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Mood:
- RoughBleakSuspensefulExcitingTense
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- AdventurerDaring RescueRace Against TimeSurvivalForces of NatureChases and RacesConfinedDanger more...
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Genres:
- ActionAdventureThriller
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century90s
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Place:
- AsiaHimalayaMountainsWilderness
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- Boys' Night
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- Award WinnerBlockbuster
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- SeriousRealisticFast
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- Special Effects
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Vertical Limit, 2000
English, Urdu
USA, Germany
Profile of Vertical Limit
Vertical Limit can be described as rough, bleak, and tense. The plot revolves around forces of nature, a daring rescue, and adventurers. The main genres are thriller and action. In approach, Vertical Limit is serious and realistic. The storytelling is fast paced. It is set, at least in part, in the mountains and in the wilderness. Vertical Limit is located in the Himalayas. It takes place in the 1990s. Visually, it involves special effects. Vertical Limit has received attention for being a blockbuster and an award winner. It is well suited for a boys' night. Note that it involves mild violent content and profanity.
Summary of Vertical Limit
As action director Martin Campbell's heart-pumping thriller VERTICAL LIMIT begins, an eagle glides gracefully over the stunningly filmed mesas of Utah. Its shadow falls on a vertical rock face being climbed by Peter Garrett (Chris O'Donnell), his father (Stuart Wilson), and his sister Annie (Robin Tunney). Suddenly a backpack hurtles by, followed rapidly by two climbers whose ropes tear the male Garretts from the rock face. The excruciatingly tense sequence ends in tragedy.
After this stunning opening, the action switches to the Himalayas, where tycoon Elliott Vaughn (Bill Paxton) has financed an expedition that will take him to the summit of K2--the world's second highest mountain. Annie is one of Elliott's party. In the face of a threatening storm, Elliott recklessly insists the climb should continue. The storm duly arrives and decimates the expedition, leaving Elliott and Annie stranded. Peter leads a group of climbers--including the grizzled Montgomery Wick (Scott Glenn) and a French-Canadian nurse (Izabella Scorupco)--in a rescue attempt.
Campbell, director of photography Derek Tattersall, many daring cameramen, mountain climbers, avalanche specialists, and special effects technicians, along with veteran editor Thom Noble, deliver a beautifully filmed mountaineering thriller with even more heart-stopping moments than JAWS.
Details
| Language: | English, Urdu |
| Country: | USA, Germany |
| Release date: | 3 December 2000 |
| Runtime: | 124 min |
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as Peter Garrett
as Elliot Vaughn
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- by: Andy Seiler
