Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Chris O'DonnellPeter Garrett
- Robin TunneyAnnie Garrett
- Bill PaxtonElliot Vaughn
- Scott GlennMontgomery Wick
- Izabella ScorupcoMonique Aubertine
- Nicholas LeaTom McLaren
- Temuera MorrisonMajor Rasul
- Alexander SiddigKareem Nazir
- Stuart WilsonRoyce Garrett
- Augie DavisAziz
Recommendations
- 80
Rolling Stone
Pulls off thrilling stunts that will leave you a sweaty-palmed mess. It's top-tier movie escapism. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Strong performances, particularly by Glenn as the hard-bitten climber with a private agenda, Vertical Limit delivers. - 75
Charlotte Observer
Vertical Limit is like riding a roller coaster for two hours. First it's frighteningly exciting. Then it's mind-numbing - 63
Chicago Tribune
If you were forced to judge it simply on its action-movie visual and technical elements, you'd have to count it a roaring success... . But if you lay aside that action and watch the people instead, it's a morass of dimwitted family crises and hack action-movie cliches. - 40
Village Voice
Vertical Limit's real problem is its digitized sheen. Every shot seems to have been CGI-enhanced, so the movie has an overpasteurized, Velveeta-like glow -- processed movie food. - 40
Salon
Wants to be a dizzy, precarious thrill ride. Glenn provides the only gravity that doesn't seem dull, literal and earthbound. - 40
Film.com
So wound up in its own bungee cords, it leaves itself hopelessly tied in knots. - 38
Boston Globe
Avalanches are nothing compared to the deadening touch of the stereotyping and audience-insulting simplicities in the scenic but brain-dead Vertical Limit.
