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A Balasaur Score of 72 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 75%, Metacritic 62/100. Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 83% of the 381 1980s adventure movies in this catalog. Streaming on Disney+.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic62/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
3,585 audience votes
Key crew
- Alan SilvestriOriginal Music Composer
- James CameronDirector
- James CameronWriter
Cast
- Ed HarrisVirgil 'Bud' Brigman
- Mary Elizabeth MastrantonioLindsey Brigman
- Michael BiehnLieutenant Hiram Coffey
- Leo BurmesterCatton ‘Catfish’ De Vries
- Todd GraffAlan 'Hippy' Carnes
- John Bedford LloydJammer Willis
- Kimberly ScottLisa 'One Night' Standing
- Chris ElliottBendix
- J.C. QuinnArliss 'Sonny' Dawson
- Pierce Oliver Brewer, Jr.Lew Finler
- George Robert KlekWilhite
- Christopher MurphySchoenick
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Themes
seaflying saucersubmarineoceandiving suitsecret missioninsanitynuclear missileu.s. navyalien life-formufowarning
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