Article: TERRORISTS REPLACE TIDAL WAVE IN NEW 'POSEIDON ADVENTURE'.(U)

Byline: - David Kronke

IF A TV MOVIE aggressively attempts to be mindlessly inane, should one laud it for a job well done? If so, then kudos to NBC's campy remake of '70s disaster flick ``The Poseidon Adventure.''

The original, you may recall, placed Gene Hackman, Red Buttons, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters (who received an Oscar nomination) and a host of B-list stars upon a luxury ocean liner flipped upside-down by a tidal wave, which is so 20th-century these days.

In the new version, tragedy comes as the result of terrorists. Adam Baldwin, playing a Homeland Security agent (we know because he's constantly glowering, militaristic music ...

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