Film

Titanic II

Name: Titanic II
Genre: Action, Thriller, Romance, Adventure, Drama
Released: 2010
Cast: Shane van Dyke, Marie Westbrook, Bruce Davison, Brooke Burns, Michelle Glavan

A 2010 disaster film that reimagines the Titanic tragedy for the modern era, swapping icebergs for tsunamis and adding romance and action heroics to the mix. It's earnest B-movie entertainment—the kind of thing that knows exactly what it is and commits fully to the bit. For viewers who love disaster spectacle without pretension.

TMDb rating

2.4

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