax and Escape
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Ultimately, the survivors reach the thruster room only to discover the propellers are still running — blocking their path.
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One of the survivors sacrifices himself to turn off the engine; another creates an explosion (using an acetylene tank) to destroy the propellers, creating an opening.
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The survivors jump into the ocean, swim to an inflatable raft, and are rescued just before the Poseidon sinks fully beneath the sea.
🎯 Themes & Tone
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The movie is a tense, claustrophobic disaster-thriller emphasizing survival against overwhelming odds.
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It underlines human courage, desperation, sacrifice — and how, in an extreme crisis, people are forced to choose between moral decisions and survival.
