It also aired in 2005 on the Seven Network in Australia (with the name The New Poseidon Adventure), and in 2006 on the USA Network in the United States. It was first aired on NBC as a single three-hour event on November 20, 2005. The film was made for television by Larry Levenson Productions, directed by John Putch, written by Bryce Zabel, starring Adam Baldwin, Rutger Hauer and Steve Guttenberg. ( May 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification. The survivors watch as Poseidon sinks bow first, while Suzanne Harrison ( Alex Kingston), a British agent who had been helping out, laments the fact that there are only nine survivors. The survivors jump into the water, and swim to nearby rescue boats. They find the other bomb, detonate it and successfully open a hole in the hull. They are forced to go through the engine room to detonate the other bomb and blast their way out.Īs they cross a fallen catwalk over a fiery abyss left by the engines, Shoshana and the terrorist fall into the flames and die as the others escape. When the navy arrives, their explosives make it even more impossible to get out that way. Rogo meets up with Richard's group and they all meet up again in the area where the bomb exploded. Meanwhile, Rogo's group splits up, with Rogo taking the terrorist into deeper water to question him, while the rest of the group continues on the path to rescue. As they leave the ballroom, a huge amount of water rushes into the ballroom, killing everyone who did not listen to Shelby. Shelby tries to convince more people to come along but to no avail. Back in the ballroom, Richard's group finally decide to leave. Rachel uses a damaged computer to send a mayday. Meanwhile, the other group slowly move towards the hole, with a few people being killed. Shelby confronts Shoshona, as Richard decides to follow Rachel and the others with Ballard, Shelby, and Shoshana. In one of the Poseidon crew quarters, Richard and Shoshana reach the ballroom through an air vent. They then painfully depart and Shelby waves to her mother with a bloody hand as episode one ends.Įpisode two begins with the navy realizing that the SS Poseidon has gone missing, and they send out a rescue team. The others leave the ballroom as Shelby's mother promises to leave traces where the group has gone. Shelby decides to stay and help the injured, but knows her mother and younger brother need to leave before it is too late. The cruise hotel manager convinces most survivors in the ballroom to stay, claiming the ship is not sinking. Shelby and Ballard then begin helping the injured.Ī small group of survivors, including Shelby's mother, prepare to escape the sinking ship through the hole left by the bomb. Shelby and one of the showgirls are trapped on a table that is secured to the floor, which is now the ceiling. Many passengers and crew are injured, crippled, or killed. As the ship continues to tilt, the center of gravity on the ship causes it to flip completely into an upside-down position. Because water is now entering only one side of the ship, the ship tips over, throwing many people to their deaths. Before the second bomb can explode, it is dismantled by Rogo who also shoots one of the terrorists. The officers on the bridge and the captain ( Peter Weller) are all shot and killed by rogue waiters. On New Year's Eve, a bomb planted by the group of terrorists explodes, blowing open a hole in the ship's hull. His older sister, Shelby ( Amber Sainsbury), is in nursing school and falls in love with the ship's doctor Ballard ( C. Dylan (Rory Copus), their 12-year-old son, witnesses this and is devastated. His family is drifting away from him, and his wife Rachel (Alexa Hamilton) kicks him out of the family's stateroom. Passenger and father, Richard Clarke ( Steve Guttenberg), is having an affair with Shoshana, a crew member.

Sea Marshal Mike Rogo ( Adam Baldwin) is assigned to the ship to search for any suspicious activity. Four terrorists take two bombs aboard to sink the ship. A terrorist operation plans to sink the ship. The plot centers on the SS Poseidon, a 135,000-ton state-of-the-art luxury cruise ship on a cruise from Cape Town to Sydney as well as the stories and dramas of some of the 3,700 passengers and crew.

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