First rule of action movies: Thou shall not be boring. By that rule alone, Poseidon is a massive failure. Sure, the special effects are nifty, but, with two very tenuous exceptions, the characters aren’t interesting, and despite it not being a carbon copy of the original, the storyline is exceedingly predictable. (I probably had a 95% prediction rate for what would happen next.) Short ride, zero thrill.

Josh Lucas’ and Richard Dreyfuss’ characters were almost worth watching, but for everyone else, it was like, please die so we can go home. I was prepared because of bad reviews, but it was still disappointing. 3/10.