6 out of 6 people found the following review helpful:

VERY GOOD

A Customer from Wigan, 30th September, 2004

Very entertaining movie, fast and action packed with breathtaking scenery. the extras are very good too, showing how the effects were shot using blue screen and digital cg combined. The only unconvincing part was the cg animated eagle in the opening chapter.

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4 out of 5 people found the following review helpful:

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throw logic out of the window.

ScaryJim from from TROWBRIDGE, 24th August, 2008

Picture this:- 3 people are trapped in a crevice up K2, do you leave them to die fearing the human cost outweighs the chance of getting them out alive or do you risk it? Well, luckily for you, the viewer, they just go for it. No they dont just go for it they also bring a ridiculous amount of motion/heat/light sensitive explosive to... well I didn't know why until the end but apparently it was just so we could see more interesting deaths than just the standard falling from a great height. I can't complain too much about the 'acting' skills or the cliched characters but I will explain how the film makers gradually over the 2 hrs 10 minutes of the film actually made me quite angry because of the sheer lack of logic and the apparent nonchalance with which the cast of rescuers was despatched. Ok, I take it 2 people can die rescuing 3 and the human cost is *kind of* worth it (but not really because the idiots trapped brought it on themselves). However when 6 people die and only 1 person is rescued- well, I don't know if it is just my human nature but if I was there I'd begin to think that kind of sucks a bit, I'd begin to think 'If this f***head Chris o' Donnell wasn't such a selfish p@*ck we wouldn't have to be up a mountain trying to rescue his sister, watching the whole team gradually die around us'' I'd probably get quite angry and we'd have a little meeting and we'd all tell Chris O'Donnell what a nonce he is after the first person died and we'd all go home and have a cup of tea and maybe feel a tiny bit bad but mostly happy because 4 people didn't have to die to rescue what ends up being 1 person. With all this death I was at least expecting a bit of exposition at the end (btw, as soon as the 2 people left rescue his half dead sister they are magically whisked to the bottom of the mountain - I don't know how... )I was expecting some questions, like ''hey sis I'm glad your alive but was it worth it? - after all 6 people are now dead as opposed to 3'' or Hey bro *ANGST* why did you have to rescue me, now 6 people are dead instead of just 3 !'' but no- Chris O' Donnels selfish sister and Chris share a little joke about her singing voice and really don't mention the deaths or the idiotic idea with the explosives (which resulted in most of the deaths). Anyway, just to be clear It had some interesting set pieces, mostly resulting in death but mostly as I might have mentioned before IT MADE ME A BIT ANGRY. It's just sometimes, when a film is based around a concept of humanity, it's good to go with that and play up to that element, apparently if you're a really good but selfish female climber like Chris O' donnels sister this element applies to you, if you're 2 australian jocks, a muslim and a grizzled old climber with a cliched back story basically stay away from Chris O' Donnell- he doesn't care about you ONLY HIS SISTER.

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3 out of 3 people found the following review helpful:

Cliff hanger

Youngs from , 17th April, 2005

Greate thriller and well made thorouley enjoyed all the climbing scenes and the reality of the action.

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2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Vertical LIMIT

A Customer from clitheroe, england, 22nd July, 2004

Great on the edge of your seat action, it really captures the suspense, not knowing quite whats going to happen next. fast moving intense plot and some great location shots.

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Over powering!

spiffy from , 27th February, 2010

This film was very good. But kept repeating itself. The disasters were one after the other and got a bit too much.

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Amazing

A Customer from London, 10th January, 2010

This was the best film I have seen in a very long time. Incredible special effects, brilliant storyline. On the edge of my seat throughout! You have to see this movie!

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Vertical limit.

A Customer from Lincoln, 9th September, 2009

was an excellent film with a few twists, the characters were very beleivable. Keeps you guessing right to the end. Not for everybody but is good if you like action type movies.

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Oh dear, oh dear...

A Customer from Keighley, 16th August, 2009

This is a remarkably daft film. From the fact that the rescuers take incredibly sensitive explosive material with them up the mountain to the fact that the ending is 'happy' when more people have died on the rescue mission than would have died if the trapped mountaineers had been abandoned. Seriously, it's all just really silly. The one star is for the actor Roshan Seth, who portrays an anglicisied Pakistan army officer. I love his line about not needing to 'go overboard' about drinking Indian-made tea!

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