Dybet

1989 • 140 minutter

Om denne film

Efter en atomubåd på mystisk vis synker på en fjerntliggende del af havbunden, bliver et hold af dykkere fra en boreplatform presset til at deltage i den amerikanske flådes redningsoperation. Da en orkan afbryder kontakten mellem overfladen og de undersøiske dybder, begynder besætningen at se tegn på en mærkelig, muligvis fremmed intelligens. Bud Brigman (Ed Harris) skændes med sin ekskone og chef (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), mens chefen for Navy SEAL's begynder at blive mere og mere paranoid omkring den mystiske fremmede livsform og truer med at bruge et atomvåben til at ødelægge alt.

Bedømmelser og anmeldelser

Don't get scammed by Google. The original movie is 140 minutes. The Abyss Special Edition that was just released 12/2023 is 2 h 50 m. Google is selling this at full price and using the special edition cover (Bait and switch) to mislead people. Prime is the only place to get the right version. They are the only ones contracted to offer it. Sad part their version is UHD not true 4k and its 19.95.

Google is getting pretty incompetent when it comes to media sales — THE ABYSS is a Movies Anywhere title (20th Century Studios, owned by Disney) but the flag isn’t set despite MA including Google TV in the retailers list. Trying to sort this out with support led to an hour spent getting frustrated at the obviously AI support chatbot (which got shirty on being called out) and my decision to request a refund.

A unique film from James Cameron, the story is long and somewhat simple but still good and the movie itself is a masterclass in filmmaking. There is not another movie that equals the scale of the Abyss' underwater setting.