This movie is the filmic equivalent of a novel you buy at the airport bookshop, so why have I watched it a half-dozen times? Simply put, it's a vacation on DVD: The cinematography, especially the underwater scenes, is engrossing. The story is crisp and entertaining. Nolte, Bisset, and Shaw are all good in their parts, though they've all had better roles. Louis Gosset, Jr. is great as the villain, Eli Wallach is good but underused.
There is an element of racism in 'The Deep'. The good guys are all white and the bad guys are all black (and drugs figure in as well). In today's more politically correct atmosphere the movie might not be made this way, but it is a fact that there are black-skinned criminals in Caribbean nations. The movie has to be taken with it's grain of salt.
Oh, yeah, and there are Jaqueline Bisset's nipples poking through that wet t-shirt, you wouldn't want to miss that.
There is an element of racism in 'The Deep'. The good guys are all white and the bad guys are all black (and drugs figure in as well). In today's more politically correct atmosphere the movie might not be made this way, but it is a fact that there are black-skinned criminals in Caribbean nations. The movie has to be taken with it's grain of salt.
Oh, yeah, and there are Jaqueline Bisset's nipples poking through that wet t-shirt, you wouldn't want to miss that.