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Summary: Not the best mountain movie
Review: To be honest, I feel disappointed with this movie, because of the over-expectation I had before stepping into the theatre. I don't agree that this movie is 'action-packed', most of the actions are not about 'heightness' - avalanche, explosion, trapped under the mountain, helicopter jump.... And I waited too long when the actions started (half way thru the movie!!)I give this movie 3 stars rather than 2 stars because the adorable casts - Scot, Chris, etc.. If you are acrophobia (or acrophilia), or mountain freak, try Cliffhanger - far far better than Vertical Limit.
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Summary: Biggest Movie Disappointment since....
Review: This is a film about a weird, non-credible rescue attempt of three trapped climbers on K2 in Pakistan, the world's most dangerous mountain. The first 20-30 minutes consist of some wonderful action sequences, even if some of the 'real' details are wrong (where's the wind?). The rest of the film is an excruciatingly painful descent into incoherence as six climbers lug nitroglycerin up the mountain to try to save three others buried in an avalanche. Not that the poor script and juvenile dialogue develops much empathy for any of the characters, but disaster predictably follows. Afterwards, unbelievably, amidst the wreckage of several lost lives in this hare-brained scheme (even for a Hollywood movie), the textural spin at the end is one of a triumphant happy ending (!?). Bizarre, and almost unbelievably bad. And even more unfortunate, there is no humor at all, either intentional or not, that compensates for the nauseatingly banal script and sometimes saves films like this. A disaster. If you like alpine climbing, do yourself a favor, watch it with the mute button ON!
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Summary: How Do You Spell CRAP? V-E-R-T-I-C-A-L L-I-M-I-T
Review: I never thought that a movie about mountain climbing would be bad. Seriously. I never saw it coming.
Actually, I did. All the really interesting parts, you know the ones where people are slidding and falling off of the mountain sides, are all shown during the trailer. If you were fortunate enough to see the trailer for this movie before it was released, you are saving yourself a grueling 2 hours. Because that's all this movie basically is. A test for wether or not Hollywood can make slidding of mountains look cool.
I gave it a 2, because the action scenes were well done. (See above concerning trailers however.) The story was mediocre, and the acting and directing was hilarious. However, I'm sure that wasn't the intention.
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Summary: The worst climbing movie I've ever seen
Review: I have some modest climbing experience. I took two schools of snow and ice techniques, climbed Mt. Rainier in WA and Cotopaxi in Ecuador. I read a lot about climbing. This movie is completely unrealistic. Who in the right mind would use nitro for crevasse rescue? I suppose they figured human drama is not enough and they need a lot of pirotechnics to keep people interested. How can you fly a chopper above 10,000 feet to rescue people off the face of the mounain? How can people not wear snow goggles and take off their gloves at those conditions? I reckon so that we can see the actors' pretty faces. I gave the movie 2 stars because some actors tried hard. If you want a better climbing movie see "K2". You will see real Pakistan, learn about pulmonary edema, the reality of flying helicopters at high altitude, the reality of mounting an expedition. Want a true drama see "Everest".
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Summary: Director's Commentary explains it all
Review: When the Director reveals in the Director's Commentary that "there's nothing as boring as watching somebody climb a mountain" you know why the movie's a disaster. No wind on tents, climbers sprinting at 26,000 feet with no wheezing, no oxygen bottles, no goggles, grass at basecamp, --- A great opening but afterwards I couldn't stop watching this train wreck because it was so unrealistic.
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Summary: Cynically contrived plot
Review: This movie says it all about the inability of Hollywood to innovate and even more about the deep cynicism of the entire industry. We have the ususal evil billionaire. We have leaking nitroglycerine that reacts with sunlight; how the Pakistani's figured that out is a total mystery. The plot was so predictable, the characters so one-dimensional that the movie barely deserves the two stars. There are some good action scenes, true. But that is all worth seeing in this turkey. It is just the height of cynicism to see one of the richest industries in the world, which is run by some of the most vicious captalists in the world, continually casting rich people as inherently evil. If rich people are inherently evil than the evil people of this world would include all of Hollywood's stars, directors and producers. This point either passes them by, which makes them stupid, or they are simply the most cynical people in the world, profiting from self-degradation.
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Summary: Don't waste your time!!
Review: The only reason I gave this 1 star was for some excellent cinematography. The story is ridiculous, and any drama provided is based on a totally contrived disaster popping up every 3-5 minutes. Some good actors were wasted on the worst dialogue I've encountered in years. And need I mention that any resemblance between the climbing in this movie and actual climbing is wholly coincidental.
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Summary: Could barely watch whole movie
Review: I hate to write a bad review, but I thought this movie was awful. I couldn't stand Bill Paxton's performance. And I love Chris O'Donnell, but he couldn't save this movie with his life. I literally could barely keep the movie turned on, but I decided to give it a shot and see if it got better. It didn't. The whole movie was very cheesey and I just couldn't believe the entire plot. It seemed as if everyone was over-acting or something.
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Summary: best movie ever
Review: vertical limit has it all. A ction, suspense, comedy, and drama. that is why I rented this movie 6 times! Bill Paxton does a super job playing Elliot Vaughn and Chris O'Donnell should of got a academy award. This movie is th best movie I ever saw!
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Summary: the best movie I ever saw!
Review: It might seem funny but I think Vertical Limit is one of the best movies I ever saw! It has great special effects including one awesome avalanche scene. This movie also had amazing expliosions. My favorite character was Peter Garett. I loved this movie so much that I rented it 6 imes never getting bored at all. I even want to buy a dvd player to get Vertical Limit on dvd. I highly recommend it!
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