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 Mastranton...
This review of The Abyss (1989) was written by Vimal V on 09 Jun 2009.
The Abyss has generally received positive reviews.
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