Considered a genre classic by “Master of Disaster” Irwin Allen, it’s not Inferno‘s epic film cred that gives it an edge on that famous sinker.
Actually, the simularities between the two seem to outweigh most of the differences: Both events are caused by human error and a large casualty amount is ensured by the pathetic ego of a greedy man on a power trip. All star casts, multiple Academy Awards and the death of major characters also tie these two films together, but with one main point of separation: It takes nearly two hours for Cameron’s Titanic to reach critical mass, where as in Inferno, the flames get just as much screen time as Paul Newman.