A team of civilian divers working on a prototype underwater oil-drilling
rig are coerced by the US Navy into helping them look for a lost
nuclear submarine. Whilst in deep water the Navy supervisor has
paranoid ideas about what they've found in the Abyss.....
"For some, this was James Cameron's Waterworld, a bloated,
sentimental epic from the king of hi-tech thrillers. Some of the
criticism was deserved, but it remains a fascinating folly, a spectacular
and often thrilling voyage to the bottom of the sea. Ed Harris
stars as the leader of an underwater team working for an oil company
that is pressed into service to rescue the crew of a crippled submarine.
But they soon begin to wonder if they are the only life forms in
the vicinity. Harris is great in a rare leading-man role and there
is first-rate support from Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, as his
estranged partner, and The Terminator's Michael Biehn, as the unstable
marine commander. Cameron excels in cranking up the tension within
the cramped quarters and the effects are awe-inspiring and deservedly
won an Oscar. It's only marred by being overlong and by its sentimental
attachment to aliens." - Radio Times Review