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2000 - Action/Adventure - Martin Campbell - English - 12 years and over - Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney, Scott Glenn, Temuera Morrison, Stuart Wilson more

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As action director Martin Campbell's heart-pumping thriller VERTICAL LIMIT begins, an eagle glides gracefully over the stunningly filmed mesas of Utah. Its shadow falls on a...
more...vertical rock face being climbed by Peter Garrett (Chris O'Donnell), his father (Stuart Wilson), and his sister Annie (Robin Tunney). Suddenly a backpack hurtles by, followed rapidly by two climbers whose ropes tear the male Garretts from the rock face. The excruciatingly tense sequence ends in tragedy.
After this stunning opening, the action switches to the Himalayas, where tycoon Elliott Vaughn (Bill Paxton) has financed an expedition that will take him to the summit of K2--the world's second highest mountain. Annie is one of Elliott's party. In the face of a threatening storm, Elliott recklessly insists the climb should continue. The storm duly arrives and decimates the expedition, leaving Elliott and Annie stranded. Peter leads a group of climbers--including the grizzled Montgomery Wick (Scott Glenn) and a French-Canadian nurse (Izabella Scorupco)--in a rescue attempt.
Campbell, director of photography Derek Tattersall, many daring cameramen, mountain climbers, avalanche specialists, and special effects technicians, along with veteran editor Thom Noble, deliver a beautifully filmed mountaineering thriller with even more heart-stopping moments than JAWS.





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Avalanche hidden Secret in Vertical Limit
A review by Diamondstorm on Vertical Limit (DVD)
January 25th, 2001


Author's product rating:   Vertical Limit (DVD) - rated by Diamondstorm

Did you enjoy it? Liked it 
Story Outstanding 
Characters / Performances Good 
Special Effects Standard 
Soundtrack Average 

Advantages: exciting
Disadvantages: avalanche is rubbish

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

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Vertical limit, seem familiar? This Blockbuster Movie made top of the charts and i personaly rate it as one of the best, with a healthy mix of snow, avalanches, heros and ethnic rivalry, even manageing to incorperate Pakastan Army. The basic story? Woman gets stuck in an avalanche, four men die to save her. This epic story combines an interesting mix of sacrafice and commitement. But didnt the AVALANCHE seem a bit old? Thats because it, not surprisingly was a bit old, the fotage was from an ancient avalanche film, or so the rumers go. Vertical limit was surrposed to be paying tribute to it, by (alledgedly) using footag from it. If you have seen it, or are going to, look carefully when the main avalanche comes. The wind is blowing, the bilzard is thick, and then, what the hell is that surrposed to be? It resembles a sugar lump trying to float up a pile of icing sugar, and not doing a very good job. Besides this, its a great film. Ive gone on enought, but i recomend this film as one that must be seen, even if it lacks effects. 
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