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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: HARRIS,ED EAN: 0024543036739 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Languages: Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox MPN: FOXD2003673D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 11, 2003 Running Time: 138 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: August 09, 1989 Editorial Review: Product Description: Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 02/07/2006 Run time: 171 minutes Rating: Pg13 Amazon.com essential video: 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 Mastrantonio, as formerly married petroleum engineers who still have some "issues" to work out, are drafted to assist a gung-ho Navy SEAL (Michael Biehn) with a top-secret recovery operation: a nuclear sub has been ambushed and sunk, under mysterious circumstances, in some of the deepest waters on earth, and the petro-techies have the only submersible craft capable of diving down that far. Every image and every performance is painstakingly sharp and detailed (and the computerized water creatures are lovely) but the movie's lumbering pace is ultimately lethal. It's the audience that ends up feeling waterlogged. For a guy who likes guns as much as Cameron (his next film after all, was the body-count masterpiece Terminator 2: Judgment Day), it's interesting that the moral balance here is weighted heavily in favor of the can-do engineers; the military types are end-justifies-the-means amoralists, just like the weasely government bureaucrats in Aliens. --David Chute Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Fantasy Beneath the OceanThis film opens with a submarine beneath the sea. It detects an unknown object speeding towards them. What could it be? The submarine strikes some rocks and sinks rapidly. Only a buoy marks the spot. There will be an investigation, and a civilian oil rig crew will try to rescue the USS Montana before the hurricane arrives in a few hours. The conversation introduces the people and shows their interactions. The deep diving ships locate the submarine and inspect it. Some enter the submarine to explore ... Read More Rating: - A Claustraphobia Inducing Deep Sea Thriller - Now with Bonus Aliens!Cameron's lovingly crafted underwater 'first-encounter' thriller has no shortage of watery mayhem, but the E.T. action is surprisingly sparse, especially given that Cameron also directed 'Aliens'. Abyss is essentially a disaster film a la 'Apollo 13' or 'Poseidon' albeit under 3000 feet of water. The majority of the plot chronicles the struggles of Ed Harris and his crew of deep sea oil explorers to survive amidst the deteriorating condition of their rig. It doesn't help that their efforts ... Read More Rating:  - This is how a DVD should be doneWonderfully written. This was one of the first films that I remember thinking how a brilliant, imaginative script can make a film live to its infinite credit. The acting was well on par with a tremendous script. The extended version is much better than the theatrical release. This DVD takes full advantage of what DVDs are good for. Other producers should take what Gail Hurd & James Cameron did on this DVD as a template on how to do it right. Rating: - The AbyssThe vhs was in very good repair, and I usually do not do SiFi, but this had an auroa of kindness, (almost Christian) which would be an improvement in our sad world. There was much action and suspense as well to keep all ages interested. I rate this 4 stars! Rating: - DVD COLLECTIONEvery time i see this movie on television i watch it. It doesnt matter at what part it is at or what time of day. I have to watch it. I think it is my favorite all time movie besides the Wizard of Oz. In all the years since it has come out on DVD, for some reason, i never thought of ordering it. Well, one night i am sitting in front of my tv and there is not a blasted thing to watch. The Abyss came to mind and as i went to my DVD collection it wasnt there. So, as always, when i really want something ... Read More |
