The Abyss

Starring: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, et al.

Estranged oil-platform workers and a Navy SEAL make a startling deep-sea discovery. Directed by James Cameron. Includes extra footage.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 024543037835
• Release Date: May 1993
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Twentieth Century-Fox
• Director: James Cameron
• Starring: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Todd Graff, John Bedford Lloyd, J.C. Quinn, Kimberly Scott, Kidd Brewer Jr., George Robert Klek
• Runtime: 2 hours, 47 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Full Screen; NTSC
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Simple title – complex movie.

All the elements are there to make this a fun “sit on the edge of your seat” movie. You have a nuclear sub accident that just gets worse as it goes, and you have a conflict between authority types and freewheelers. There is a love interest (spooky attraction at a distance). Will he make it, or is it out of time, or out of air, or out of distance, maybe out of patience? Who knows? Aside from the story, there are great effects and many panoramic scenes. There are lots of bubbles, an abyss, and maybe some Ruskies. If you like all those submarine movies, this fits in well. Again, it is the people's actions and reactions that make the movie. Do not wait for some slam-bang surprise to appear out of nowhere, or you will have missed the story. This is one of those movies that will have to grow on you, and then you will watch it again.