Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country vs The Abyss

The Abyss has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 7/10 for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country). Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 20m. The Abyss is the older of the two (1989 against 1991). Both are adventure, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country posterStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country1991 VS The Abyss posterThe Abyss1989
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryThe Abyss
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 7.3/10
Year19911989
Length1h 50m2h 20m
GenresAction, Adventure, Science Fiction, ThrillerAdventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorNicholas MeyerJames Cameron
Main castWilliam Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter KoenigMary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Ed Harris, Chris Elliott, Michael Biehn, J.C. Quinn

Synopsis

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed by an apparent attack from the Enterprise. Both worlds brace for what may be their deadliest encounter.

The Abyss

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.

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