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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 ChuteNewest Review: ... the tension below the surface, freak weather batters the world above as America and Russia are facing off on the very brink ... more ... of World War III.
Bud's dilemma is made all the more difficult by the arrival of a team of Navy SEALS, led by Lt. Hiram Coffey (James Cameron regular, Michael Biehn) with his estranged wife Lindsey Brigman (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) in tow. She is far from happy as she designed the rig and feels that she should have the final say on whether or not it is used for the mission.
Things go from bad to worse as Lt. Coffey begins to lose the plot due to the extreme pressure beneath the waves. Just as the cause of the su...more |
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The Abyss (DVD): Underwater, no one can hear you scream! (1019 words)
by Sarah_Louise - 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 ...
A DVD Extravaganza (1577 words)
by The Solid Grey - 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. ...
The Abyss (DVD): Big Budgets and Recycled Ideas Do Not A Great Movie Make (675 words)
by wampyrii - 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 ...
The Abyss (DVD) : Keep your pantyhose on!from george_lazenby
06.07.2001
The Abyss (DVD) : It's got Michael Biehn in it!from amonet
31.10.2000
