The Abyss

Rating: ****/*****, or 8/10

Spooky, action-packed deep sea science fiction picture: a nuclear sub goes missing near an ocean trench and a party of underwater experts is dispatched to solve the mystery of its demise. It turns out there's an extra-terrestrial intelligence down below with unknown purposes. First theatrical motion picture to use genuine Computer Generated Imagery, courtesy of FX pioneer James Cameron (Aliens, Titanic, Avatar). 

Starring: Ed Harris, Mary Elizaberth Mastrantonio and Michael Biehn. 

Directed by James Cameron

USA: 20th Century Fox, 1989