The Abyss

1989 • 140 minuti

Informazioni su questo film

Dopo che un sottomarino nucleare affonda misteriosamente in una parte remota del fondo dell'oceano, una squadra di sommozzatori su un prototipo di piattaforma petrolifera subacquea viene messa in servizio dalla Marina degli Stati Uniti in un tentativo di salvataggio. Quando un uragano interrompe il contatto tra la superficie e le profondità marine, l'equipe comincia a vedere i segni di una strana intelligenza, forse aliena. Mentre il capo Bud Brigman (Ed Harris) litiga con l'ex moglie e capo (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), il comandante della Marina diventa sempre più paranoico sulla misteriosa vita aliena e minaccia di usare un'arma nucleare recuperata per distruggere tutto.

Valutazioni e recensioni

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.