Fresh
The pace of the movie rarely flags (neither does the idiocy, alas) and it's enough to warrant a marginal recommendation.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Vertical Limit
Hold your breath.
2000 · 2h 4m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Directed by
Martin Campbell
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Vertical Limit
Overview
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.
Director and cast
- Martin Campbell Director
- Chris O'Donnell as Peter Garrett
- Robin Tunney as Annie Garrett
- Bill Paxton as Elliot Vaughn
- Scott Glenn as Montgomery Wick
- Izabella Scorupco as Monique Aubertine
- Nicholas Lea as Tom McLaren
- Temuera Morrison as Major Rasul
- Alexander Siddig as Kareem Nazir
- Stuart Wilson as Royce Garrett
- Augie Davis as Aziz
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
49%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This is a movie that means to keep you involved and, preferably, gasping from start to finish . At that, it certainly does succeed.
Susan Stark, Detroit News
Fresh
When the characters just shut up and dangle, Vertical Limit becomes one heck of a wild time.
David Germain, Associated Press
Rotten
Certainly a movie in which people are forced to test themselves in unpleasant situations. But the people I have in mind are the people in the audience.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
But at its worst, Vertical Limit makes you weary with its stock characters and de rigueur explosions, avalanches, collapsing crevices and the like.
Steven Rosen, Denver Post
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