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 of 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 but 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 to not bore myself. The cold got charged in VERTICAL LIMIT, an exciting movie that gives a feeling of winter, survival and tension. Though, it is, in fact, action 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. My recommendation is when 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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