Killer Mountain (TV 2011)

Director:

Sheldon Wilson

Writers:

Sheldon Wilson (story), Peter Sullivan (story),

Stars:

Emmanuelle Vaugier, Aaron Douglas, Paul Campbell

Cast

Cast overview:
Emmanuelle Vaugier	...	Kate Donovan
Aaron Douglas	...	Ward Donovan
Paul Campbell	...	Tyler
Andrew Airlie	...	Barton
Crystal Lowe	...	Dr. Nina
Torrance Coombs	...	Chance
Zak Santiago	...	Ram
Robin Nielsen	...	Ryder
Mig Macario	...	Yeshe
Byron Lawson	...	Kelden
Dale Wilson	...	Weatherby
Curtis Caravaggio	...	Rogers
Christos Shaw	...	David (12 years)
Darren Dolynski	...	Radio Man 1954
Chris Casillan	...	Sherpa

Storyline

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Genres:

Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 August 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ascenso mortal

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Oracle Post

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color Color (High Definition)

Did You Know?

Goofs

The abandoned "base camp" on the mountain suffers a major snow storm just after the rescue team arrives. Yet only hours later, it has no snow and green trees are seen in the background.

User Reviews

"There's something up here!" Really? What?

Something about some mountain climbers scaling a 25,000 foot peak; looking for the mythical Shambala, and getting their hands full with a mysterious thing that likes to wreck helicopters, base camps, and of course any people it can get its hands on. Also, some trigger-happy demented army Captain and his grunts show up out of nowhere to croak anybody the creature doesn't get first.

There's a few random scares here and there; and that's the magic word for this film: random. The plot is incoherent and meandering, and nothing ever makes sense. The cast do the best they can with the transparent characters and the absence of a story, but they get chopped up in the attempt, just like their characters do every time the monster or the homicidally obsessed army captain show up. I guess the film had to throw in the lunatic army guy to spice things up; even though mountain climbing is an adrenalin rush for its practitioners, its excitement level simply does not translate to screen very well.

It's not too clear what the creature is supposed to be, or why it's slamming everything and everybody on sight. Is it protecting Shambala from interlopers, or is it just hungry from the lack of eatable meat at 25,000 feet of elevation? Is it a resurrected dinosaur? A crash-landed alien? A deformed Yeti? A toothy dragon? A mutated freak from genetic experimentation? Don't ask me; all you ever see is a high body count. Think Michael Bay-type movie making, but with a smaller budget. If you go in looking for nothing but brainless action, then Killer Mountain is OK to kill a couple of hours.