Review of The Abyss (1989) by Stuart K — 24 Mar 2011
From James Cameron, self-proclaimed King of the World, made this as his follow-up to Aliens (1986), inspired from a science lecture Cameron saw when he was 17, which he consequently did a short story about.
It is a very good film, very claustrophobic and well made, and it makes you want Cameron to return to stuff like this rather than championing 3D. When the USS Montana, a missile submarine sinks off the coast of the Bahamas, and the Soviets on their way to salvage the submarine, the American's send a SEAL team with an oil platform to go down to the submarine first.
The platforms designer Dr. Lindsey Brigman (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) comes along to help, while her estranged husband, Virgil "Bud" Brigman (Ed Harris), is also there as the foreman. However, while under the water, they discover strange creatures they can't comprehend, and a hurricane hits on the surface, causing the platform to nearly fall into the trench.
However, with power down, and SEAL leader Lt. Hiram Coffey (Michael Biehn, with a very stupid moustache), showing his true colours as a nasty piece of work. Cameron knows how to do a good action film, and he likes tough women in his films too and finds a good one in Mastrantonio.
It would not be Cameron's last venture into water based films. :P.
This review of The Abyss (1989) was written by Stuart K on 24 Mar 2011.
The Abyss has generally received positive reviews.
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