Plot hole: When the ship has turned on its side for the brief moment, it cuts to inside the ship where a hallway explodes, causing the ship to submerge. The only problem is the people are standing on the ceiling, but if the ship's on its side, they'd be on the wall, not ceiling.
Poseidon (2006)
Plot summary
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Josh Lucas, Kevin Dillon, Emmy Rossum, Jacinda Barrett
It's New Year's Eve on the Poseidon. Former Mayor of New York Robert Ramsey is travelling with his daughter Jennifer and her fiancé Christian. Elena is a stowaway on the ship trying to get to New York so she can see her sick brother in the hospital. Valentine is the waiter that is helping her get there. Richard Nelson is a gay man who has recently broken up with his boyfriend. Dylan is a happy go lucky gambler and Maggie is a single mother traveling with her son Connor. Shortly after midnight the crew notice a wave in the distance and try to run but the wave hits the side of the ship, capsizing it.
More mistakes in Poseidon
Dylan Johns: Does your husband.
Maggie James: Oh, does that work much?
Dylan Johns: What?
Maggie James: The tentative mention of a husband I'm supposed to correct, even though you clocked my wedding finger twice already.
Trivia: The opening shot of the film is the most expensive shot ever produced using CGI, costing at around $2.5million.
Question: There is a scene in which Robert Ramsey drowns. Is this true that, during the filming of this scene, Kurt Russell really started to drown?
Answer: According to him, yes: https://www.thefreelibrary.com/BOX+office%3A+Making+drowning+an+art+form%3B+Kurt+Russell+tells+Robin...-a0146253600.