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I saw Vertical Limit because of the trailers and adverts. It really did look like an excellent film, I went into my local Odeon (a few months ago) with high hopes and I left disappointed. Sure the fancy special effects dazzled me but the script didn’t. The first hour of the film are very impressive, however it goes down hill from there. The film begins in the same location that Mission Impossible 2 was shot.
For those that don’t know the film is about a group of climbers who daringly climb K2. A group leave to climb the mountain and as you will have guessed a storm occurs, the group of 3 are divided on whether to turn back or carry on. They decide to carry on. They fall under an ice sheet and the ending well I don’t want to give it away I’ll just say that the film ends in true American movie style.
The effects left me and my friends on the edge of our seats, we nearly choked on our popcorn. When there was an action scene the film was very high tense but once it was over and I had to listen to the quite frankly dull script I was bored. At the first I thought the film was brilliant, definitely a 4 or 5 star but after an hour the film went downhill. The effects however got dramatically better.
The cast is above average, Bill Paxton starred as the nasty Elliot Vaughn. Chris O’Donnell stars as Peter Garret. Robin Tunney stars as Annie Garret. Tunney’s performance deserves much praise. Scott Glen is good in the film but I think if he had a bigger role the film would have been better. Glen plays an old, experienced climber who’s life is on the mountains. Glen leads the rescue effort. Lastly Izabella Scorupco who made her Hollywood debut in Goldeneye. She plays a stunningly good looking French-Canadian who unfortunately stars in no lovey dovey scenes. She plays Monique Aubertine who is a very strong character that only joins the rescue mission because someone offers a donation. Another weakness to the film is the ending. I found the ending to be rushed as if heavily edited.
Overall Vertical Limit is a fairly average film, it could have been a 5 star film if the script stayed good all the way through. The special effects are fantastic and the cast is good. Luckily the decent special effects and good cast make amends for the script which declines later on and make this a 3 star film.
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Great op there. A film i've not seen and will avoid I think, Cheers, AL.
Disillusioned 16.05.2001 20:22
Have corrected it.
Fiona_Tims 16.05.2001 20:19
I think u'll find they were climbing K2 & not Everest. Although it is supposedly the smallest of the 2, it is technically the harder to climb of the 2 (& I believe the hardest in the world to climb).
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