Poseidon - Dir: Wolfgang Petersen

If anyone can pull off a big sea event movie you would think it was director Wolfgang Petersen after his successes with Perfect Storm and Das Boot. Ultimately however it ends up as one of those 'why did they bother?' movies. Let's face it, the 1972 version of this disaster movie was a classic. For sure, in 2007 we can bring a bundle of new special effects to the table and indeed the big wave scene that flips Posiedon over is pretty cool. Unfortunately the acting, script and general ambience that goes with it is pretty poor. Stars Kurt Russell. This is a JM THUMBS DOWN.