The Poseidon Adventure
The blockbuster phenomenon now becomes a precedent-setting new miniseries as RHI Entertainment raises the stakes—and the fear factor—in a hair-raising adaptation of Paul Gallico’s bestselling passage into unfathomable suspense.
Format
Series 2 x 120'
Genre
Action, Adventure, Disasterture
Original Air Date
2004
Studio
NBC
Starring
- Adam Baldwin
- Alexa Hamilton
- Rory Copus
- Tinarie Van Wyk
- Bryan Brown
- Rutger Hauer
- Steven Guttenberg
- C. Thomas Howell
- Peter Weller
- Alex Kingston
Welcome aboard the majestic S.S. Poseidon—a virtual floating city—as it departs from Athens on a month-long cruise. Among the 2,500 hundred passengers is Mike Rogo (Adam Baldwin, Full Metal Jacket), undercover agent for Homeland Security. Among the crew of 1,200 is Kasim Badawi, a terrorist conspiring to send an explosive message to the world. Acting on word of the impending danger, the Poseidon pushes its engine at full speed toward the nearest port, slicing through the churning waters of an escalating storm and directly into unavoidable catastrophe. Only minutes into the new year, the bomb detonates, leaving the shredded hull vulnerable to the roiling seas pouring into the wounded Poseidon. The 136,000-ton beast capsizes, leaving a chosen few underwater and terrified for their lives.
