Poseidon is Wolfgang Petersen's 2006 disaster thriller about a group of passengers who must claw their way up through a capsized luxury liner after a rogue wave turns their New Year's celebration into a fight for survival.
What is Poseidon about?
It is New Year's Eve aboard the Poseidon, a vast ocean liner crossing the mid-Atlantic, when a towering rogue wave slams into the ship and rolls it over. Trapped in the overturned hull with the vessel slowly flooding, a small group of survivors refuses to wait for a rescue that may never come. Led by a self-reliant former firefighter and a professional gambler, they choose to climb toward the bottom of the ship — now the only way up — pushing through flooded corridors, twisted wreckage and dwindling air. Every choice narrows the odds as the water keeps rising behind them.
About the cast
The ensemble is led by Josh Lucas and Kurt Russell, with Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum, Jacinda Barrett, Mike Vogel and Mía Maestro among the passengers. Wolfgang Petersen directs.
Context & significance
Released in 2006, Poseidon is director Wolfgang Petersen's large-scale reimagining of the classic 1972 shipboard survival story The Poseidon Adventure. It trades character back-story for near-constant momentum, staging its set pieces inside a sinking, upside-down ship where every room is an obstacle. Petersen, long associated with tense water-bound filmmaking, leans on effects-driven spectacle and a race-against-the-clock structure rather than slow build-up. For K-Time viewers who enjoy survival and disaster thrillers, it delivers a compact, high-stakes ride, and this page outlines the premise without giving away who makes it out.
Watching Poseidon on Ktime
Poseidon is available to stream on K-Time with Persian subtitles. The page you are reading is free, and starting playback simply asks you to sign in with a free K-Time account. K-Time's Farsi-first interface lets Persian-speaking viewers find the film, switch on subtitles and continue watching across their devices with ease.