Vertical Limit
13,903
Adventure
An edge-of-your seat, emotionally-charged action-adventure story, VERTICAL LIMIT is a high-adrenaline tale of young climber Peter Garrett (Chris O'Donnell), who must launch a treacherous and extraordinary rescue effort up K2, the world's second highest peak. Confronting both his own limitations and the awesome power of nature's uncontrollable elements, Peter risks his life to save his sister, Annie (Robin Tunney), and her summit team ... [+]
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United States | The Hollywood Reporter | "Story and character development gets buried in an avalanche of illogical behavior and preposterous catastrophes" | NEG |
United States | The Washington Post | "Possibly the most suspense-charged mountain-climbing movie ever made" | POS |
United States | Los Angeles Times | "Vertical Limit, despite its weaknesses, finds the right director in Martin Campbell to energize this high-altitude thriller." | POS |
United States | USA Today | "The action scenes in Vertical Limit take cliffhanging to the highest peaks of excitement. It's a shame the story keeps dragging us down to sea level." | NEU |
United States | New York Post | "One of the most thrilling - and authentic - mountain-climbing films in recent memory. Unfortunately, it's also burdened by one of those every-line-a-wretched-cliché Hollywood screenplays." | NEU |
United States | Newsweek | "There is one reason, and only one, for anyone to check out Vertical Limit. The hanging-by-a-fingernail mountain-climbing sequences are spectacular." | NEU |
United States | The New York Times | "A shallow yet empty action extravaganza." | NEG |
United States | The Washington Post | "The characters are as thin as the air at 26,000 feet, and the story as silly as anyone willing to assault K2 in a punishing blizzard." | NEG |
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