Let me start off by saying I love Wolfgang Peterson as a director but I really think he needs to broaden his horizons. He is known for making intelligent action flicks. I love him for that but honestly the man is a visionary and should try something new for a change. Anyway, to the movie. Good not great. A lot more intelligent and well researched. It still has typical action flaws like how an earth can someone breath underwater for what feels like five minutes but thats an action flick and you appreciate that. Visual effects are amazing. I still think Troy is the movie that produces the best effects but this is a worthy competitor. You also have your typical human interest stories which are one of the only things that annoy me in this man's film because they always feel like he has just thrown them in there without much care. The other thing about his movies that annoys me is the fact that he doesn't work on his actors much. I liked Brad Pitt in Troy but a lot of people didn't. I did not however like Josh Lucas and Kurt Russel was alright but not extremely appealing. That said I thin the worst main actor for one of his movies goes to Dustin Hoffman in Outbreak. It is probably his best action movie but I laugh when I see Dustin Hoffman try and be serious in this movie and I also think the man needs to work on his dialogue. I no this sounds like a scathing review but I did enjoy it and it kept me interested throughout the whole movie which is the main point of a movie so yeah, I wouldn't hesitate to call this a decent movie, with errors though!
Review of Poseidon
