Disaster movie starring Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell and Richard Dreyfuss. Luxury cruise ship, The Poseidon, is capsized by a freak wave in the northern Atlantic Ocean without warning. Disaster strikes just as the 2,000 passengers and crew are ringing in the new year. Flipped upside down, help is several hours away so the only hope of survival lies at the surface of the water. A group of determined passengers battle past flames, falling debris and the constant threat of flooding in their bid to beat the odds and find a way out of the ship.