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Vertical Limit

  • 20002000
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
62K
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A climber must rescue his sister on top of K2, one of the world's biggest mountains.A climber must rescue his sister on top of K2, one of the world's biggest mountains.A climber must rescue his sister on top of K2, one of the world's biggest mountains.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
62K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,443
393
  • Director
    • Martin Campbell
  • Writers
    • Robert King(story)
    • Terry Hayes(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Scott Glenn
    • Chris O'Donnell
    • Bill Paxton
Top credits
  • Director
    • Martin Campbell
  • Writers
    • Robert King(story)
    • Terry Hayes(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Scott Glenn
    • Chris O'Donnell
    • Bill Paxton
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 408User reviews
    • 98Critic reviews
    • 48Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Chris O'Donnell stars as Peter
    Robin Tunney stars as Annie
    Scott Glenn stars as Montgomery Wick
    Isabella Scorupco stars as Monique
    Bill Paxton stars as Elliott Vaughn, a wealthy entrepreneur whose ill-fated climb up K2 prompts a rescue mission.
    Nicholas Lea plays Tom McLaren, leader of Vaughn's expedition.
    Monique and Peter
    (top to bottom) Peter, Annie, Wick and Vaughn
    Isabella Scorupco stars as Monique
    Peter tries to make a dangerous dismount from Major Rasul's helicopter
    Isabella Scorupco stars as Monique
    Vaughn, Wick, Monique, Peter and Annie

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    Scott Glenn
    Scott Glenn
    • Montgomery Wickas Montgomery Wick
    Chris O'Donnell
    Chris O'Donnell
    • Peter Garrettas Peter Garrett
    Bill Paxton
    Bill Paxton
    • Elliot Vaughnas Elliot Vaughn
    Robin Tunney
    Robin Tunney
    • Annie Garrettas Annie Garrett
    Stuart Wilson
    Stuart Wilson
    • Royce Garrettas Royce Garrett
    Augie Davis
    Augie Davis
    • Azizas Aziz
    Temuera Morrison
    Temuera Morrison
    • Major Rasulas Major Rasul
    Roshan Seth
    Roshan Seth
    • Colonel Amir Salimas Colonel Amir Salim
    Alejandro Valdes-Rochin
    • Sergeant Asimas Sergeant Asim
    Nicholas Lea
    Nicholas Lea
    • Tom McLarenas Tom McLaren
    Rod Brown
    • Ali Hasanas Ali Hasan
    Steve Le Marquand
    Steve Le Marquand
    • Cyril Benchas Cyril Bench
    Ben Mendelsohn
    Ben Mendelsohn
    • Malcolm Benchas Malcolm Bench
    Izabella Scorupco
    Izabella Scorupco
    • Monique Aubertineas Monique Aubertine
    Ed Viesturs
    • Selfas Self
    Robert Taylor
    Robert Taylor
    • Skip Tayloras Skip Taylor
    Alexander Siddig
    Alexander Siddig
    • Kareem Naziras Kareem Nazir
    Clinton Beavan
    • WNN Cameramanas WNN Cameraman
    • Director
      • Martin Campbell
    • Writers
      • Robert King(story) (screenplay)
      • Terry Hayes(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The well-known climber Ed Viesturs plays himself in the movie. He also worked as a trainer for the actors.
    • Goofs
      The depiction of High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) is grossly inaccurate. HAPE is usually a result of altitude sickness and can most commonly be prevented (or at least have a measure of prevention provided) by slow acclimatization to the higher altitude. It is not a guaranteed condition to every climber at a high altitude. Moreover, the consumption of water has little bearing on the onset of HAPE. Additionally, given Annie's and Tom's high-degree of experience, and previous statements regarding their proposed high level of safety, they would most certainly have insisted on climbing K2 with the aid of oxygen, the use of which also staves off HAPE.
    • Quotes

      Skip: Don't mind her. She's French-Canadian. Some days she's Canadian. Can be quite pleasant. Today she's obviously French.

    • Connections
      Edited into Killer Mountain (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Take It to the Limit
      Written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Randy Meisner

    User reviews408

    Review
    Top review
    Too unconvincing to enjoy.
    It's not the painfully thin story line, predictable plot or shallow stereotypical characters featured in this movie. It's not even the constant stream of amazingly improbable events, which give you the feeling the director hopelessly underestimated the reasoning abilities of his audience.

    What left me disappointed and even a bit annoyed after seeing "Vertical Limit" is the absolute and total failure of this movie to capture any of the real thrill, excitement and hardship involved in scaling the world's second highest mountain.

    Books like Jon Krakauers' "Into thin Air" and movies like David Breashears' "Everest" prove that you don't need helicopter rotor blades threatening to dismember climbers or unstable nitroglycerine that explodes if exposed to sunlight to create an exciting story. When Martin Campbell decided to deny the audience any sense of the real technical, physical and emotional challenges of climbing K2, and therefore had to resort to action-movie style heroes, villains and explosions, he left behind a movie too unconvincing, for me to enjoy.
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    10
    • robertdegruijl
    • Jul 2, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 8, 2000 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • English
      • Urdu
    • Also known as
      • Bão Tuyết
    • Filming locations
      • K2, Karakoram Mountain Range, Pakistan
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Company Medien KG
      • Mountain High Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $75,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $69,243,859
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $15,507,845
      • Dec 10, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $215,663,859
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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