New Year s Eve celebrations aboard a luxury cruise ship are cut short as a 100ft wave strikes the vessel, turning it upside down and leaving the survivors, including Kurt Russel, struggling to reach the surface. If you watch this film knowing that it is a
New Year's Eve celebrations aboard a luxury cruise ship are cut short as a 100ft wave strikes the vessel, turning it upside down and leaving the survivors, including Kurt Russel, struggling to reach the surface.
If you watch this film knowing that it is a throwback to 70s disaster movies full of two-dimensional characters, then the film works perfectly.
The problem is, of course, that this particular genre has died out and today's audiences want more from their movies.
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