Vertical Limit

Pros: Exactly 2-1/2 minutes of thrilling stunts
Cons: The other 121-1/2 minutes

Vertical Limit is the worst kind of action movie: one that’s in love with itself. Every ten minutes, it stops what it’s doing—scrambling up a cliff wall, for instance—to gaze into the mirror of the camera lens, wink and say, “Lookin’ good!”...

Pros: Cinematography. Some action sequences.
Cons: Cast and acting are uninspiring. Many unbelievable action scenes. Where's the abominable snowman?

Ever since I read Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer I have been interested in stories about mountain climbers, especially those climbing the world's tallest peaks. When I came across the film Vertical Limit at the video store it piqued my ...

Pros: Some suspense, Bill Paxton, Scott Glenn
Cons: Predictable with uninteresting protagonists

Vertical Limit is a movie that tries to add excitement to its various story elements, but it fails at every turn. Chris O'Donnell stars as Peter Garrett, a former mountain climber called back into service when his sister, Annie (Robin Tunney), who...

Pros: Incredible stunts, action and scenery
Cons: The story line is a little weak

I just finished watching Vertical Limit with my daughter. We both loved it and found it to be one of the most exciting movies we'd seen in years. I don't normally look at other epinions before I write my own, but I raced through the entire reviews...

Pros: Good cast, excellent stunt work
Cons: Some special effect not very special, hokey plot

Martin Campbell (the director of this movie) is one of my favorite action film directors. His previous work includes No Escape (the bad-arse movie with Ray Liotta), 007 Goldeneye (the last good Bond movie), and The Mask of Zorro. Campbell knows how to...

Pros: A handful of exciting sequences and a few of the unintentionally funniest performances of the year.
Cons: Robin Tunney is such an awful actress, I have trouble even buying her as a human being.

While an unoriginal movie can often still be an entertaining movie, that's certainly not the case here. Vertical Limit is one of those movies that offer three or four good scenes surrounded by almost nothing at all of quality. When you find...

Pros: the trailer
Cons: too much to list

Rated PG-13

(intense life/death situations and brief strong language)

Directed by Martin Campbell

Chris O'Donnell - Peter Garrett
Bill Paxton - Elliot Vaughn

My Rating: F

I still don't...

Pros: Scenery
Cons: Acting, story

I've never attempted climbing of any sort, so I cannot verify the authenticity of this movie. I know there are many outlandish scenes and unrealistic scenarios involved, but the beauty of the mountain and the purity of the climb are worth the watch....

Pros: Good Action
Cons: Story and Characters

Was the movie over the limit? YES. Did the movie make me sit on the edge of my seat? YES. Was it worth watching? NO.

When I saw the preview for the movie I was really excited. I couldn’t wait to see if Chris O Donald made it across the...

Pros: The mountain, the acting, the stars, it all works.
Cons: Some of the dialogue is cliche, but you won't notice.

I wanted to see this movie, because it looked like it would be interesting and full of action, I guess I was in the mood for action last night so I watched Vertical Limit and I was not disappointed. The real star of the movie is the Mountain...

Pros: Intense Visuals
Cons: None

For those of you that remember the immense dread felt by anyone near an ocean after the movie “Jaws” was presented to the public, there is no question in my mind that “Vertical Limit” is to mountain climbing what “Jaws” was to ocean pleasure. An Intense...

Pros: Some action sequences are undeniably amazing; Scorupco sure is pretty
Cons: Wretched script and vapid main characters don't go well together

Some tasks exist in the world that only a handful of people can perfect. Mastery of the highest levels of martial arts, for instance. The ability to sing in perfect pitch, or to hit a 92 M.P.H. slider over the centerfield wall. The ability to decipher...

Pros: photography, action intensity
Cons: poor acting in parts, tasteless scene

Well, I admit I knew little about this movie going in- my wife had seen previews and really wanted to see it. I've learned over the past few years the worth of bringing limited expectations into the movie theater, especially about movies you're not...

Pros: Jam-packed with climbing action and spectacular cinematography. Oh, and big fat explosions.
Cons: Can we please stop giving Bill Paxton movie roles? Please?

On paper, Vertical Limit looks like a bad idea. A mountain climbing movie featuring an all- nonstar cast of Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney, Scott Glenn, and the guy who played Alex Kryczeck from the X-files? Not to mention that the only vixen in the...

Pros: great acting, scenes are fabulous, and lots of action
Cons: none

Like a lot of movies that I’ve seen, I wasn’t really sure that I wanted to see Vertical Limit because it just didn’t look like my kind of movie. Action movie aren’t exactly my favorite though I do enjoy some of them. So when my local video store...