The Abyss (DVD)

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

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

James Cameron may well be most celebrated for his sublime action films, The Terminator, Terminator 2, Aliens, and the newly released Avatar, but one of his most groundbreaking and ahead-of-its-time films has to be The Abyss, which is also probably his least-known film. It has all of the trademark elements of a Cameron film: great actors, a fun script, sublime visual effects, and an imaginative sense of wonder. The film has a deep-sea salvage crew being sequestered to help try and salvage a sub that was destroyed, presumably by the Russians. Thus, leader Virgil 'Bud' Brigman (Ed Harris), and his crew, including his ex-wife Lindsey Brigman (Mary Elizabeth ...  Read the complete review

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

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