Vertical Limit

Theatrical Release Date: 2000 12 08 (USA)

UPC: 043396181045

Studio: Sony Pictures

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Violence, Profanity]

Summary: Family differences and personal grudges add drama to an already tense situation as the lives of a team of mountain climbers hang in the balance in this action drama. Peter Garrett (Chris O'Donnell) and his sister Annie (Robin Tunney) are the children of Royce Garrett (Stuart Wilson), an avid outdoorsman and climbing enthusiast who died when an accident left all three hanging from a single rope; Royce ordered Peter to cut him loose to save the lives of his kids, even though he knew it would mean his death. Years later, Peter has given up climbing and become a respected nature photographer, while Annie, who holds Peter responsible for her father's death, is a famous world-class mountain climber who is hired by Elliot Vaughn (Bill Paxton), a self-made billionaire, to help him scale K2, a mountain in the Himalayas that's the second-highest peak in the world. In the midst of the climb, dangerous weather strikes, and Elliot, Annie, and their crew find themselves trapped in a cavern that's been sealed tight by an avalanche. Peter, who is near K2 working on an assignment, quickly organizes a crew of expert climbers to save Annie and the other mountaineers, who must work under a tight deadline before the trapped climbers run out of air. Peter's partners in the rescue include beautiful medic Monique (Izabella Scorupco), radical climbers Cyril (Steve Le Marquand) and Malcolm (Ben Mendelsohn), disciplined Pakistani crewman Kareem (Alexander Siddig), and Montgomery (Scott Glenn), an eccentric outdoorsman who has a score to settle with Elliot. While backgrounds were shot on location in Pakistan, most of the climbing sequences in Vertical Limit were actually filmed on mountain ranges in New Zealand. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Action

Awards: Best Visual Effects – British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Features: Commentary by director Martin Campbell and producer Lloyd Phillips
As easy as falling off a cliff
Avalanche!
Peak performers
The death zone
Vertigo magic
HBO special "Surviving the Limt"
The elixer of life

Vertical Limit

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 02/20/2007

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 119 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,French,Portuguese,Spanish

Region: Blu-ray region A (North America, Central America, South America, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia)

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Vertical Limit
1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12
13. Chapter 13
14. Chapter 14
15. Chapter 15
16. Chapter 16

Karl Williams

Following the great visual successes of GoldenEye (1995) and The Mask of Zorro (1998), director Martin Campbell continues honing his reputation as a creator of smart thrillers with this exciting, fast-paced action-drama set in the Himalayas. If the script at times strains credulity with stock supporting characters such as those played by Bill Paxton and Scott Glenn, it also maintains a taut, suspenseful framework for Campbell's ingeniously mounted action scenes. The screenplay by Terry Hayes and Robert King also keeps the tension high by zipping along at a brisk clip, never allowing the audience too much time to consider how outrageous the entire enterprise truly is, which is the mark of a superb "B" picture. The cast, led by Chris O'Donnell and Robin Tunney, is uniformly fine, with Alexander Siddig a particular standout in a small role as a rescuer bent on saving his cousin. However, the real star of Vertical Limit is its director, as Campbell once again displays a high degree of capability with sprawling action material, putting previous mountain-climbing flicks such as Cliffhanger (1993) to shame. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Clinton Beavan  Actor 
Augie Davis  Actor 
Leela Patel  Actor 
Shahid Zafar  Actor 
Robert Mammone  Actor 
Karl Boomsma  Actor 
Tiffany DeCastro  Actor 
Leos Stransky  Actor 
Rod Brown  Actor 
Sally Spencer Harris  Actor 
Alejandro Valdes-Rochin  Actor 
Gavin Craig  Actor 
Bruce Kingan  Actor 
Nicole Whippy  Actor 
Graham Charles  Actor 
Ed Viesters  Actor 
Jo Davidson  Actor 
Bryan Moore  Actor 
Craig Walsh Wrightson  Actor 
Campbell Cooley  Actor 
Bruce Hasler  Actor 
Kat West  Actor 
Dave Bergman  Actor 
Patricia Deavoll  Actor 
Tamati Rice  Actor 
Alistar Bronins  Actor 
Aaron Halstead  Actor 
Tom Struthers  Actor 
Martin Campbell  Director 
Martin Campbell  Producer 
Terry Hayes  Screenwriter 
James Newton Howard  Composer (Music Score) 
Marcia Nasatir  Executive Producer 
Lloyd Phillips  Producer 
Robert King  Producer 
Robert King  Screenwriter 
Chris O'Donnell  Actor 
Bill Paxton  Actor 
Robin Tunney  Actor 
Scott Glenn  Actor 
Izabella Scorupco  Actor 
Temuera Morrison  Actor 
Stuart Wilson  Actor 
Nicholas Lea  Actor 
Alexander Siddig  Actor 
Robert Taylor  Actor 
Roshan Seth  Actor 
David Hayman  Actor 
Ben Mendelsohn  Actor 
Steve LeMarquand  Actor 

Country: USA