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The Abyss

When you get there, you will understand.

1989 · PG-13 · 2h 20m

Directed by James Cameron

7.4

TMDB audience score
3,654 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Ed Harris
    Virgil 'Bud' Brigman

  • Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
    Lindsey Brigman

  • Michael Biehn
    Lieutenant Hiram Coffey

  • Leo Burmester
    Catton ‘Catfish’ De Vries

  • Todd Graff
    Alan 'Hippy' Carnes

  • John Bedford Lloyd
    Jammer Willis

  • Kimberly Scott
    Lisa 'One Night' Standing

  • Chris Elliott
    Bendix

  • J.C. Quinn
    Arliss 'Sonny' Dawson

  • Pierce Oliver Brewer, Jr.
    Lew Finler

  • George Robert Klek
    Wilhite

  • Christopher Murphy
    Schoenick

  • Adam Nelson
    Ensign Monk

  • Dick Warlock
    Dwight Perry

  • Jimmie Ray Weeks
    Leland McBride

  • J. Kenneth Campbell
    DeMarco

  • Peter Ratray
    Captain

  • Michael Beach
    Barnes