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Beyond the Poseidon Adventure is a 1979 American action-adventure disaster film and a sequel to mh:greatestmovies:The Poseidon Adventure (1972) directed by Irwin Allen and starring Michael Caine and Sally Field. The film was released on May 18, 1979, just ten months after the release of Irwin Allen's The Swarm by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was a critical, and a box office failure.

Plot
Not long after the events of the first film, a rescue team is sent to the site, while many passengers are still on-board waiting to be rescued, two rivalling salvage parties enter the ship on search for money, gold, and a small amount of plutonium.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) It barely improve anything from The Swarm, instead, it fails to improve anything from Allen's previous disaster movie film, not only that, Irwin Allen still sucks as being a director like he did from the previous film, and he did even worse.
 * 2) It tried very hard to conclude this chapter of the Poseidon film, but it fails to do so, leaving the film into an unsatisfying conclusion of the two-part Poseidon series.
 * 3) Non of the newer characters are likable, or they served charm or charisma from the first film.
 * 4) A bizarre, and a messy written story which it clear things out a little.
 * 5) Terrible acting from Micheal Caine, Sally Field, and the other casts.
 * 6) It creates numerous confusing plot holes and continuity errors.
 * 7) *All passengers inside the ship were actually killed in the first film, but there are few survivors were still alive?
 * 8) *The tugboat Jenny and the Poseidon are portrayed as fighting the same massive storm in the Mediterranean at the beginning of the film. However, were as the Poseidon is capsized by a huge rogue wave, Jenny encounters no such wave.
 * 9) The trailer, and TV spot, and as well the posters are very predictable, which basically doomed the film already, this is probably why the film failed at critics or the box office.
 * 10) *The poster, trailers, and as well as TV spot of showing the capsized Poseidon getting destroyed by a huge explosion has directly spoiled the ending of the film.
 * 11) Lots of slow paddling that it only makes the movie feels longer than it actually is.
 * 12) The movie can't decide which genes are going to be, the premise is about... well, a disaster adventure at a capsized but the third act doesn't even know what it is, at the third act, it got turned into a short war film before the survivors trying to get away from the bad guys.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The idea of showing the sinking of the Poseidon completely in the film is pretty good since it was never shown in the first film.
 * 2) The concept of having going back the still capsizing Poseidon is also original, though poorly executed.
 * 3) It's not a rehash from a first film, even if it follows the same structure from the previous film.
 * 4) Decent soundtrack that was composed by Jerry Fielding.

Critical response
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure was heavily panned by critics, and audiences alike upon it release, and it considered to be the worst-reviewed Irwin Allen's film of all time, reaching a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on seven reviews, with an average rating of 2.88/10.

Box office
The film bombed at the box-office

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