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Summary: They just tried to out do Cliffhanger
Review: This movie is completely ridiculus. Cliffhanger is a much better movie. There are so many things that are completely wrong with this movie. They even make the Pakistani army look like [dummies] (and they are not). They should have done more with the scenary. I actually hated this movie...should have ended up on the cutting room floor! It has got to be the worst film ever made...Liquid Sky is a better film! Even to the point where they find this lost for ever frozen woman...just sick, stupid. I can't believe these actors did this film, a cartoon version would have been better. Even on ... this film would be the worst!!! The South Park movie is ten thousand times better! Don't waste your time, just grab some Warren Miller films and watch Cliffhanger...
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Summary: Entertaining film, but not very accurate
Review: Overall I found Vertical Limit to be a pretty entertaining movie. It delivers enjoyable action and a decent story that are worth seeing. I'll leave the details of the story to editorial coverage, but will comment that one of the most frustrating parts of the movie was the enormous plot hole at the end.If you want to be critical of the film, then the special effects and climbing definitely don't stand up. I'm sure many of the climbing accidents depicting in the film have actually occurred (in some form), but not all in one expedition. :) Also, some of the more "dramatic" climbing action is clearly shot in a studio. In several of the film's scenes you'll find that things just don't look right. The extras on the DVD are mediocre. Naturally there is a bunch of information about how the movie was made, much of it focussing on how the cast went through real climbing training. I was excited to find a piece by National Geographic on the DVD, but that piece turned out to be a short segment that basically served as an advertisement for the real thing. All criticism aside, I did enjoy watching the film... suspending all disbelief once in a while isn't such a bad thing.
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Summary: Started Dramatic, and kept climbing!!!!!!!
Review: I not only watched this movie once, but twice within the same weekend. I tenced up, made faces, ohh and ahh ed, sat at the edge of my chair. It wasn't a action action movie more than what happened , HAPPENED. Really dramatic!! Great movie...buy it you will not be sorry......
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Summary: Vertical Limit
Review: Vertical Limit, kept me on the edge of my seat through most of the movie. Now, if you are looking for a non-stop action movie, you should get Vertical Limit. It is about k2, a 28,250 foot mountain in Pakistan's Karakoram Range, and when a group of climbers tries to climb this mountain , and then trapping them in a preceface by an avalanche. Chris O Donnel must rescue them. A good movie with non-stop action. I hope you will find this review helpful to you. BUY THIS DVD.
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Summary: Great Photography But No one is Getting ME Up There
Review: Why the heck do people do this? Climb tall things??? I could hardly stand watching this movie, let alone picturing myself being put in this situation. Sure, this film concerning a driven mountain -climbing woman who is determined to reach the summit of Mt. Everest in memory of her mountain-climbing father, who lost his life "three (only three?-she got GOOD fast!) years earlier", saving her and her wimpout brother (he went on to be a photographer for National Geographic magazine and gave up climbing and WON'T EVEN VISIT THE DAD'S GRAVE!!! is exciting. In fact, it is a nail-biter. But it is incredibly, improbably morassed in a crummy script that looks like it was patched up a hundred different ways to get to the ending. The good acting doesn't make up for the resulting confusion and the fact that a lot of the movie, if you know ANYTHING at all about climbing--(for example, try reading INTO THIN AIR, the book by Jon Krakauer)--is fantastical to the extreme. Always remember, folks, nitro and mountains don't mix. Scott Glenn is--what can I say?--faboo, as always. The man doesn't have to talk--he has the corner on sullen, weathered looking tough guys. Bill Paxton is going to be typecast as the next perfectly awful actor you LOVE to hate if he keeps this up. And Chris O'Donnell was swell as the wholesome wimp brother who comes through for his sis, even flying through the air, sharp thingies in each hand, to get to the other side of a deep canyon. I am not certain of this, but I am pretty sure if I had a brother he'd probably just leave me up there instead of sacrificing over four people for me, but what the heck, it's only a movie. Have fun and don't take it too seriously. Re: women actresses in this. I had no idea who they were, but they were nice looking, if that matters to you.
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Summary: Edge of your seat action
Review: This movie was terrific. With its eye popping action and suspense it is a great movie all around. It was very touching and never had one of those boring "get to the point" parts. Very entertaining. A film that should be in everyones collection.
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Summary: This is the absolute worst movie ever created
Review: This is the worst movie ever made, no wait it is the worst thing ever made. Satan himself would be ashamed of this movie. I had the misfortune to see this abomination and i was left wondering who was the target audience, cows?, pet rocks? mentally challenged goldfish? THe mountain climbing scenes in The Molemen where more convincing and had the abbed bonus of not featuring either Chris O'Donnell or Bill Paxton.
