The Rift is a 1989 film directed by Juan Piquer Simón

Juan Piquer Simón

Juan Piquer Simón was a Spanish film director most well known for directing the cult classic horror exploitation films, Pieces and Slugs: The Movie ....

 and starring R. Lee Ermey involving a submarine rescue that goes awry. It is one of many underwater-themed movies released around 1989, including The Abyss

The Abyss

The Abyss is a 1989 science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron. It stars Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn. The original musical score was composed by Alan Silvestri...

, Leviathan, Deepstar Six

Deepstar Six

DeepStar Six is an American 1989 science fiction horror film about the struggles of the crew of an underwater military outpost to defend their base against the attacks of a monster ....

, The Evil Below

The Evil Below

The Evil Below is a 1989 horror film about an adventurer who goes hunting for treasure on a cursed shipwreck.Starring actors included Paul Siebert and June Chadwick.The movie has never been released on a region 1 DVD....

and Lords of the Deep

Lords of the Deep

Lords of the Deep is a 1989 science fiction/horror film about an underwater colony being attacked by alien life forms.Starring actors included Bradford Dillman and Priscilla Barnes....

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Cast

• Jack Scalia
  Jack Scalia
  Jack Scalia is an American actor. He has had many roles in television series , television movies, and feature films.-Early life:...
  
   as Wick Hayes
• R. Lee Ermey
  R. Lee Ermey
  Ronald Lee Ermey is a retired United States Marine Corps drill instructor and actor.Ermey has often played the roles of authority figures, such as his breakout performance as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, Mayor Tilman in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning, Bill Bowerman in...
  
   as Capt. Phillips
• Ray Wise
  Ray Wise
  Raymond Nicolas "Ray" Wise is an American actor, known for his roles as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks, as Leon C. Nash, right-hand henchman to villain Clarence Boddicker in the science fiction classic RoboCop, and recently as the Devil in the CW television series Reaper.-Life and career:Wise was...
  
   as Robbins
• Deborah Adair
  Deborah Adair
  Deborah Adair is an American television actress, primarily known for her roles in soap operas....
  
   as Lt. Nina Crowley
• John Toles-Bey as Joe Kane (as John Toles Bey)
• Ely Pouget
  Ely Pouget
  Elizabeth "Ely" Pouget is an American actress and former model.After studying film at the University of Miami, Pouget's first role came in 1985 when she played Rosella Maestres on the television series Miami Vice. In 1987 she played Gina in the series The A-Team. Her first film was The Wrong Guys...
  
   as Ana Rivera
• Emilio Linder as Philippe
• Tony Isbert as Fleming
• Álvaro Labra as Carlo
• Luis Lorenzo as Francisco
• Frank Braña
  Frank Braña
  Frank Braña is a Spanish film actor.Also credited as Frank Blank, Francisco Brana, Frank Brana, Frank Branya, Francisco Braña or Paco Braña, his career has been mostly based in Spanish and Italian movies of the spaghetti-western, horror and sword and sandal genres, having worked in more than 200...
  
   as Muller
• Pocholo Martínez-Bordiú as Sven (as J. Martinez Bordiu)
• Edmund Purdom
  Edmund Purdom
  Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom was a British actor.-Early life:Purdom was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England and educated at St. Augustine's Abbey School, Ramsgate, then by the Jesuits at St. Ignatius Grammar School and Welwyn Garden City Grammar School...
  
   as CEO Steensland
• Garrick Hagon
  Garrick Hagon
  Garrick Hagon is a film, stage, television and radio actor best known for his role as Biggs Darklighter in Star Wars: A New Hope. His many films include Batman, Spy Game, Me and Orson Welles and The Message...
  
   as Barton (as Garick Hagon)
• James Aubrey
  James Aubrey (actor)
  James Aubrey was an English stage and screen actor. He trained for the stage at the Drama Centre London. He made his professional acting debut in a 1962 production of Isle of Children. Aubrey made his screen acting debut in the 1963 adaptation of Lord of the Flies. Aubrey performed with the Royal...
  
   as Contek 1
• Derrick Vopelka as Contek 2
• Jed Downey as Man on Tapes

Plot

An experimental submarine, the "Siren II", with an experienced crew is sent to find out what happened to the "Siren I", mysteriously disappeared in a submarine rift. Things go awry when they begin to find things that should not be there...

External links

• The Rift (Endless Descent) - IMDB
• The Rift (Endless Descent) - Rotten Tomatoes