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The Abyss

PG-13
Movie
1989
2h 20m
English
Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
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7.7
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76

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Cast

Full Cast & Crew
Ed Harris
Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Michael Biehn
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey
Leo Burmester
Catton ‘Catfish’ De Vries
Todd Graff
Alan 'Hippy' Carnes
John Bedford Lloyd
Jammer Willis
Kimberly Scott
Lisa 'One Night' Standing
Chris Elliott
JC Quinn
Arliss 'Sonny' Dawson
Pierce Oliver Brewer Jr
George Robert Klek
Christopher Murphy
Adam Nelson
Ensign Monk
Dick Warlock
Dwight Perry
Jimmie Ray Weeks
Leland McBride
J Kenneth Campbell
Peter Ratray
Michael Beach
Ken Jenkins
Gerard Kirkhill
Michael Chapman
William Wisher
Bill Tyler
Wendy Gordon
Anchorwoman
Paula Cross
Young Woman
Emily Yancy
Woman Reporter
Joe Farago
Anchorman
Directed By: James Cameron
Written By: James Cameron

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CloudspotterSupine says...
9 years ago
James Cameron is often prone to an overextension of his ambition, to mathematically-sound but cliche'd plotlines, and overall to making movies that are understandable as examples of how to make a AAA blockbusting piece of cinema that somehow shows no true artfulness whatsoever. So that would be an understandable perspective to come into The Abyss from-- But it surprises. The emotion that was so overwrought in Titanic shines as a component of a larger film, and the victimization of the alien that ruined Avatar is more compelling when those victims are really, truly alien. The Abyss is no true classic, but it is the most artful showing in James Cameron's filmography, and convincing acting throughout anchors the impact of the movie.
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nmahoney416 says...
5 years ago
All the underwater filming is impressive but the movie didn't feel special. It's plot was basic, the acting was fine, the special effects didn't age well. Still worth watching at least once.
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Jim222001 says...
one year ago
The epic tsunami scene in the Special Edition is pretty much why James Cameron made this movie. He had a dream of a tsunami I believe. So it’s weird that he cut it out of the theatrical version. It is a little preachy in the end but a lot less preachy than movies made these days
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Jim222001 says...
5 years ago
The whole reason James Cameron made the movie. Was due to dreams of tsunamis. So it’s weird that scene is only in the director’s cut. With aliens threatening to crush humans with a giant wave. It adds more to the movie. Either way the Abyss was the strongest of the submarine underwater creature movies of 1989. Due to Cameron as director, fine effects and a great cast. As well as more of an original story than just Alien underwater. Which the other underwater movies from 1989 were like. The Abyss is more about peaceful aliens that don’t like the violence humans cause.
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AndrewBloom
CONTAINS SPOILERS6/10  4 years ago
[5.8/10] James Cameron is a fine technician. He mounts technically impressive set pieces, which make the unfathomable seem plausible. Sometimes that comes in the form of mechanized conveyances colliding into one another. Sometimes it’s luminous alien creatures making contact with humanity. Sometim More
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$hubes
5/10  9 months ago
Decided to give this a watch after seeing it on another list of curated movies. It's definitely dated considerably as the acting in many, many scenes is just completely awful. At one point, "Lindsey" (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) is trying to convince "Bud" (her ex- or soon-to-be-ex played by Ed Har More
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kibasnowpaw
8/10  10 months ago
**Title:** "Rediscovering the Depths: A Furry's Perspective on 'The Abyss' and Modern Cinema's Contrast"

In the frozen expanses of HowlStrom, where the ice whispers ancient stories and the auroras dance with untold secrets, I, Kiba Snowpaw, Alpha of the Ice Wolf Clan, find solace in the art of ci More
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Philharmonie
CONTAINS SPOILERS8/10  2 years ago
Directors Cut:

Two thoughts at the beginning

There is a certain symmetry in the fact that a film that has as its motif the danger of nuclear weapons and radioactive material was shot in a decommissioned nuclear power plant.

Secondly, James Cameron's technical developments (Avatar 2) have ensured, More
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