1989 · sci-fi · adventure · thriller
The Abyss (1989)
Directed by James Cameron2h 20m1989
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
Our read: The Abyss (1989) (1989) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · adventure · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured sci-fi / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
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