What audiences didn’t know was that Cameron had been forced to cut over 30 minutes of footage, including a subplot about global nuclear war and a climatic sequence where Bud (Ed Harris) tells the aliens that humanity isn’t ready for their power.
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When The Abyss premiered in theaters on August 9, 1989, it was a commercial hit ($90 million worldwide) but critics noted a muddled third act. The theatrical cut ended abruptly with the aliens creating giant tsunamis and then stopping them, with a vague message of peace. What audiences didn’t know was that Cameron had