The Abyss

The Abyss1989

Stars: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 145 minutes

The Abyss is a 1989 American science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron, starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn. When an American submarine sinks in the Caribbean, the U.S. search and recovery team works w… more »



[passing over the wreck of the Montana]

Lindsey Brigman:
Coffey, these are the missile hatches, is that right?

Lt. Hiram Coffey:
That's right. It looks like a couple of hatches have sprung. Radiation's nominal. Warheads must still be intact.

Lindsey Brigman:
How many are there?

Lt. Hiram Coffey:
Twenty-four Trident missiles, eight M.I.R.V.s per missile.

Lindsey Brigman:
[after a pause] That's a hundred and ninety-two warheads, Coffey. How powerful are they?

Lt. Hiram Coffey:
The M.I.R.V. is a tactical nuke. Uh, fifty kilotons, nominal yield, say... five times Hiroshima.

[One Night, listening, mouths "f***!"]

Lindsey Brigman:
Jesus Christ. It's World War Three in a can.

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