The Abyss–Going Down a Rabbit Hole
The Abyss, while a fictional narrative, is nonetheless based upon a real town, Kiruna, Sweden and the mine located beneath it. First and foremost, The Abyss (2023) is a disaster film about one woman superhero’s mental and physical strength in saving the lives of her friends and her teenage son.
Frigga (Tuva Novotny) is in charge of safety in the mine, and has learned the skills of her father who died there. Her two teenage children, Simon and Mica) are rather clueless about how important their mother is to the safety of Kiruna. Her ex-husband (David Franzén), and...