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The Abyss (DVD)

 
Description: Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy - Fantasy / Theatrical Release: 1989 / Director: James Cameron / Actors: Ed Harris, ... more
The Abyss (DVD) ... Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio ... / DVD released 11 February, 2003 at 20th Century Fox / Features of the DVD: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen / Meticulously crafted but also ponderous and predictable, James Cameron's 1989 deep-sea close-encounter epic reaffirms one of the oldest first principles of cinema: everything moves a lot more slowly underwater. Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, as formerly married petroleum engineers who still have some "issues" to work out, are drafted to assist a gung-ho Navy SEAL (Michael Biehn) with a top- secret recovery operation: a nuclear sub has been ambushed and sunk, under mysterious circumstances, in some of the deepest waters on earth, and the petro-techies have the only submersible craft capable of diving down that far. Every image and every performance is painstakingly sharp and detailed (and the computerised water creatures are lovely) but the movie's lumbering pace is ultimately lethal. It's the audience that ends up feeling waterlogged. For a guy who likes guns as much as Cameron (his next film after all, was the body-count masterpiece Terminator 2: Judgment Day), it's interesting that the moral balance here is weighted heavily in favour of the can-do engineers; the military types are end-justifies-the-means amoralists, just like the weasely government bureaucrats in Aliens. --David Chute

Newest Review: ... of the sea. Harris plays a rig foreman who with his ex learn of otherworldly life and must lead his team as things around ... more

 ... him are not what they seem. With his ex in tow sparks fly as they rush to solve whats going on before interference from the navy. The film is a masterpiece with well drawn out characters inhabiting our screens. Ed harris is a solid lead and his character keeps you rooted throughout the experience. The Aliens are a great treat att he end of the movie and the effects stand up with todays offerings. The oceon scenes are claustraphopic and the production value look incredible on a big screen. The Dvd has some great off...more

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The Abyss [DVD] [1989] [Region 1] [US Import][NTSC]
Meticulously crafted but also ponderous and predictable, James Ca ...
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Sarah_Louise
Crowned Review The Abyss (DVD): Underwater, no one can hear you scream! (1019 words)
by - written on 12/11/02 (Very useful, 183 readings)
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Having recently watched “The Abyss” for the first time on TV the other day I thought I’d review it for all you fellow Internet addicts out there! Yes, that includes you. You know who you are! Before I delve into my personal view of the film, here’s the boring bits: -------------- ~ Starring ~ -------------- Ed Harris as Virgil ‘Bud’ Brigman Mary Mastrantonio as Lindsey Brigman Michael Biehn as Lieutenant Coffey Todd Graff as Alain ‘Hippy’ Cames ----------- ~ Crew ~ ----------- James Cameron – director Gale Anne Hurd – producer ...  Read the complete review

The+Solid+Grey
Crowned Review A DVD Extravaganza (1577 words)
by - written on 01/03/03 (Very useful, 237 readings)
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How would you like to see a great film, which has a little bit of everything in it, with the choice of watching the original or extended version, with loads of extra?s on the DVD?, interested?, then perhaps you should take a look at The Abyss DVD. ~~The Abyss - The Film~~ The Abyss was made in 1989, it stars Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Michael Biehn. This Twentieth Century Fox film was written and directed by James Cameron, produced by Gale Anne Hurd, and rated 15, for the UK. Its 163 minutes in length - but that?s just one of the versions. ~~Plot~~ The film begins with a US submarine experiencing a loss of power and crashing. ...  Read the complete review

wampyrii
Premium Review The Abyss (DVD): Big Budgets and Recycled Ideas Do Not A Great Movie Make (675 words)
by - written on 17/07/01 (Very useful, 39 readings)
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It comes to a point where you realise that there are some directors whose movies you really do not like. Whilst generally I can find a couple of movies in a director's back catalogue that spring to mind as being 'good' I have a problem saying the same with the director of this movie. James Cameron is as high profile as they come in the movie world and yet, for me, produces nothing but big budget trash, time and time again. I hated the abysmal dirge that was Titanic for example, and here with The Abyss, again showered with awards and nominations, I think he missed the boat once more. Was this really the same guy who directed Aliens? Well aparentley so, but ...  Read the complete review

george_lazenby
Premium Review Keep your pantyhose on! (830 words)
by - written on 06/07/01 (Very useful, 1011 readings)
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I have been an enormous fan of this film ever since I saw in it in 1989, even though at the time it was derided for its hokey ending, and never quite achieved the box-office domination clearly hoped for by all concerned. Interest in the film has remained constant; Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and other crew members have ensured its notoriety with tales of Cameron’s near-insane directorial style and the risks they were forced to endure in shooting; the initial release, cut against Cameron’s wishes was overturned and a ‘special edition’ was released in 1994, and most crucially, critics and audiences have gradually reassessed what was a ...  Read the complete review

amonet
Premium Review The Abyss (DVD): It's got Michael Biehn in it! (422 words)
by - written on 31/10/00 (Very useful, 17 readings)
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Basic story: some people on an undersea mining operation have trouble when a storm cuts them off from their mother ship thing above on the sea. A large crane is blown off the ship above and hurtles down to them, wrecking part of their habitat, as it's called, killing a couple of people and leaving the rest of them alone for the duration of the storm. Of course they have to go out into the deep, dark, freezing sea on a few expeditions but don't expect too much bother until the storm breaks. Aha! A squad of military types are down there with them, the leader of which, the lovely Michael Biehn, is already a bit loopy and stressed. He gets worse due to the ...  Read the complete review

 
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