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Summary: Cliffhanger Is Cool@
Review: hey...being the big Sylvester Stallone fan that I am I found this to be one of his best movies...sure he has his pathetic attempts to be funny but thats what makes him so cool!
The movie its kinda gory in cetain parts they don't hide anything when fights and guns begin to go start so be prepared for that. All in all this is a great movie it has a story to it and isn't all about strength@
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Summary: The best stallone in years!
Review: I have this movie in normal edition,all I can say about this DVD is the fantastic beginning,which works like an invitation for the rest of the movie.Stallone stands like co-star of Lithgow,the bad guy, and that`s good.Great work of Renny Harlin and all the support cast.Ah,with the extras,worth the 5 stars.
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Summary: incredibly stupid at many levels
Review: i honestly cannot understand how anyone could have found this flick entertaining. i was told to watch it for the climbing scenes--from a technical standpoint they were laughable (excepting the opening few seconds). the story line was moronic. apart from a (very) few nice scenics, this was a bad joke and complete waste of time. i haven't bothered to watch a stallone flick since.
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Summary: Climbing scenes are just annoying, dont buy it.
Review: I saw this just out of weakness to see a movie with some climbing, any climbing, I fully expected it to be a dumb movie. However the climbing scenes are just awfull. The directors must have gone out of their way to make this ridiculous. The toproped lead in Eiger Sanction was nothing on this. Every scene involving any climbing at all (and there are not many) is pure crap. Its just insulting.
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Summary: Good Movie, Great Extras!
Review: i think the extra features of this DVD save it from being a 3 star movie. this is a good "basic" action movie where silvester stallone plays a mountian climber who battles it out with bad guys on a mountain. the plot is ok, and the acting could be better, but it's a good 2 hour time killer. the extra features are the best part of the disc and really was the main reason why i bought the DVD. the commentary is cool (although stallone isn't on there much) and the deleted scenes are pretty cool.
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Summary: A great action movie
Review: I thought this movie was very exciting, and Sylvester Stallone has never looked better! Great Action ! and a good plot, much better action movie than most!! I have the DVD and the picture and sound quality are excellent,(anamorphic widescreen and 5.1 dolby digital)Also some great special features on disc "How it was done", and Commentary, etc.. If you are a fan of Action Movies or Stallone ... GET THIS !!!
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Summary: A great action movie
Review: I thought this movie was very exciting, and Sylvester Stallone has never looked better! Great Action ! and a good plot, much better action movie than most!! I have the DVD and the picture and sound quality are excellent,(anamorphic widescreen and 5.1 dolby digital)Also some great special features on disc "How it was done", and Commentary, etc.. If you are a fan of Action Movies or Stallone ... GET THIS !!!
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Summary: Not exactly 'Peak' Performance
Review: It doesn't take long before the film CLIFFHANGER reveals its formula. We've seen the story before and we'll see it again. When Renny Harlin took over directing chores, he put a strong emphasis on effects and action, both of which can't bring the film to greatness. Sylvester Stallone is our hero, who suffers from guilt associated with the high altitude death of a friend. But, when another friend is abducted by villains seeking three cases full of money scattered atop mountain peaks, he must put it all aside and come to terms with himself. Stallone has played this part before and this performance will never be confused with a personal stretch. Some of the special effects are marvelous at times placing Stallone upon Vertigo inducing heights. Most of the films action may not be original, but with Renny Harlin constructing it as he did in DIE HARD 2, it is pretty cool. The Collector's Edition DVD has a great audio/video transfer and 3 audio commentaries (by Stallone, the tech crew and Harlin) highlighting the creation of the film. This is often more interesting than the film itself. There are also some deleted scenes to look at and a making of documentary. Not the greatest of films, CLIFFHANGER manages to make it slightly above average.
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Summary: John Lithgow at his best
Review: John Lithgow proves his status as a great actor. Everybody knows that Stallone is a pretty good actor in an action film but Lithgow proves his versatility. Lithgow, who is likely best known from 3rd Rock from the Sun, gives a brilliant performance as a ruthless killer out for money. It is hard to believe that this is the same actor that did Harry and the Henderson's.
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Summary: Go Climb A Rock
Review: Looked at as strictly an actioner, director Renny Harlin's CLIFFHANGER, is a well made exercise. Gabe Walker (Sylvester Stallone) blames himself for the death of a friend, while leading a group of friends on a mountain climbing trip.As a member of Rocky Mountain Resue, he believes, that he should have been able to save her...Distraught, he resigns over the accident...He is called into action after a plane goes down and the survivors, now trapped on a mountain, send a out a call for help. But as it turns the victims of the crash are really terrorists, who need help locating millons in stolen cash, now spread out over the rough terrain. John Lithgow is Eric Qualen, the leader of the bad guys, and boy does he have fun chewing the scenery. The action is well done and moves at a brisk pace. Like most action films, this one should be taken for what it is, and nothing more. It is much better than the recent movie VERTICAL LIMIT (another rock climbing flick), at least this one is fun, as opposed to VL, which I compare to nails on a chalkboard. The DVD has some good extra features. There's a solid commentary track with Harlin and Sly (yo!). It also includes some well produced featurettes about how the action sequences were accomplished. The deleted scenes don't offer much and their space on the cutting room floor, was warranted, but they're fun to see. Rounding out the extras are the usual theatrical trailers, photo galleries, talent files, production notes, and storyboards with DVD-ROM content. Overall, a fine "Collector's Edition DVD, that comes with my recommendation, especially for any action film fan
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