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Vertical Limit
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Chris O'Donnell,
Robin Tunney, Bill Paxton |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
Columbia
Pictures |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Not too young,
some of the movie is intense or they might not understand. |
| Date Movie: |
She might get
scared and hold your hand, or will just think the movie is
stupid, it's your call. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
None. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
People get blown
up and fall from mountains, but you don't see brains
splattered. |
| Action: |
More suspense than
action, like will he make the jump or not? |
| Laughs: |
The Australian
dudes. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Straightening a
broken finger. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
None. |
| Directed By: |
Martin Campbell |
| Produced By: |
Lloyd
Phillips,Martin Campbell, Robert King |
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Vertical Limit
A Movie Review |
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I went into "Vertical Limit" not expecting
too much. I didn’t really get too much, but I have to say I did
get more than I expected.
The base story is pretty simple – Mountain climbers get trapped
in a mountain and it’s a race against time to save them. But let’s
throw in a couple of twists. The first is that one of the rescuers
is the brother, Peter (Chris O’Donnell), of one of the trapped,
Annie (Robin Tunney). The second twist is that one of the rescuers,
Montgomery (Scott Glen) has a vendetta against one of the trapped,
Elliot (Bill Paxton).
How does this all come about? Well it just goes to show that
people are stupid. First you’ve got the prick Elliot. He’s a
rich dude who already got people on an expedition killed when he
wanted to climb K2, the second highest but more treacherous of all
mountains. He wants to climb K2 again, enlists the "best"
climber and then adds the "hottest" climber, Annie, to
help him get up the mountain in time for his companies launching of
their airline company. Peter winds up at the K2 base camp because
his partner blew off his foot. But Peter and Annie have an incident
in their past that separates them, namely Peter cutting the rope and
sending their father plunging to his death. Alright, I gave that one
away, but it was necessary for the synopsis. I promise, no more
giving away surprises. Anyway, Elliot and his people begin the
climb, the ground gives way into a crevasse, three of them are
trapped, and Peter rounds up people for the search and rescue party,
bringing in Montgomery because Peter knows that he knows the
mountain almost like the back of his hand. Yee Haaaa! Let’s climb
a mountain and try to save some people!
Yes, the story is simple but you’re probably going to see this
movie for the action, the suspense, and some pretty cool mountain
climbing shots. You will get all of those and that is probably all
that matters. The mountain action scenes are great, well, except for
some of the facial close-ups where the mountain backdrop looks fake,
there is lots of suspense, and there will probably be moments where
you want to grasp your armrests. Just don’t expect too much on the
story side except to realize that Elliot is a rich prick who should
deserve to die.
The movie wasn’t as bad as I thought it might be, maybe mostly
because I didn’t expect too much. Some good action, cool mountain
climbing scenes, and the comic element of Australian buddies. It
could have been a worse movie, but all I can recommend is don’t go
into it expecting much. In the end it’s 3 stars out of 5.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
