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E.T. meets Close Encounters Of the 3rd Kind, only difference is instead of a secret location, this time it is deep under the water, or more specifically in The Abyss, James Cameron’s 1990underwater sci fi adventure. After humanoids(Terminator) and nasty aliens( Aliens). James Cameron this time goes into the deep ocean.

The movie starts off with an American submarine USS Nebraska, sinking in the Cayman trough, after it has an encounter with a mysterious moving object. In order to counter the Soviets, who are approaching there, the US Govt, arranges a SEAL team, which would use an experimental, underwater oil rig as a base for their operations. One of the team members is Dr.Lindsey Brigman( Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), who designed that underwater rig. And because this is Hollywood, her ex husband Virgil Brigman aka Bud( Ed Harris), is now …