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The Abyss is another sci-fi classic from James Cameron who also directed the Terminator and Aliens.
Although never seen as a major blockbuster (for some unknown reason), the Abyss has much more going for it than many films of its ilk. It has a story; it is about ordinary people in an extraordinary situation; it has tension in both the plot and its characters and it's the humans who are the bad guys this time instead of the aliens.
A nuclear submarine is attacked and sunk on the bottom of the ocean, hanging for grim death before a 2.5 mile deep hole - abyss.The only vessel nearby is an underwater drilling platform and its crew reluctantly (major bonuses)investigate along with a group of Marines (they shouldn't really send the Marines anywhere as you know there is going to be trouble) and indeed there is.
Though not from where you might think.
The acting in The Abyss is pretty damn good from all concerned - Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn et al. Each character develops throughout, becoming more complex and more human, with emotions and fears. There is nothing superhuman about these people - they are all ordinary, everyday workers, doing their job, as they are told. You sympathise with them and can almost feel their confusion and the tension in their situation as the presence of an alien life form appears.
The alien is itself beautiful to watch, particularly as it glides through the platform, like a silvery, kinetic snake. The effects are good and the overall feel to the film is one of...maybe. We don't know what is down in the depths of our oceans...maybe.
Great.
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Production Year: 1945 - Drama - Director: David Lean - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond
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