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Summary: First 10 Minutes Worth the Price
Review: This is a GREAT movie! It's intense, edge-of-your-seat entertainment that really delivers. The first ten minutes alone are worth the price! And it's ridiculous to say the first scene steals from MI2 or Cliffhanger. Granted, there is some dialog that could have been better, but who watches action movies for the dialog? Scott Glenn is terrific as the wise old (and vengeful) mountaineer. And Bill Paxton as the billionaire is truly worth hating with his me-first attitude. Overall..a GREAT flick!!
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Summary: DON'T EXPECT TO BE LIKE IMAX FILM EVEREST
Review: some people saying [look at it this way. If you like movie with good action and bad story].Ummm. I don't think so In my opinion The story was a little simple, but there were cool effects It was not a "use your brain" film but go see it for the cool effects. There was some good things about the film, including the actors, they made me really believe I was on that mountain when they actually started to go look for the survivors of the avalanche. I enjoyed the film. A lot of action and some real intense scenes. don't expect to be like IMAX film Everest but, it was still ok
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Summary: Why isn't there a zero star rating??
Review: This movie was so bad I don't know where to begin. How about a complete disregard for the laws of physics? How about where the snow chunks crack and move but then don't fall, even with people on them (or in the cliffhanger where the obligatory babe is on the huge chunk that dips and then actually comes back up, like a bad ride at Disneyland?). The director surely never experienced real snow and ice, nor did the editor, etc. And those magic ice axes are amazing, they won't grab on a perfect slope but will hold a falling climber with an inch of ice and him dangling in midair (or with two of them). Or how about the babe's ice ax letting loose and her just glomming on to the sheer wall like Spiderwoman? Or Chris leaping across the chasm with yet two more magic ice axes, these rigged to dig immediately into solid rock and him smashing his face up against it, but I'm just fine, thank you. Or those trick chocks that you can pop into any crack and swing from? How about the explosions that cause new avalanches in the depths of the crevasse a mile or more away? Forget the ridiculousness of the nitro from start to finish, that was too weak to even consider. And at the very end, there are the babe, Chris, and his comatose sister hanging by a thread in the crevasse, and in the next scene they're magically back at base camp, just fine. Poor Krychek gets whacked and killed yet again, poor guy, but they don't let him be, they even have to drain his blood and splatter it all over. The real pity is that when the totally useless Tom Paxton drops into the chasm that it's just a movie and not real life. Forgettable is too good a word for this travesty. I suppose it might become a cult classic for how bad it is, like Plan 9 From Outer Space. How to account for all the good reviews? The failure of our educational system maybe? To quote Comic Book Man from the Simpsons: "Worst movie ever!"
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Summary: Too Much Ice!!!!
Review: This movie has it's moments...If you feel HOT and need to cool off then this is the movie for you! I was really hooked in the begining,but, lost me after all that ice and dead etc. I feel that they should have named it..." ICE WORLD " (The Place you never want to go to..unless you are stupid!)
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Summary: great movie
Review: this is an exciting, well structured and full of action movie. The actors are great.
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Summary: the movie was overall great...
Review: Vertical Limit definitely had its moments. Some goofs and bloopers were spotted, though. One that I noticed was when ***SPOILER WARNING*** Cyril slid down the ice slope, he had his pack of nitroglycerin on his pack. If the nitroglycerin goes off by movement, and Cyril was going down violently, why didn't the nitro explode? The movie is good, but don't be too critical of the bloopers. You'll hate it if you pinpoint every single error. The movie was overall great. Its special effects were amazing, the acting was good, and the action was awesome. I recommend this to anyone who loves adventure movies, like me.
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Summary: Typical Hollywood fare, but a fun movie nonetheless.
Review: Earth-shattering? No. But it's still a fun yarn to view on a Friday night with your friends over popcorn. If you've seen the hair-raising preview, then you know what I'm talking about. Boyish Chris O'Donnell as a nature photographer/hiker is a little hard to believe. But he and the other characters are simply accessories to the dazzling special effects. In short, 'Vertical Limit' is about the rush, the action, the climb up the mountain. Sure, it's no Schindler's List. But, in this case, who cares? I say take the plunge.
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Summary: Needed a cigarette after this one!!
Review: We viewed this movie at Branson, MO's IMAX Theatre. The larger screen and sound system in this theatre truly brought this movie to LIFE. We had wanted to see one of IMAX films like Alaska, or Dolphins and were somewhat disappointed when we found that this movei, Vertical Limit, was the only movie available that evening. We had dinner and then went to the "show". Within the first 5 minutes of this movie I was breathless and it NEVER STOPPED. The directing was astounding, the acting was believable and "unacting". The "stunts" were perfectly timed and precise to effect the wanted intensity. We were truly blessed to have caught this movie; easily the best action/drama movie I have EVER seen. I'm not a movie critic but I would certainly recommend (and have) that everyone enjoying a Thrilling/Chilling action movie see this one. I would see it again if I thought my heart could take a second trip up that mountain. It's definitely a two thumbs (that's all I have) up for this movie. You'll never see mountains the same way again.
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Summary: You get your money's worth, but no surprises
Review: This is your typical Hollywood action adventure movie. Don't expect any surprises, but expect cool special effects and at least a couple of explosions. The acting is so-so with Chris O'Donnell in the lead as Peter Garrett. The one exception to this is Scott Glenn who plays Mongomery Wick, a crazy old bastard who has a history with several of the other characters and oozes super competence. Glenn is an excellent actor and does a great job in his part, he's easily the coolest character in the movie. The simple story, Peter's sister Annie is lost on K2 in bad weather. They've got 22 hours to get to them or they die. Garrett gathers a bunch of people and they go up. Mostly they are the craziest or most desperate of the climbers at base camp. Neatest stuff in the movie: You get great views of beautiful scenery, you get to see a bit into the life-style of professional climbers, and you learn a little about where K2 is and that there is a war going on between Pakistan and India, a little of which happens near K2. Oh Dr. Bashir from Star Trek: DS 9 is in the movie playing a Pakistan climber who does a good job with his accent and the acting. Stupidest stuff in the movie: the nitro - sure we have this super explosive, super sensitive nitro laying around that explodes when it gets exposed to sunlight and it's right next to our 9 inch howitzers that we shoot at India every day. Right! Of course it has to be nitro because you need that to make the rest of the story go the way you want it to. Anyway, all in all, an enjoyable action movie with no surprises.
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Summary: A Thrilling Action/Adventure!
Review: When I first saw the commercial for Vertical Limit I said "Oh, is this one of those movies where a guy can go through impossible odds like in James Bond?" but after I saw the real trailer I was hooked. About a week later I saw the movie and I was on the edge of my seat! The basis of the movie was when National Geographic photographer Peter Garrett is climbing with his sister Annie, and his father, when Annie and her father were having a little argument about support ropes, when the 2 other climbers' ropes break and they fall. Peter, Annie, their father almost fall themselves. And the father is on the bottom of their support and instructs Peter to cut the rope so Annie and Peter can survive. ..... Filled with action, suspense, emotions, and the most important thing, adventure!!
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