The Deep

1977

Action / Adventure / Mystery / Thriller

23
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 38% · 26 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 38% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 15181 15.2K

treasure based on novel or book diving ocean shipwreck bermuda

Plot summary

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.

Director

Peter Yates Photo
Peter Yates

Top cast

Cameron Mitchell Photo
Cameron Mitchell as 'Goliath' Captain
Nick Nolte Photo
Nick Nolte as David Sanders
Peter Benchley Photo
Peter Benchley as Mate
Bob Minor Photo
Bob Minor as Wiley
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.08 GB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
2 hr 3 min
Seeds 4
1.95 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 3 min
Seeds 17

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by merklekranz 6 / 10

The four reasons to watch .........

Reason number one is of course the opening wet t shirt sequence. Jacqueline Bisset's famous breasts are on ample display, but cannot maintain interest for 123 minutes of "The Deep". I would hate to see the extended 176 minute version, because scenes, especially underwater, are stretched way too long as is. Reason number two is the fight on the beach cliff elevator. This is certainly a unique contraption, and makes for an exciting and well photographed confrontation. Reason number three is Robert Tessier's battle with one of Lou Gossett's thugs. This is about as intense as it gets. Reason number four is if you ever wanted to see the top blown off a lighthouse, this is your movie. The slow motion explosion is amazingly shot. That's about it for "The Deep". The motives for all the treasure hunting mayhem are murky and the rushed underwater ending is disappointing. - MERK
Reviewed by NewEnglandPat 6 / 10

Undersea drama that never got is due

This film didn't quite make the splash that "Jaws" did two years earlier but remains a fine picture with tense moments and fine underwater photography. The stars, Nick Nolte and Jacqueline Bisset, a vacationing couple, find a different kind of treasure in a wreck off the Bermuda shore and soon have the island thugs around to pay them a visit. Seems as though a cache of morphine could be profitable in the drug market, which a Haitian dealer desires to exploit. The latter uses intimidation and voodoo to get his point across to the couple, who later get help from a seaman and treasure expert to keep the villains at bay. Bisset is nice to look at in her wet t-shirts and shorts but Robert Shaw and Lou Gossett supply the key moments of drama in the film more than do Nolte or Bisset. The picture does drift off course in spots but Shaw and Gossett stay on a collision course that results in an exciting undersea climax. The film never received its due as an adventure worthy of critical acclaim.
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