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The Abyss

Cast

Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester View All


Crew

James Cameron (Screenplay), James Cameron (Director) View All

Release: Aug. 9th, 1989
Runtime: 2 hours, 19 minutes
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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TheUsualSuspect
One of Cameron's films that is really good...people really like it, yet rarely gets mentioned among his films.
Gideon58
Before he became "King of the World" directing Titanic, James Cameron knocked it ut of the park as the director and screenwriter of The Abyss, a chilling, claustrophobic, and heart-stopping aquatic adventure that had this reviewer holding his breath for most of the running time and might have been r....
MovieMad16
Cameron does real well in creating amazing memorable characters in his films.
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