The Abyss (1989)

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Studio: 20th Century Fox Studio: 20th Century Fox

Rating: PG

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Jan 1, 1989

Running Time: 140 mins. (original)

Running Time: 166 mins. (special edition)

Running Time: 171 mins. (V- special edition)

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Todd Graff, John Bedford Lloyd, J C Quinn, Kimberly Scott, Captain Kidd Brewer, Jr, George Robert Klek

director: James Cameron

A group of civilian divers are pressed into service by the United States Navy to search out and rescue a stricken nuclear submarine.

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The Abyss

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Anyone looking for a discouraging word about this stupendously exciting and emotionally engulfing film should read no further. The Abyss confirms James Cameron as a world-class filmmaker. Granted, he started out in 1981 by directing Piranha II: The Spawning; four years later, he even helped perpetrate the screenplay of Rambo: First Blood Part II. Granted, these are capital offenses. But hold your ire.

Consider The Terminator (1984), the violent masterpiece Cameron directed…