Trailer: The Cassandra Crossing

The Cassandra Crossing was one of the last decent 70’s disaster flicks which placed lots of stars in peril and actually shows a lot of dead bodies morbidly at the end! Here is the official trailer and the IMDB page.

Trailer: When the Wind Blows

When The Wind Blows is one of only a few cartoons that can reduce adults to tears and is certainly one of only two disaster movie type cartoons that I currently know of. There isn’t really a trailer for the film but I have found the nuclear missile segment of the film for you all to watch and as ever, the IMDB page too.

Beyond The Poseidon Adventure ~ Review

Sequels have a hard time. Imagine having to follow up a film that kick started a whole new genre – The Poseidon Adventure had paved (or sunk) the way for the disaster movie and Irwin Allen had made his mark. “Beyond The Poseidon Adventure” is very much a homage to the original and while its not nearly achieving the great heights its predecessor did, its not an awful film and is quite fun when taken lightly.

The Premise

After seeing a rescue copter carrying the survivors of the original movie flying to dry land, a motley crew containing Michael Caine and Sally Field decide to look for salvage to save themselves from certain bankruptcy. When they arrive at the wreckage, a rival group is waiting to meet them but instead of coming for salvage, they are coming for black market goods. Along the way they are joined by various other survivors still trapped inside. When the rival salvage groups decide to go their separate ways, war ensues and only one side will survive – if the ship doesn’t sink first!

The Execution

The plot is ludicrous with trapped survivors being “in on the deal”. The acting is generally in the over-the-top campy drama category and the nitpicks are so abound you could watch the film again to count them. However there is a certain spirit to the film that everyone knew it was all a bit dodgy and are enjoying themselves and just taking the film for what it is – silly harmless fun.

The Effects

The main wave scene from the original is reused, as are several pieces of set footage too. The sets themselves look in-keeping with the original and there are some good set piece effects such as the rushing water scene and the steel beam crashing through several floors but apart from that very little in the way of effects takes place. “Beyond The Poseidon Adventure” reportedly had a bigger budget than the original but its hard to see that any of it was spent on sets, scripts (the novel its based on is far fetched enough – tigers anybody?!) or stunt crew. It appeared to have been spent on getting some big names in.
The climax just shows how poor the effects are when you compare it to the originals big wave scene.

Why It’s Worth While Watching

There are lots of silly things that make this disaster movie a must see for a lot of the wrong reasons. Nitpicking is good fun, as is Slim Pickins’ drunken character for all the wrong reasons. How on earth did they expect that to be taken seriously?! The inclusion of a blind character was actually quite genius in a way and the fact that the ship’s nurse in-between the films has completely changed body, voice and shape just adds to the humour. Also quite how Fields and Caine actually develop a love interest when he calls her “Monkey” throughout the film is beyond me, although Sally’s character is adorable.

Best Scene of Destruction

The wave scene is technically from the original so the best scene of destruction is the end detonation scene which is just so awfully done you’ll want to replay it and watch it again.

Best Death

An unknown henchman gets an Axe to the chest! All we see though is the axe welder screaming loudly!

The Conclusion

Perhaps this review has not shown the film in its best colours. “Beyond the Poseidon Adventure” is one of those films where its all done flimsily that it makes for compulsive viewing. It definitely falls in the so-bad-its-good category but that would also play down all the hard work that obviously went into it. The DVD does have a making of which we will upload once our YouTube Channel is under way but until then, grab the film if you can and prepare for an unintentional comedy classic.

Cast Interviews: Poseidon

On release of Poseidon, “Chuck the Movie Guy” interviewed several of the cast members of Poseidon. Below are the links to several interviews which also contain a few interesting behind the scenes shots.

Interview with Emmy Rossum

Interview with Josh Lucas

Interview with Kurt Russell (With Richard Dreyfuss)

Interview with Mia Maestro

Trailer: Poseidon

High Octane remake Poseidon from 2006 makes a splash onto our website. Here’s the trailer and the IMDB page. Enjoy!

Meteor – Trailer & IMDB Page

1979’s Meteor gives us world destruction and Sean Connery! Watch the Trailer here (looking a bit Thunderbirds?) and visit the IMDB page here!

Trailer – The Day After

The Day After was a TV movie from ABC but is one of the best movies to tackle nuclear war. The TV Spot trailer is viewable when you click on the title.

The IMDB page is here.

Trailer: Deep Impact

The national lottery film everyone wants to have a winning ticket for – here’s the trailer for Deep Impact.

Also here is the IMDB page! Enjoy

Trailer: Flood

British disaster movie Flood came to screens in 2007. Here’s the official trailer.

And here’s the IMDB page for cast and credits, just dry it off first!

Trailer – Post Impact

Superman’s Dean Cain stars in this low budget post disaster movie – Post Impact. Click the title for the trailer! We will try to get one onto YouTube in the future.

Also here is the IMDB (not a great score I see) for cast and credits.