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4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Ocean View, a brand-new interview with director of photography John Seale
Big Sets for Big-Time Directors, a brand new interview with production designer William Sandell
Surfing the VFX Wave, a brand new interview with visual effects supervisor Boyd Shermis
Bringing Out the Dead, a brand new interview with make-up effects on-set supervisor Michael Deak
Set a Course for Adventure, a brand new retrospective on the film by Heath Holland
Poseidon: A Ship on a Soundstage, a featurette looking at the film's production featuring interviews with cast and crew
Poseidon: Upside Down, a featurette exploring the film's challenging set design
A Shipmate's Diary, a featurette following production assistant Malona Voigt on the set of Poseidon
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jacey
Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Priscilla Page

Of course The Poseidon Adventure is by far the better film but this does have one interesting addition in the form of the Richard Dreyfuss character. Although to say why involves a Deep Blue Sea-style enormous spoiler:

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Dreyfuss is introduced as an older gay guy who is coming to terms with being single and alone on what should be a romantic cruise liner voyage. In the early opulent dining room scene we see him eyeing up the (much younger) waiter. When they both survive the initial disaster, that suggests that at least some kind of burgeoning relationship might come out of this situation. But that ends in perhaps the most brutal death of either of the films. Which is both horrific in the moment but also in mulling over the implications too, of the horrible pragmatism of having to choose survival at any cost.

That is really the highlight of the film in terms of drama (I seem to remember exchanging Gene Hackman's existentially tormented Priest for Kurt Russell's harried dad interfering too much and having a conflict with Josh Lucas as his daughter's boyfriend was not a particularly novel idea, and it plays out much as you could imagine - it is Armageddon, basically), but if you are OK with a fair amount of dodgy CGI, there are some good setpiece moments.