
The Abyss
When you get there, you will understand.
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.
- 7.3
- 1989
- Released
- 2h 20m

Ed Harris
Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Lindsey Brigman
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
Bendix
J.C. Quinn
Arliss 'Sonny' Dawson
Pierce Oliver Brewer, Jr.
Lew Finler
George Robert Klek
Wilhite
Christopher Murphy
Schoenick
Adam Nelson
Ensign Monk
Dick Warlock
Dwight Perry
Jimmie Ray Weeks
Leland McBride
J. Kenneth Campbell
DeMarco
Peter Ratray
Captain
Michael Beach
Barnes
Ken Jenkins
Gerard Kirkhill
Wendy Gordon
Anchorwoman
Paula Cross
Young Woman
Emily Yancy
Woman Reporter
Joe Farago
Anchorman
Marcus K. Mukai
Anchorman #2
Thomas F. Duffy
Construction Worker
Chris Anastasio
Truck Driver
Tom Isbell
Wave Reporter
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)









Released
en
$43,000,000.00
$90,000,098.00
- #sea
- #flying saucer
- #submarine
- #ocean
- #diving suit
- #secret mission
- #insanity
- #nuclear missile
- #u.s. navy
- #alien life-form
- #ufo
- #warning
- #scuba diving
- #underwater
- #scuba
- #extraterrestrial life form
- #deepsea
- #message
- #trapped underwater
- #thalassophobia
Reviews

When a nuclear-powered submarine goes missing, scientists-cum-salvagers “Bud” (Ed Harris) and his estranged wife “Lindsey” (Mary Elizabeth Mastroantonio) are drafted in to find out what’s happened. The area where it was lost has become something of a “Bermuda Triangle” with mysterious power surges and electrical failures but luckily (?) they have the help of navy SEAL “Lt. Coffey” (Michael Biehn)
"The Abyss" features a random assortment of sequences which look suspiciously altered to accommodate the course of the film and one of the most obvious is why Bud isn't instantly crushed to death by the pressure while plummeting to what appears to be certain death. And how can he possibly rally himself so quickly when he is already caught in the unforgiving grip of delirium? And how can he be capa

A fantastic movie ruined by the studio's shortsightedness. Be sure to watch James Cameron's version of this movie, aliens included, to get the full and best experience! The cinema release was a botch. The Abyss proves you can have a big action film that hits all the right marks with zero profanity!

Cameron's Marvellous Close Encounters Of The Sea Kind. Special Edition A deep sea oil crew are called upon by the military to investigate the events that saw an American Nuclear Submarine crash down in the abyss. As the crew, and their hot headed Navy Seal passengers, get down deeper, it would seem they are not alone down there. The Abyss is a flawed movie when put under the microscope,











