A climber must rescue his sister on the peak of K2, the second highest mountain in the world .A climber must rescue his sister on the peak of K2, the second highest mountain in the world .A climber must rescue his sister on the peak of K2, the second highest mountain in the world .
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 2 wins & 4 nominations total
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- TriviaThe script was originally meant to be a sequel to Cliffhanger (1993).
- GoofsThe 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.
- ConnectionsEdited into Killer Mountain (2011)
- SoundtracksTake It to the Limit
Written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Randy Meisner
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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.
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.
- robertdegruijl
- Jul 1, 2001
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- Also known as
- Bão Tuyết
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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
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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