The Abyss (1989)

Ocean lover James Cameron's The Abyss (1989) sort of reads like Das Boot (1981) meets Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). Ed Harris stars as Bud Brigman, the foreman of a drilling platform called Deep Core. An American military submarine chock full of nukes has been sunk by a mysterious underwater object not too far from Cuba, so the Navy sends some SEALS to set up a base at Deep Core to figure out exactly what happened. SEAL leader Hiram Coffey (Michael Biehn) asks both Bud and his ex-wife Lindsey (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) to help out since the sub is so deep under the water and the SEALS aren't used to diving that far. With both a hurricane and the Russians on their tail, the divers set out, only to encounter some underwater alien creatures. Suddenly, our crew of divers are split on whether they should be taking the nukes off the sub and launching them at the aliens, or trying to make peace with these undersea creatures. A box office disappointment that was praised for its special effects, there are some wild behind the scenes stories about what Cameron did to his actors through during filming, with Ed Harris apparently unwilling to talk about what Hell he was put through while making it and various humane societies ending up quite upset about a "liquid breathing" scene Cameron filmed with a real rat. But one scene we're quite glad James filmed in his underwater movie is the one where we see what's under Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio's clothes! Even in flannel and denim, Mary Elizabeth looks amazing, and although we get a much better look at her mams in Scarface (1983), we were happy to see how they aged in the six years since that one. You'll have a smile on your face when Mary Elizabeth's jugs jiggle after she drowns and needs her shirt torn open to have CPR performed on her, to bring her back. Do whatever you can to save that sexy rack! They're a bit itty bitty, but those are still good tits in The Abyss!