When two amateur divers discover the cargo of a sunken World War II ship in Bermuda, they become involved with a group of criminals intent on getting the cargo.
Based on a novel by Peter Benchley (of Jaws fame), The Deep is a pleasant time waster. The underwater scenes are well shot, and there's some exciting action sequences. Robert Shaw has a terrible Irish accent, while Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte are pretty bland leads. Eli Wallach plays the oddly named "Adam Coffin". The musical score by John Barry sounds exactly like one of his James Bond scores.
There's some gratuitous violence and some silly voodoo stuff thrown in for no apparent reason. The scenes with Jackie Bisset in a wet t-shirt are justly famous. Overall, it's good entertainment.
Based on a novel by Peter Benchley (of Jaws fame), The Deep is a pleasant time waster. The underwater scenes are well shot, and there's some exciting action sequences. Robert Shaw has a terrible Irish accent, while Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte are pretty bland leads. Eli Wallach plays the oddly named "Adam Coffin". The musical score by John Barry sounds exactly like one of his James Bond scores.
There's some gratuitous violence and some silly voodoo stuff thrown in for no apparent reason. The scenes with Jackie Bisset in a wet t-shirt are justly famous. Overall, it's good entertainment.