Vertical Limit Reviews

VERY GOOD

Very entertaining movie, fast and action packed with breathtaking scenery. the extras are very good too, showing how the effects were shot using blue screen and digital cg combined. The only unconvincing part was the cg animated eagle in the opening chapter.

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throw logic out of the window.

Picture this:- 3 people are trapped in a crevice up K2, do you leave them to die fearing the human cost outweighs the chance of getting them out alive or do you risk it? Well, luckily for you, the viewer, they just go for it. No they dont just go for it they also bring a ridiculous amount of motion/heat/light sensitive explosive to... well I didn't know why until the end but apparently it was just so we could see more interesting deaths than just the standard falling from a great height.

I can't complain too much about the 'acting' skills or the cliched characters but I will explain how the film makers gradually over the 2 hrs 10 minutes of the film actually made me quite angry because of the sheer lack of logic and the apparent nonchalance with which the cast of rescuers was despatched. Ok, I take it 2 people can die rescuing 3 and the human cost is *kind of* worth it (but not really because the idiots trapped brought it on themselves). However when 6 people die and only 1 person is rescued- well, I don't know if it is just my human nature but if I was there I'd begin to think that kind of sucks a bit, I'd begin to think 'If this f***head Chris o' Donnell wasn't such a selfish p@*ck we wouldn't have to be up a mountain trying to rescue his sister, watching the whole team gradually die around us'' I'd probably get quite angry and we'd have a little meeting and we'd all tell Chris O'Donnell what a nonce he is after the first person died and we'd all go home and have a cup of tea and maybe feel a tiny bit bad but mostly happy because 4 people didn't have to die to rescue what ends up being 1 person.

With all this death I was at least expecting a bit of exposition at the end (btw, as soon as the 2 people left rescue his half dead sister they are magically whisked to the bottom of the mountain - I don't know how... )I was expecting some questions, like ''hey sis I'm glad your alive but was it worth it? - after all 6 people are now dead as opposed to 3'' or Hey bro *ANGST* why did you have to rescue me, now 6 people are dead instead of just 3 !'' but no- Chris O' Donnels selfish sister and Chris share a little joke about her singing voice and really don't mention the deaths or the idiotic idea with the explosives (which resulted in most of the deaths). Anyway, just to be clear It had some interesting set pieces, mostly resulting in death but mostly as I might have mentioned before IT MADE ME A BIT ANGRY. It's just sometimes, when a film is based around a concept of humanity, it's good to go with that and play up to that element, apparently if you're a really good but selfish female climber like Chris O' donnels sister this element applies to you, if you're 2 australian jocks, a muslim and a grizzled old climber with a cliched back story basically stay away from Chris O' Donnell- he doesn't care about you ONLY HIS SISTER.

Cliff hanger

Greate thriller and well made thorouley enjoyed all the climbing scenes and the reality of the action.

Vertical LIMIT

Great on the edge of your seat action, it really captures the suspense, not knowing quite whats going to happen next. fast moving intense plot and some great location shots.

wicked film, pure action i really enjoyed this film, you will see action straight from the start.

liked this one at lot , along the lines of cliff hanger but only coz its climbing mountains and snow. a lot of good actors and good story. its definately got a lot going for it and shouldn't disappoint !

cool thriller

only reason this film didn't get five stars was because of the cheesy ending but the film as a whole is totally cool good gripping film which just tumbles along at breakneck speed till that cheesy end i would hire this film again though

Very good

This is a very good film. If, like myself,you enjoy mountaineering/hill-walking, you will especially enjoy this film. The opening scenes are very gripping and realistic. This film must have been a logistical nightmare to film as it is set thousands of feet up. A good mixture of special effects,good storyline & good acting ensure an enjoyable couple of hours.

Great Film but first scene rubbish

Sat down to watch it and the first scene came on. It looked compleatly rubbish, what a suprise it was a brilliant, breath taking film. The only downside is the very hollywood feel (slightly blue eyed, blonde hair) but other than that a great film.

Good adventure movie!!

I thought this was going to be your usual action drama film with apredictable plot, but I was pleasantly surprised. Although it did have some predictability and there was a point where I thought a sense of urgency in the rescue would have been more realistic, this was quite a good movie. Lots of 'edge of your seat' moments.

Well worth a watch even if not a blockbuster classic.