Vertical Limit Review

Vertical Limit

Release Date: 21st December 2000 - Australia

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures (presents)

Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Company Medien KG

Mountain High Productions

Distribution

Sony Pictures Australia

Genre: Action/Adventure/

Thriller

Rating: M

Runtime: 120 minutes

Budget: $75,000,000

Box Office Gross: $215,663,859 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

When his estranged sister Annie gets trapped by a deadly avalanche atop the world's second-highest mountain, K2, former climber Peter Garrett must overcome the elements and rescue her before her time is up.

Cast

Chris O'Donnell - Peter Garrett

Bill Paxton - Elliott Vaughn

Robin Tunney - Annie Garrett

Scott Glenn - Montgomery

Wick

Izabella Scorupco - Monique

Aubertine

Temuera Morrison - Major Rasul

Nicolas Lea - Tom McLaren

Alexander Siddig - Kareem

Nazar

Ben Mendelsohn - Malcolm

Bench

Steve Le Marquand - Cyril

Bench

Roshan Seth - Colonel Amil

Salim

Robert Taylor - Skip Taylor

Crew

Producer/Director - Martin Campbell

Story/Screenplay/Producer -

Robert King

Screenplay - Terry Hayes

Associate Producer/First Assistant Director -

Phillip A. Paterson
Executive Producer - Marcia Nasatir

Producer/Unit Production Manager - Lloyd Phillips

Casting: New Zealand - Diana Rowan

Production Designer - Jon Bunker

Art Directors - Nick Bassett,

Jill Cormack and Kim Sinclair

Construction Supervisor - Neil Kirkland

Set Decorator - Bernhard Henrich

Costume Designer - Graciela Mazón

Makeup Supervisor - Nikki Gooley

Prosthetics Makeup - Bob McCarron

Director of Photography - David Tattersall

Director of Photography: Second Unit -

Fraser Taggart

First Assistant Camera: Second Unit - Adam Clark

and Jason Ellis

Production Manager: Second Unit - Tim Coddington

Second Assistant Director - Jamie Marshall

Second Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator -
Simon Crane

Director/Cameraman: Avalanche Unit -

Steve Kroschel

Aerial Coordinator - David Paris

Aerial Unit Director/Pilot - Marc Wolff

Mountain Rigging Coordinator - Mike Weis

Location Manager/Mountain Safety - Robin Mounsey

Special Effects Supervisor - Neil Corbould

Special Effects Assistant Supervisor - Trevor Wood
Visual Effects Supervisor - Kent Houston

Digital Visual Effects Supervisor: Digiscope -

Dion Hatch

Visual Effects Producer - Tricia Henry Ashford

Model Shop Supervisor: Cinema Production

Services, Inc - Michael Joyce

Director of Photography: Miniatures, Cinema

Production Services, Inc. - David R. Hardberger

Composite Supervisor: Digiscope - Grady Cofer

Editor - Thom Noble

Supervising Sound Editor - Dave McMoyler

Re-Recording Mixers - Scott Millan

and Bob Beemer

Foley Artists - Gary A. Hecker and

Matt Dettman

Music - James Newton Howard

Score Recordist and Mixer - Shawn Murphy

Review

VERTICAL LIMIT was chilling, yet a thrill-packed adventure feature not seen before. It was many years after its release that I saw it. It was in a few DVD stores. Then I borrowed it from my uncle's movie collection with Under Siege 2, so I won't get bored. The cold got charged in VERTICAL LIMIT, an exciting movie that gives a feeling of winter, survival, and tension. It is, in fact, an action thriller with a mix of drama to frame the film and its plot. Some of the filming of its scenes was on location in New Zealand. There is a familiar movie trivia: the director was born in that country, and he alone had his birthplace as one of the picture's locations. The actor I commend the most, Chris O'Donnell, was nicely cast as the main lead. I'm surprised he didn't make his role a fiasco, like playing in the two Schumacher Batman films. Bill Paxton performed a far more fascinating role than his co-stars.

My overall feedback for this movie is positive. Nothing can slow the picture of its massive impact. To say it was overly intense. I recommend you watch VERTICAL LIMIT on the TV screen if you have not seen it already.

Star rating: (7/10) Good Movie

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