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The Abyss is a standard film elevated by the filmmaking craft of James Cameron and company. This movie is colossally ambitious in its style and scope by using the cutting-edge technology of ILM and its seven FX studios. It's a great movie on building tension throughout the movie with a cast that is insanely likable.
The cast is insanely likable as it has Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio play off against each other's interactions in a great manner. James Cameron knows how to make you care about a character to build the tension from it. The supporting cast shines too with Leo Burmester and Todd Graff being standouts with great material. Michael Biehn is outstanding as a chilling Navy Captain who is increasingly getting paranoid.
The technical craft is stellar too. The CGI work on the underwater aliens and their "kingdom" looks stellar and has aged incredibly well. The usage of practical effects and CGI makes the underwater aliens tangible and gives them a sense of mystique and wonder. The composition feels smooth and fits the underwater aspect of it. The practical sets feel drab and lifeless due to its lonely and withered setting.
I love the backdrop of this movie set in the US vs Soviets conflict (added to the Special Edition). It is a great usage of worldbuilding organically. The chase scenes are shot with clinical precision and frantic cutaways to buy us into the disorientation of the underwater. The execution of a straightforward simple story is where the movie excels best.
Overall The Abyss might not be James Cameron's best work but it is a cool sci-fi movie with subtance by giving you an enthralling tension filled flick without being completely nauseating and dumbed down.
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