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In James Cameron's latest adventure movie, James Cameron stars as James Cameron, a superhero tasked by James Cameron to dive deeper than any person (or James Cameron) has ever dived before. If James Cameron can do it, the mission could open new doors for scientific discovery, bringing James Cameron and the rest of the world one step closer to complete understanding of our big blue planet. Plus, James Cameron would look like a total badass.

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Like his post-Titanic documentaries, Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) and Aliens in the Deep (2005), Cameron's Deepsea Challenge 3D shifts focus from science-fiction to science-fact. Handing off directing duties to members of his creative team -- Ray Quint, Avatar visual effects supervisor John Bruno, Sanctum writer-producer Andrew Wight -- Cameron slips into seafarer mode, guiding the team behind “Deepsea Challenger,” a submarine capable of dropping 36,000 feet to the ocean's lowest point. With reality show instincts and Jacques Cousteau gusto, Deepsea Challenge 3D is a straightforward look-what-we-did doc glimpsing into the depths of the unknown while trumpeting the human ingenuity it takes to get there. With sublime stereoscopic effects, Cameron's ego is given enough room to breathe.
For a Cameron-approved travelogue, Deepsea Challenge 3D is barely a movie; informative, but not cinematic by Herzogian documentary adventure standards. Shot like the typical Discovery Channel special, the film hits linear beats as Cameron's crew hustles to crunch numbers, realize CAD designs, confront test dives, tinker with problem areas, and meet deadlines. Despite Cameron's overdramatic narration -- to paraphrase nearly every transition: “One mistake and I'm dead!” -- the brain-flexing on display inspires.

As their Hollywood captain demands results, the tech team delivers, sculpting a work of engineering art from one hundred years of dive science. It's tech porn. And When Deepsea Challenge hones in on the story of a team battling the odds, it's riveting. The build stage's parabolic successes snowball into pure tension during the crew's eventual trial missions in the South Pacific. A scene where Cameron's guys fight off rough winds and faulty equipment to cast off before rougher tide times is like a nerdier Perfect Storm. It's hard for the directors to pluck characters out of the motley crew, but we still feel loss when it comes. Partway through filming, co-director Wight and marine conservationist Mike deGruy died in a helicopter accident while shooting aerial footage. What might be excised in a squeaky clean nature special makes its way into the final cut. With morale low, Cameron pushes his team harder, more driven than ever to reach the Mariana Trench's depths. He insists it's what his teammates would have wanted. Deepsea Challenge 3D gives us the sense he's absolutely right.