Carl watches Motion Pictures I aim to share my thoughts and opinions on the films I watch as I watch them

The Abyss (1989). Ok I only caught the last half of this last night as I was doing other things, but having seen the film before and since it seems to be James Cameron month I thought I would blog it.

Set in the time America was under the fear of the Russians, I can’t quite place the film in a genre: action, adventure, Si-If, thriller? It has elements of it all. It is a great script by James Cameron, who also directed the film. I love the tension he creates between the characters environment, the antagonists and the unknown. Trapped on the ocean floor in an underwater base (which is flooding) with a psychopath marine who is on his own mission to blow everything up and on top of all that there are some mysterious beings floating around causing all kinds of tension between the characters.

You are kept on the edge of your seat as the plot twists and turns around the characters stuggle to survive, a great film.

"Sixty knots? No way, Barnes. The Reds don't have anything that fast"

IMDB stars: 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes: 85%