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Summary: Passable entertainment with some nice action sequences.
Review: In the great tradition of disaster movies to come along in the past decade, it's no surprise that one would arrive with a mountain climbing catastrophe. Volcanoes had already erupted in "Dante's Peak" and "Volcano;" "Twister" blew us away to another dimension of movie effects, and "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact" took on the heavy load of the end-of-the-world scenario. "Vertical Limit" takes place in the high altitudes of Pakistan, and let me tell you, it's got more than you think. At the base of the mountain K2, a 28,250-foot peak in the Karakoram Range, a mission is underway to reach the summit of the mountain. The expedition involves Elliot Vaughn, who is using the climb as a publicity stunt for a new airline, Tom McLaren, a renowned mountain climber, and Annie Garrett, who has distanced herself from her brother, Peter. Once the expedition is underway, the group runs into trouble just hours before reaching the summit, falling into a chasm which is closed up by a powerful avalanche. This leaves the people back at the base with the responsibility of rescuing survivors Tom, Annie and Elliot, who will die within an estimated time window of 36 hours. Peter wants more than anything to rescue his sister, fueled by an event from their past involving the death of their father in a climbing accident. He quickly gathers a crew of six people, and they begin making their way up the mountain, nitro explosives in tow. The crew is made up of a diverse group of people. There's Montgomery Wick, who has hidden reasons of his own for attending the search and rescue mission; actor Scott Glenn gives this character a forceful and stern presence which dominates the other characters accordingly. Monique Aubertine is an aspiring nurse who has a taste for danger, and knows her situations well, a trait brought out by actress Izabella Scorupco. Brothers Cyril and Malcom Bench, played by Steve le Marquand and Ben Mendelsohn, aren't given too much screen time, but there performances help to strengthen the belief we have in their bond as kin. And Kareem, played by Alexander Siddig, never ventures from his beliefs by forgetting to pray to his higher power. The more intriguing characters are those trapped in the chasm. Annie Garrett, under the performance of Robin Tunney, has a kick and strength all her own which keeps her pressing on in the face of their impending demise. Nicholas Lea is wonderful as Tom McLaren, the leader-turned-follower who becomes increasingly ill. Both of these characters are seen as being in danger not only from the natural forces around them, but also from their companion, Elliot Vaughn, played by Bill Paxton as a formidable bad guy who will stop at nothing to survive, even if it means another human life. As the race against time begins, the action becomes frantic, sometimes hurtling along at an alarming pace. With a movie such as this, you know you're going to see people hanging off of cliffs and falling from snow banks. Yes, this is a bit old, and we've seen it all before, but anyone who is afraid of heights at all can appreciate the filmmakers' efforts to create a high amount of tension with these situations. The nitro explosions aren't as exciting as the sequences aforementioned, but still are spectacular to watch. The most intriguing aspect of the film, however, is the way in which the drama beneath the snow unfolds. Watching how the trapped survivors react to the realizations that come across them is intriguing, and even more so when we witness the actions they take. There is a strong mix of deceit, perserverance, and suspense that makes this plotline the best of the movie as a whole. There is only one problem I had with the movie. I know they had to have a reason for bringing Scott Glenn's character into the mission, but the story about his wife and the connection she has to Elliot Vaughn seems more like baggage than passable story. Wick has secret intentions involving Vaughn, which is why he agrees to go on the trip. Why, for once, can someone not go out of the goodness of their heart? As far as getting his in the end, Elliot will go on to commit unspeakable deeds for which he will deserve a comeuppance, so there really is no need for this addition of plot. Still, "Vertical Limit" is a passable night at the movies that is frantic in its action sequences and moves at a nice pace. You'll feel the hair on your body stand on end just watching some of the scenes, while the story is flawed yet enjoyable.
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Summary: Terrible movie
Review: This was possibly the worst movie ever. Completely awful, unconvincing acting. Terrible, completely uncompelling storyline. Noone to like, and noone to hate in this movie. I was overcome by a complete apathy for everything about the movie.
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Summary: Brain Candy
Review: A mildly entertaining film (usually only when someone dies, which the writers have found funny and creative ways of doing). The acting is less than spectacular, but not horrid. I really never cared for any of the characters, however, and only wanted to see them die in more humorous ways. The ending is overly predictable. If you want to give up 2 hours of your life and be mildly entertained for about 10 minutes of that, then see the movie. My verdict: Definately not worth going to the theatre and paying for it, nor buying it on DVD. Hell, I wouldn't rent it. However, I'd watch it if someone else rented it (which is what I did).
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