
A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters. Featuring extended underwater sequences and a look into the affairs of treasure hunting. Based on the novel by Peter "Jaws" Benchley.... (Full plot summary below)
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A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters. Featuring extended underwater sequences and a look into the affairs of treasure hunting. Based on the novel by Peter "Jaws" Benchley.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe only thing deep about this thriller is the big budget. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThis trashy underwater thriller, based on Benchley (Jaws) best-seller, was one of the year's most popular films, despite negative reviews. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher Nulla memorable ride back to the shaggy '70s, and more than a little harrowing one. |
| User ReviewPrivate UWickedest Bermy film ever!!! Nick Nolte and Robert Shaw give stellar performances! |
| User ReviewSpookie MThis is the movie that made me want to learn how to Suba dive!! |
| User ReviewJason O"The Deep" was made a few years before I was born, but I had always heard it was a good movie. I finally watched it and I liked it....a lot. From what I heard, I was just expecting it to be full of great underwater photography, but it has an amazing plot tagged alongside it. Nick Nolte and Jacqueline Bissett are a couple that are on vacation in Bermuda. They go deep sea diving one day and find a small bottle of morphine from a ship that sank in the 1800's. They go to a man who's a known treasure hunter (Robert Shaw) and he tells them what they found. But they are also pestered by Louis Gossett, who is a serious collector that will do anything to get his hands on one of those tiny bottles of morphine. Robert Shaw teams up with Nolte and Bisset after they decide there might be more bottles of the treasured substance and possibly some treasure deep in the sunken ship. All the while, they must stay away from Gosset and his fearsome gang. There are also more exciting sequences such as an encounter with a deadly eel and of course, the wet t-shirt swim at the beginning. "The Deep" is one of the most exciting and suspenseful adventure movies ever made. Yes, it does have great underwater scenery (mostly at the beginning) and the background music goes perfect with the movie. Although the wet t-shirt by Jacqueline Bisset might be what's best known about the movie, this is actually a great movie. It's one of my favorites. As for the DVD, it's not big at all on extras. You do get to select from subtitles in several different languages, there's a scene selection, and best of all, both the widescreen and full screen versions are included in this DVD's one disc. Unfortunately, the sound quality isn't very good. While your current volume setting might be too loud or just right on one of your DVDs, it will probably be too low for "The Deep". The picture quality is good enough though. If you're a fan of the movie, "The Deep", I do recommend adding the DVD to your growing collection. NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2000. Yeah, the wet t-shirt by Bisset, very nice indeed. But I love the adventure, scenery, and suspense of this film even more. Very underrated movie and a favorite of mine. |
| User ReviewCindy HOne of my favs from the 70s. You simply can't go wrong with the beatiful underwater settings, suspensful plot, the great Robert Shaw and, oh yeah, Jacqeline Bisset in a wet t-shirt! |
| User ReviewLinda M SI became interested in seeing this after hearing my dad mention Bisset's wet t-shirt and that he and my mom saw it at the theater, but was shocked to find how good of a movie it is! I liked it enough to purchase it and have watched it several times since then. The plot's rather deep, the underwater sequences feature great cinematography, and it's fun to watch them go for the treasure while invading the enemies and a scary eel. Love it. |
| User ReviewLisa HThis gets 5 stars for Robert Shaw. You've got Jacqueline Bisset in a wet t-shirt for the guys, and Mr. Shaw for the women. I'd watch Robert Shaw just stand there. What a man. |
| User ReviewMagnus WCash in on the success of jaws?!? Unlike Jaws, The Deep is actually a good movie. |